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Space, explained for curious young minds
Ideas, activities and honest answers to the big questions children ask — written for the teachers and parents who get asked them first.
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World Space Week Activities: One for Every Day of the Week
Seven World Space Week activities for kids, one a day from 4 to 10 October: build Sputnik, spot the space station, race a balloon rocket and finish with a launch. Nothing to buy.
World Space Week Activities for Schools: A Monday to Friday Plan
A World Space Week plan for primary schools, 5 to 9 October 2026: one hands-on investigation a day, curriculum links, and how to adapt it from Reception to Year 6.
How to Start an After-School Science Club at a Primary School
The slot, who pays, the paperwork before session one, six sessions to plan, a launch assembly, and what it honestly costs a teacher in time.
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What Is a STEM Club, and What Should a Good One Look Like?
The four letters say nothing about quality. What separates a designed club from a box of kits, how to judge one before you sign up, and the picture in London.
Space Birthday Party Ideas That Actually Work for 6 to 11 Year Olds
One mission, one build, one launch. The space birthday party ideas we use at our own parties, by theme and by age, with the mistakes to avoid and a checklist to print.
How Do Rockets Work? Explained for a Seven Year Old
Throw stuff out of the bottom and the stuff pushes back. The seven-year-old version, the nine-year-old version, and three rockets you already own.
Space Party Entertainers: What to Ask Before You Book
Nine questions that tell you more than a photo gallery, a comparison table you can fill in, and the red flags. We are one of the options; ask us too.
Planet, NASA or Astronaut? Choosing a Space Party Theme
Three different afternoons filed under one word. Which theme suits which child, what each looks like in a living room, and what goes in the party bag.
How to Make a Bottle Rocket at a Birthday Party (Safely)
A two-litre bottle, a cork, a bicycle pump and a set of rules everyone follows. The build the children do, the launch the adult runs, and what is actually happening.
12 Space Party Games You Can Run in a Living Room
Twelve space party games with almost no kit, in the order that keeps a crew of six to eleven year olds where you want them, and the one thing each game quietly teaches.
What Does Space Teach Us? Exploring the Universe with Curious Young Minds
Beyond the facts and the cosmic wonder, space teaches children how to ask a question, be wrong in public, and try again. Here is how to put that to work in a classroom.
Exploring the Possibility of Humans Living on Other Planets
What would it actually take to call another world home? Fascinating, complex, and full of the constraints that make good science lessons.
Where Does Space Begin for Kids?
The Kármán line sits 100km up — but the boundary is blurrier than the textbooks suggest, and the blurriness is the interesting part.
How to Retain Women in STEM: Inspiring Future Generations
Girls leave STEM subjects earlier than anyone expects. Here is when it happens, why, and the practical things a primary school can change.
Why Can’t We Stand on Uranus? Exploring the Mysteries of the Ice Giant
The ice giant has no surface to stand on. Here is how to explain a planet made of nothing solid to a seven-year-old without losing them.
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