October 4-10 is International Space Week. This week has been designated because October 4, 1957 commemorates the launch date of Sputnik 1 and October 10, 1967 commemorates the signing date of the first International Space Treaty. Since this celebration lasts for an entire week, it encourages many projects. In our club, the kids love hands on science activities and we incorporate a lot of these through Magic School Bus episodes (the original, I haven't reviewed the new version).
The first episode we pull in for International Space Week is The Magic School Bus Lost in Space (Season 1, Episode 1). Once the kids watch the movie (all of the episodes are on Netflix and I've found several on teacher tube as well) you can use the parent/teacher activity and have them use everyday objects to create their own sort-of-scale solar system.
The second episode we cover is Out of This World (Season 2, Episode 11) where the kids learn about craters and the impact that space objects can have on our Earth. The activity that goes along with this is using household objects to make your own craters and I can tell you that our kids absolutely loved this project.
The final episode we use is The Magic School Bus Sees Stars (Season 4, Episode 7). The coordinating activity gives kids a chance to create a special constellation and see how the sun blocks out the stars we can see during daylight hours.
Do you celebrate Space Week with your kids? What kinds of activities do you do? Let me know!
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