Lesson video

Welcome to our history lesson, where today we are learning all about Neil Armstrong.

Have you heard of him before? You have? Fantastic! So you already know that he was the first man to walk on the moon.

How exciting is that? So we're going to be learning all about his life.

Now, today's lesson is going to take place on the moon.

So I am going to need your help to get there.

I've got my rocket behind me ready to blast off into space.

Do you want to come with me? Fantastic, so let's put on our space suit.

First, we're going to put your legs into your spacesuit.

Good, now put your arms into your spacesuit.

Good, now can you zip it up? Zip, have you done that? Perfect, can you put on your space boots? So, left foot, and right foot.

And last but not least, the most most important bit, our space helmet.

Ready? It's really heavy, put it on.

Have you got yours on? So you're ready.

Now to get into our rocket, we're just going to do a really, really simple.

like that.

Are you ready? One click, do you think you can do that? Okay, get your hands ready, your fingers together.

Ready, I'm going to count down from three and we're going to be in the rocket.

Three, two, one.

Oh, wow, look at my rocket! Oh my goodness, look at all these buttons.

I'm not going to push all the buttons just in case.

Actually, I might push just one button, beep.

All systems are go.

We're about 90 seconds from the launch of space shuttle Discovery.

Go for all sequence start.

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12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, main engines start, Start, 2, 1 Booster ignition, and lift off of the Space Shuttle Discovery returning to the space station, paving the way- Solid rocket booster separation confirmed, guidance now converging.

Discovery's onboard computers commanding the main engine nozzles to swivel aiming the shuttle.

Discovery, Houston, negative return.

Copy, negative return.

Oh look at this.

When I pushed that button, it started the rocket to get us to space! Goodness me, Miss Harris is super silly.

I really shouldn't have pushed that button, should I? Never mind.

We are here and today we are learning about Neil Armstrong.

Let's take a look at what we are going to be learning about today.

So we are going to be learning all about what NASA is.

What is that and what does it mean? We're going to look at an introduction into Neil Armstrong.

We're going to listen to the story of his life.

We're going to look at the story of his life through pictures, and then we are going to draw his story, his life.

I'm really excited! Right! You will need an exercise book or a piece of paper.

We're going to fold the piece of paper so it's better that you have a piece of paper or you cut a piece out of your exercise book, a pencil, and a Teddy bear who can sit alongside you and listen to the story of Neil Armstrong.

Fantastic.

Now, can you remember what a historian is? Can you remember? Shall we have a look? So a historian is a person, a historian is a person who studies and writes about the past.

Do you remember our actions, shall we do it one more time? A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past.

Fantastic job.

Let's do our Star Words.

Can you stand up wherever you are? Hold your hands out like this.

Ready? Star Words, Star Words, Star Words.

Your turn! Explorer.

Neil Armstrong.

Moon.

NASA.

Space.

Astronaut.

An astronaut is someone who goes into space.

An astronaut is someone who.

Good.

Historic.

Explorer.

So an explorer is someone who makes journeys to new and treacherous places.

Okay, so you can sit back down, get nice and comfy because I'm going to tell you all about what NASA is now.

Are you ready? So NASA is short for National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Now NASA are responsible for space and technology related to air and space.

They are the people who help get astronauts into space.

And at the moment, they are trying really hard to try and get astronauts back onto the moon.

And they're still continuing to explore the planet Mars.

They really, really want to try and make aircraft, that gets us into space, really quiet, because as you saw, my rocket was so loud, wasn't it, to help me get here? Great job.

So, Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.

How exciting! He was from America.

Now, can you remember what a biography is? Let's see if you can remember.

So a mmm, is piece of writing that tells mmm, mmm and information about someone's life.

Can you fill in the gaps? You don't need to write it down, you can just read it.

So what is a biography? Shall we fill it in together? You ready? So, a biography, well done, follow with your finger is a piece of writing that tells true facts and information about someone's, life.

Well done, you remembered that so clearly.

Fantastic job.

Okay.

Now it's time to hear the story of Neil Armstrong.

So, sit comfortably, and get ready.

I'm going to tell you the story of Neil Armstrong's life.

We're going to listen to the story.

I am going to read it to you three times.

The first time I'm going to just read it.

Then we're going to look at pictures, and then we're going to draw his life, okay? "Neil Armstrong was born in Ohio, in the United States of America.

Neil's love for flying started when he took his first aeroplane ride when he was six years old.

On his 16th birthday, he received his pilot's licence and he became an air cadet.

He studied aeronautical engineering at university, but his studies were interrupted.

He was asked to help in the Korean War.

His plane was shot down and he was awarded three air medals he was so brave.

He soon after became a research pilot, which meant that he tested various supersonic fighters and rockets.

He flew more than 1,000 hours." Wow! "In 1966, Neil was the lead pilot of the Gemini 8 mission.

Neil and other astronauts were sent into space to find out more information about connecting one spacecraft to another spacecraft, but it malfunctioned and sent the spacecraft spinning uncontrollably and it splashed down in the Pacific Ocean.

Neil Armstrong, Edwin, also known as Buzz, Aldrin, and Michael Collins blasted off heading to the moon on the 16th of July, 1969.

The mission was called Apollo 11, Neil guided the lunar lander, named the Eagle, to a safe landing on the moon.

His voice crackled from the speakers down at NASA on Earth.

He simply said, 'The Eagle has landed.

' That meant that the spacecraft has landed.

On July the 20th, 1969, Neil stepped from the Eagle on to the dusty surface with the words, 'That's one small step for man.

One giant leap for mankind.

' Neil and Buzz put out special scientific machines.

They collected material from the ground and they took lots of pictures.

The three astronauts spent 18 days in quarantine in case they bought back any bacteria from space.

After that, they visited 21 nations and they were praised for their bravery and their courage." Wow! Didn't Neil Armstrong have a really busy life? Yeah.

Did you enjoy that story? Me too.

Shall we look at some pictures of his life now? Yeah? Great.

We can put some pictures to the story.

Let's have a look.

So, "Neil Armstrong was born in Ohio," in the United States of America.

"Neil's love for flying started when he took his first aeroplane ride when he was six years old." So we can see here.

That's around where Ohio is in America.

"On his 16th birthday, he received his pilot's licence and became an air cadet.

He studied aeronautical engineering at university, but his studies were interrupted.

He was asked to help in the Korean War.

His plane was shot down and he was awarded three air medals.

He soon after became a research pilot, which meant that he tested various supersonic fighters and rocket planes.

He flew more than 1,000 hours." Gosh! "In 1966, Neil was the lead pilot of the Gemini 8 mission.

Neil and other astronauts were sent into space to find out more information about connecting one spacecraft to another, but, it malfunctioned and sent the spacecraft spinning uncontrollably and it splashed down in the Pacific Ocean.

Neil Armstrong, Edwin, also known as Buzz, Aldrin, and Michael Collins blasted off heading for the mission, heading for the moon on night, on the 16th," I'm going to read that bit again.

"Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins blasted off heading for the moon on the 16th of July, 1969.

Their mission was called Apollo 11." Sorry, I got my names confused there.

"Neil guided the lunar lander, named the Eagle, to a safe landing on the moon.

His a voice crackled from the speakers at the NASA headquarters in America, and he simply said, 'The Eagle has landed.

' On July the 20th, 1969, Neil stepped from the Eagle onto the moon's dusty surface with the words, 'That's one small step for man.

One giant leap for mankind.

' Neil and Buzz put out scientific machines, collected materials from the ground and took lots of photographs.

When they returned, the astronauts spent 18 days in quarantine in case they bought back any bacteria from space.

After that, they visited 21 nations and they were praised for their bravery and their courage." Wow! I'm really interested in space.

It's so fascinating to know that there is something else out there.

There are loads of planets, stars.

It's so interesting.

Maybe you want to do some research after this lesson about space? Now we are going to draw the story of his life.

So you are going to need, a sheet of paper and a pencil.

I'm going to map it with you.

So we're going to hear it one more time and we're going to draw some pictures to show his life.

Get ready.

So now we are going to draw our story map.

So we need to have nine boxes on our map.

So what we're going to do is we're going to turn it longways.

We're going to fold in to make sure that this side is roughly the same size as that.

We're not folding it all the way.

And then make a crease.

Then you're going to fold the other side inwards and make a crease.

You might need a grownup to help you, then open it up and you should have three columns.

Turn it back around.

And you're going to fold this side in this time, so make sure this side is roughly the same size as that side, make a crease.

And then fold of the other side again, and make a crease.

You should then be left with nine boxes, roughly the same size.

Okay, so we're going to draw the first three boxes first, then you're going to have a chance to pause the video.

"So Neil Armstrong was born." So I'm going to draw the number one.

"Neil Armstrong was born in Ohio, in the USA," which stands for the United States of America.

Okay? "His love for flying started when he took his first aeroplane ride when he was six years old." So I'm going to draw a little, tiny little Neil, just a stick man, so that we're nice and speedy, when he took his first aeroplane ride.

So, he was six years old, and I'm going draw a little aeroplane.

Remember that Miss Harris is not fantastic at drawing, but I'm going to give it a good go.

Okay? So that's box number one.

In box number two, "On his 16th birthday he received his pilot's licence and became an air cadet." So on his 16th birthday, he received his pilot's licence, and I'm going to draw a cake to remember that it was his 16th birthday.

Okay? Box number three.

"He studied aeronautical engineering at university, but his studies were interrupted.

He was asked to help in the Korean War.

His plane was shot down and he was awarded three medals.

So box number three, I'm going to draw a picture of, I'm going to first write the Korean War.

I need to include some labels.

Sorry, my handwriting, I'm trying to do my best handwriting and I'm leaning over my visualizer.

So he was awarded three medals, one, two, three.

So he was awarded these three for bravery.

Okay.

Now it's your chance to pause the video and have a go at drawing those first three boxes now.

Great job.

We're now going to draw box four, five and six.

So, in box number four.

"He soon after became a research pilot, which meant he tested various supersonic fighters and rocket planes.

He flew more than 1,000 hours!" So, I'm going to draw a rocket fighter.

So I'm just going to draw a little rocket here.

Show some fire at the bottom.

And he did this for over 1,000 hours.

So I've drawn a picture of a clock to show 1,000 hours.

Lovely.

Okay? Number five, in 19, that's number five.

"In 1966, Neil was the lead pilot of Gemini 8." So I'm going to draw Gem, mmm in, nnn, I, 8.

"He was the lead pilot.

Neil and other astronauts were sent into space to find out more information about connecting one spacecraft to another spacecraft." So he was connecting them together.

"But, it malfunctioned and sent the spacecraft spinning uncontrollably.

They splashed down in the Pacific Ocean." So I'm going to draw another little rocket.

And I'm going to just make it spin, aaah! And it splashed down in the Pacific Ocean.

Okay? Box number six.

"Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins blasted off heading for the moon on the 16th of July.

This mission was called Apollo 11." So I'm going to draw, I'm going to write Apollo 11.

I'm going to draw a little rocket here.

Trying my best at drawing my rocket.

I know you can probably draw a better rocket than me.

So, there were three men.

There was Michael.

There was Buzz.

And Neil.

Okay, you can have a go at doing those three boxes now.

Pause the video and have a go.

And lastly, we're going to do box seven, eight and nine.

So, box seven, "Neil guided the lunar lander, named the Eagle, to a safe landing on the moon." Let's draw the moon.

And I'm going to draw the Eagle safely landed on the moon.

And he simply said, "The Eagle has landed." And we'll draw a little speech bubble.

So from the spacecraft, he said, "The Eagle has landed!" Exclamation point.

Fantastic.

Number eight.

"On July the 20th, 1969," it's really important we write the date here 'cause this is a really historic date.

So, on July, "on the 20th, sorry, of July, 1969, Neil stepped from the Eagle onto the moon's dusty surface.

He said, 'That's one small step for man.

One giant leap for mankind.

' Buzz and Neil put out scientific machines, collected materials from the ground and took lots of photographs." Now writing, "That's one small step for man.

One giant leap for mankind," is quite a long quote to write.

So instead I'm going to draw the moon, add a few details, and big craters on the moon.

So I'm going to draw a little machine.

I'm sure your drawings are going to be better than mine.

I'm doing mine a bit speedy.

So, he deployed scientific machines.

He took lots of photographs, there's my camera, and they collected lots of materials.

So I'm going to draw a little spade to show that they were digging things up.

I'm putting it in here.

Okay? And number nine, "The three astronauts spent 18 days in quarantine." 18 days in quarantine.

So I'm going to draw a little bus like we saw in the picture and they were in here for 18 days.

The three men.

"So they visited 21 nations and they were praised for their bravery and their courage." Okay.

So you can have a go at drawing the last three boxes of our story map.

Pause the video, have a go at that now.

Would you like to go into space? You would? Me too! I want to go into space as well.

Did you know that that was a company called Virgin Galactic? Can you say that? Now, Virgin Galactic is a space flight company.

They are developing a spacecraft that could help us fly into space.

They want to create a reusable spacecraft.

So like when you go on an aeroplane, that aeroplane doesn't just do one journey, it goes back and forth, back and forth to different places all the way around the world.

Now they want a reusable spacecraft going into space.

But if you want to take it on that flight into space, you are going to need to save up a lot of money because it costs around $250,000 to get one ticket into space! That's a lot, isn't it? If you want to show me your work, you can ask your parent or carer to send a photo on Twitter.

Oak National Academy is the tag and you need to use hashtag #ONAYear1 and I will be able to see it there.

I've seen lots of incredible work so far.

So please do keep sending them in, but remember your parent or carer has to do it for you.

So stay safe and I will see you next time for another space flight!.