Lesson video

Hi everyone, it's really nice to see you.

I'm feeling really excited about teaching you this lesson.

My name is Miss Emms, and in this lesson, in this science lesson, we're going to be learning when and how was space discovered.

Hopefully, you've already completed, at some stage, the other lessons that form this Space unit, that came before this one.

If not, go and find those on the website before you have a go at watching this video.

Okay, let's get started.

So in today's lesson we're going to follow this structure.

So you should have already completed a start of lesson quiz.

That's just to see what you can remember from our previous learning all about space.

If you haven't completed your start of lesson quiz, then pause the video, exit the video, go back onto the first activity and complete your start of lesson quiz, and then you can come back and press Play again.

Pause now if you need to do that.

After that, we're going to hear a little bit about space exploration, and then we're going to create a timeline.

After we've created our timeline and I've showed you how to do that, that's going to be the main part of our learning today, because we're going to add in key dates and people.

And finally, you're going to do an end of lesson quiz.

So you'll need three things in this lesson.

You'll need an exercise book or paper, ideally, plain paper in today's lesson, a pencil, and your brain switched on, ready to do some great learning.

You've already got your brain.

If you need to go and get the first two things, then pause the video now to go and do that.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

So now we're ready.

A quick recap first, 'cause it's really important that we think about our previous learning so that we can learn new things.

We have learnt about the planets.

We've learned that Mercury is very hot.

See if you can join in with me with the actions and the facts that we learned.

Venus is very bright.

The Earth is where we live.

Mars is the colour red.

Jupiter's very wide.

Saturn has a large ring around it.

Uranus spins on its side.

And Neptune is very windy.

Amazing.

And we learnt about the Earth's orbit.

We learned the Earth takes how many days to complete a full orbit of the sun? Tell your screen.

You're right! 365 days.

Well done, everybody.

And we learnt that the seasons change depending on where you are, whether where you are on the Earth is tilted away from or towards the sun.

We also learnt about the temperature of stars.

We learnt that the hottest stars are the colour? Blue.

Good.

The coldest stars are the colour? Red.

And in-between temperature stars are a sort of white colour.

And we learnt in our last lesson about constellations, about? Right, and we learnt that there were 88 constellations.

And constellations is when you almost, when you draw imaginary lines between stars and they form images.

And last lesson, you had a go at creating your very own constellations, which I have loved seeing.

Well done.

So our star words for today, we've only got three.

Are you ready? Star words, star words, star words! The first one is exploration.

We're going to do a symbol, we're going to go S, M, and action, we're going to go exploration.

Your turn.

So exploring space.

The next star word is astronaut.

Your turn.

What's an astronaut? Tell your screen.

Someone whose job it is to explore space and find out about space.

And we also need to know what a timeline is.

My turn, your turn.

Timeline.

Amazing.

A timeline is something that we can draw and add to to help us think about when things happened.

It helps us think about the progression of events, when things happened.

So we're going to be creating a timeline about space exploration.

So, quickly, before we start, just a quick recap question.

How do we know about space? How? How might you find out about space? Pause the video and have a really good think about that question, and tell your screen: We know about space by? Pause, think, tell your screen.

Yeah, we know about space because it's astronauts' job to go into space and to find out about space.

We also know that there are telescopes and space shuttles, space probes, sorry, silly with terms, space probes in space.

We learnt about that in a previous lesson, and those help us find out about space.

Today, we're going to learn about some more things that help us know about space.

We are going to create a timeline, and you're going to need the following things.

So you're going to need a piece of paper.

You're going to need a ruler, if you've got one, or something straight that will help you to draw a line, a pencil, and coloured pencils, if you've got them and if you want to add to your timeline.

Make sure that your piece of paper, if possible, it will be a big one like mine, but it doesn't matter if it's A4, you'll just have to do it a little bit smaller.

Okay, so pause the video now to go and get those things, please.

Pause now.

Fantastic.

Okay, right.

We are ready to begin.

I'm going to help you create the timeline, and then we're going to learn about the key dates and people that we're going to add.

So first things first.

Now, this is a little bit tricky, but I know that you can do it.

So on your piece of paper, at the top, I want you to write the title Space Exploration.

Space Exploration.

Pause, and just write the title.

Off you go.

Right, now this is where I used my ruler, okay, and from one side of the piece of paper, I started just by drawing this straight line all the way across in the middle of the paper, like that, and I used my ruler all the way over from this side of the paper to this side of the piece of paper.

Can you pause, and just do that straight line? Off you go.

Amazing! Well done! Now you're going to split it into years, and we're going to go up in 10s, so starting in 1940, so draw a little line up, with your ruler or without, a little line up, 1940.

And then this is the tricky part.

If there's someone near you who can help, then perhaps you can ask them.

If not, you can have a go by yourself.

You're going to have to work out.

You need to have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, you need to have eight intervals that you're going to draw in the middle, So 1940, ignore that line for the moment, equal amount of space, 1950, equal amount of space, 1960, equal amount of space, 1970, equal amount of space 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2010.

So 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

1940, 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2010.

So can you pause the video now and have a go? Don't worry if they're not exactly equal space from each other, but have a go at adding in those key dates.

Pause, and off you go.

Amazing.

Well done, everyone! And if you want to, as I've done, you can underline those key dates.

Pause if you want to do that as well.

Fantastic! Now, we're going to be adding dates that might not be these exact dates, but this is going to help us know where to place them on our timeline.

So let's go back to our slides.

So let's hear about how space exploration started.

In 1942, say the date, the very first rocket, called the V2, is launched.

The first rocket, and it was called the V2, is launched.

Now, we're going to add that to roughly where 1942 is on our timeline, but we don't necessarily need to write the whole sentence, 'cause we're not going to have space.

We're going to have to write quite small or draw a picture.

So I'm going to just draw a picture of a rocket and write V2, and I'm going to write First, and that will remind me that it was the first rocket, it was called the V2, and it was launched into space, 1942.

So let's go back onto my timeline, and this is where you have to work out roughly where that would go.

So if 1940 is here and 1950 is there, then 1945 would be about here, so 1942 is going to be about here, and you can put it above or below.

I'm just going to draw a line, and they can be different lengths, depending on how much space you've got on your page.

And I'm going to draw a rocket, not a very good rocket, but you could have a go at drawing a better one than me, and I'm going to write V2 First, because it was the first rocket.

And here, I'm just going to write the date, 1942, which you can add if you want to, but you don't have to.

Can you pause the video and just do that, please? Off you go.

Fantastic! Well done! So we've got our first event in.

In 1942, the first rocket was launched, which was called V2.

Amazing! I'm going to show you how to do the next one, and then we're going to carry on, and you're going to add them to your timeline by yourself.

So the next thing that happened, the next main event, in 1947, fruit flies, the first living thing, were sent into space.

So in 1947, fruit flies are sent to space.

We're going to draw a picture of a fly.

Fruit flies are sent to space in 1947.

Okay, 1947, so let's go onto our a timeline.

So here's 1950, we're not there yet.

We're going to be about here, 1947, and I'm going to say.

I'm just going to draw an arrow so I've got more space, and this is a bit hard, to draw a fly, isn't it let's have a look at our picture on our slideshow.

Okay.

So in 1947, fruit flies, yours is probably going to be better than mine, fruit flies, I'm not going to write it, I don't need to, I know that the picture is going to remind me that it's about fruit flies, are sent into space.

That's what happened in 1947.

So now I've got 1942, the first rocket, called the V2, launching into space, 1947, fruit flies were sent into space.

Okay, pause if you need to still add that part in now.

Pause now.

Amazing! Let's do the next one together as well.

In 1949, a monkey called Albert is sent into space.

In 1949, a monkey called Albert is sent into space So we're going to draw a monkey, and it's just before 1950, 1949, 1949, so I'm going to draw.

Again, as long as you've got your line there, you can draw a curved arrow up to where you're going to say what's happened.

So in 1949, a monkey, a monkey called Albert was sent into space in 1949.

So my monkey is not as good as yours is going to be.

I'm sure that you're much better at drawing monkeys than I am.

Can you have a go now at adding in your third fact, your third event that happened, Albert the monkey in 1949? Off you go, please everyone.

Pause now.

Fantastic! Well done.

Okay, let's go back to our slideshow.

Now, you've still got your timeline in front of you.

I'm not going to show you how to add in every single event, because now you know how to do it because you've done the first three.

So we are going to go through together, and I'm going to explain to you what happened at each stage.

In 1957, a dog called Laika was the first dog sent into space.

Okay, let's think about that one first.

So I would like you to pause the video, and you're going to add in at 1957, so right close to 1960, but just before 1960, a little picture of a dog, Laika, and maybe you're just going to write Laika, and an arrow to show that the dog was sent into space.

Pause, and do that now.

Amazing! And also, just underneath that, also in 1957, Sputnik, the first satellite, is sent into space, so you can draw a little picture of this satellite that like this, or you can just write Sputnik, or Sputnik, the first satellite is sent into space.

Can you pause the video and add that in for 1957 as well, please? Off you go.

Amazing! So Sputnik, the first satellite sent into space, and both of those things happened in 1957.

Okay, let's move on.

In 1961, Yuri Gagarin is the first man in space.

Yuri Gagarin is the first man to go to space.

What an amazing achievement! So you.

And here's a picture of him, and he was the first man in space.

You can write his name next to your little marker, just next to 1960, just on from 1960, because it was in 1961.

So you can pause, and write Yuri Gagarin, and write First man, or you can draw a little picture of a man, first man in space.

Pause, and do that now.

Well done, you're doing such a good job of your timeline.

I'm really, really impressed.

The next thing is that in 1963, Valentina Tereshkova is the first woman in space.

1963, so very close to what you've just drawn with the first man in space.

So just on from that, in 1963, so find where you're going to draw it, Valentina Tereshkova is the first woman in space, the first woman in space.

So can you pause the video, and here's a picture of her, pause the video, find where you're going to draw it, and mark down Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, through a picture or words, up to you.

Pause, and do that now.

Fantastic! Well done.

Next, in 1969, so just before 1970, point with your finger on your timeline where you're going to draw it, write the arrow, well done, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon! Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon, the first people to land on the moon.

So I would like you to now add that part into your timeline, and maybe you'll draw a picture of an astronaut on the moon, and you'll write the names Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin just before 1970, in 1969.

Pause, and off you go.

Well done, you're doing such a good job.

Okay, next.

Don't worry about not remembering all of this now.

You can look at your timeline later, and you're going to use it as a resource to help you, okay? In 1973, so just on from 1970, a Russian probe is sent to Mars.

So you can pause now, and you can draw a circle to show you the planet Mars, with a mm, an M, in the middle of it.

Pause, and do that now, 1973.

Well done.

Fantastic! Let's move on.

In 1990, a telescope called the Hubble, the Hubble telescope, is launched into a low earth orbit.

So an amazing telescope, called the Hubble telescope, was launched into a low Earth orbit, and remember, we learnt that orbit means to move around the Earth, in 1990, exactly on your marker for 1990.

So pause, and maybe you'll draw a picture of this telescope called the Hubble telescope, and maybe you'll draw a circular arrow to show that it was launched into a low Earth orbit.

Pause, and do that now.

Fantastic, you're doing such a good job! Okay, in 1991, Helen Sharman is the first British astronaut in space, is the first British astronaut in space, and that's in 1991, so just after 1990 when the Hubble telescope was launched into a low earth orbit.

So can you pause, and maybe you'll draw a picture of Helen Sharman.

Here she is, you can see what she looks like, and she was the first British astronaut in space.

Pause, and do that now.

Well done.

Fantastic, everybody.

You're doing a really, really good job.

In 1992, Mae Jemison is the first African-American woman in space, and here you can see a picture of Mae Jemison.

So you need to find 1992, just after Helen Sharman, comes Mae Jemison.

So Helen Sharman is the first British astronaut in space, and Mae Jemison is the first African American woman in space, and there is a picture of her.

So I would like you to find 1992, and add that in as well.

And you can draw a picture of May Jemison, and you can write First underneath.

Off you go.

Fantastic! Well done, everybody.

You're doing an awesome job.

What's going to happen next? So in 1998, so just before 2000, the International Space Station is launched into orbit.

So a space station, International Space Station, is launched, that means it goes into orbit of the earth.

Pause, and you can draw a picture of it next, in 1998.

Off you go.

Well done.

In 2001, Dennis Tito is the first space tourist, and that means that he was the first person to go not as an astronaut or someone who's going to learn, but he paid money as a tourist, almost like a tourist when you go on holiday, you visit somewhere because you want to see it, you're interested.

He was the first space tourist, and his name was Dennis Tito, just after 2001.

So maybe you'll draw a picture of these things to help you remember that he was a tourist.

Pause, and do that now.

Fantastic! In 2004, the first private space flights become available, so if you want to, you can pay a lot of money to fly to space, private space flights, and this was in 2004, so a little bit after 2000.

Can you pause, and perhaps you'll draw a picture of an aeroplane and write Private above it to remind you? You can do whatever you want to remind you of that fact.

Off you go.

Pause now.

Well done.

And finally, 2015, Tim Peake is the first British ESA astronaut, and that means European Space Agency, to visit the International Space Station.

Tim Peake was his name, the first British ESA astronaut to visit the International Space Station.

And there he is, there is a picture of Tim Peake.

You can add that in now, just after 2010, so 2015, maybe you'll draw a picture of Tim Peake.

Pause, and do that now.

Fantastic! Well done.

I hope that that's given you a taste, a brief timeline, of the most important things that have happened in space exploration, and perhaps you feel interested to find out more about space now that you know about all of these amazing people who have gone into space.

We learnt about Tim Peake, Dennis Tito as a tourist, Mae Jemison, Helen Sharman, and Neil Armstrong, and Buzz Aldrin, and Valentina Tereshkova, and Yuri Gagarin.

So hopefully, you're feeling more interested, perhaps, to go and find out more about these very special and important people.

It's time now for your end of lesson quiz, so go onto the.

Exit the video, go on to the next activity and complete your end of lesson quiz.

That brings us to the end of the lesson.

You've done an amazing job today.

If you'd like to share what you've learnt, if you'd like to share a picture of your timeline, you can ask your parent or carer to share your work on Twitter, @OakNational with #LearnWithOak.

Well done on being such excellent scientists.

Give yourself a.

Let's give ourselves an awesome cheer.

Watch mine, it goes like this.

Awesome! Your turn.

Well done, everybody, and I will see you next time.

Bye.