Our Place in Space

Explore planet Earth and the solar system in Life’s immersive planetarium. This workshop can also be delivered as outreach in our Mobile Planetarium.

Who is it for: Key stage 2

Duration: 60 minutes

Discover the movement of the Earth, its Moon and the planets in our solar system to find out how we get days and years.

A live, presenter-led planetarium experience where students can make decisions about what they discover.

In our planetarium show, students will feel like they are visiting different continents on Earth, going stargazing in Kielder and even launching a mission to the Moon. Our presenters will take you on a tour of the solar system and you will see how the JWST (James Webb Space Telescope) can help us make new discoveries about our universe.

This workshop can also be delivered as outreach in our Mobile Planetarium.

Curriculum links

Key stage 2

Space

KS2 Science - Earth and Space

By the end of the workshops students will have discovered:

How the Earth’s rotation leads to day and night and the apparent movement of the Sun across the sky.

The movement of Earth and other planets relative to the Sun in our solar system .

How old they would be on different planets.

The movement of the Moon relative to the Earth and why the Moon appears to change shape.

The conditions needed for stargazing and some of the constellations in our night sky.

How scientists can use the JSWT to find out more about our solar system and the universe.

School trip prices

Teachers and adult helpers go FREE!

Workshop only

£5.95 per pupil

Workshop and science centre visit

£11.95 per pupil

Outreach

This workshop can also be delivered at your school inside our mobile Planetarium.

From £360

What other teachers say...

‘Fabulous day – very well organised and the children really enjoyed all sessions – very knowledgeable presenters. Thank you!’

Roseberry Primary School