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Welcome to Go For It! Space
What’s this Go For It! about?
Since the dawn of time humans have been fascinated by the night sky and dreamed
of travelling to far-off galaxies. From Galileo to Gagarin, HG Wells to Star Wars, space
has inspired people of all nationalities and backgrounds.
Now you and your Patrol can explore the universe with Go For It! Space, the Guide
resource that boldly goes where no Go For It! has gone before! Build your own moon
buggy, fly a rocket, sample an astronaut’s breakfast and much, much more!
How does it work?
For your first session, have a go at some of the activities in the ‘Get started’ section to
find out which activities in Go For It! Space interest you. Then choose three more
sessions’ worth of activities in the rest of the pack. Make sure you do at least one
activity from three of the four sections. You should spend four Patrol times (including
planning time) on the Go For It! to gain the badge.
If you enjoy Go For It! Space, check out the ideas in the ‘Take it further’ section on
page 18.
Team work
You’ll need to work together all the way on this Go For It! – there are lots of decisions
and plans to be made. How will you make sure everyone’s voice is heard? Think about
everyone’s strengths and how best to use them.
Go For It! Space badge
When your Patrol has completed Go For It! Space you will each gain this great badge!
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Get started
These activities are designed to get you started and help your Patrol to pick other
activities from this Go For It!. Try a few and find out what you enjoy most! Don’t forget
to leave time once you have done this to plan what you will be doing for the next
three Go For It! sessions.
Human solar system
Did you know that a model of the solar system is called an orrery?
You will need
Lots of people!
Paper
Coloured pens or pencils
Drawing of the solar system
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15 minutes
What to do
You will need one person to stand in the middle of the room and be the Sun. Eight
people will be the planets, a small group the asteroid belt and another group comets.
Before you start, make labels for each person so that they know exactly which part of
the solar system they are!
The planets need to arrange themselves in order from the Sun, with Mercury closest
and Neptune furthest away. Set the planets and the asteroid belt walking round the
Sun in circles, and then add in the comets shooting across the solar system along a
canoe-shaped trail. If you have more Guides, they can be moons that orbit (go round)
the different planets.
Try it this way
If you haven’t got enough people to create a human orrery, why not recreate the solar
system using different sized balls or pieces of fruit?
If it’s dark outside you could even use glow sticks or torches to light up the planets.
Is anyone out there?
Despite hundreds of science fiction books, films and TV series, no
sign of alien life has ever been confirmed. But that doesn’t mean
no one’s looking!
You will need
Art materials
Paper
Pens
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It wi ake:
20 minutes
What to do
If you were the first person to be contacted by aliens, how would you describe
humans to them? You can only communicate through words, such as an email, text or
voice message. Working as a Patrol, prepare a description of humans for an alien.
Share your description with your unit. What do they think?
Your technology becomes much more advanced, so you can now send and receive
pictures. How would you use images to help you describe what humans are like?
Try creating a visual message. Did you find it easier using pictures?
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Space to exercise
Astronauts stand on vibration plates for 10–20 minutes a day to
help keep their bones strong. This technique is now being used
back on Earth to help people who suffer from bone problems such
as osteoporosis. But how do you keep fit in zero gravity?
You will need
Basic sports equipment such as balls, hoops, bean bags etc
Paper
Pens
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It wi ake:
20 minutes
What to do
Because astronauts in space are weightless, their muscles don’t get used very much
and begin to waste away. To combat this and keep healthy, astronauts need to
exercise every day. The weightless environment also affects which types of exercise
are effective.
Imagine you are a sports scientist designing a training programme for astronauts
about to go to the International Space Station for six months. Decide which types of
exercise would help the crew to keep their muscles strong.
Try your programme out on your Patrol or unit.
Take care
Always warm up properly before doing any exercise and
cool down afterwards.
What next?
Now you have had a chance to think about different aspects of the space theme.
What interests you the most? Check out the activities in the following sections:
Life in space
Infinity and beyond
Keep watching the skies
Blast off!
Choose which ones you want to do for the rest of your sessions on this Go For It!.
Over the three sessions you should make sure you do at least one activity from three
of the four sections. You can either plan the next three sessions in one go or allow
time at the end of each one to plan the following session. Your Leaders will be able to
help you with the planning.
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Life in space
Ingredients for life
What do we need in order to exist?
You will need
5 small, thick plastic bottles with narrow necks
5 balloons
Sugar
Fast-acting dried yeast
Teaspoons
Bowl of ice
Water (cold, warm and hot)
Small measuring jug
Kettle
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30 minutes
What to do
Add the following ingredients to each bottle and mix them by gently swirling the
contents. Then put a balloon over the top of each one. What happens? Why do you
think that is?
Bottle A: 100ml warm water + 1tsp yeast + 1tsp sugar.
Bottle B: 100ml warm water + 1tsp yeast. DON’T add sugar.
Bottle C: 100ml warm, deoxygenated water (water that has been boiled several times
and left to cool down slightly) + 1tsp yeast + 1tsp sugar.
Bottle D: 100ml cold water + 1tsp yeast + 1tsp sugar. Put this flask into a bowl of ice.
Bottle E: 100ml hot water + 1tsp yeast + 1tsp sugar.
What conditions did the yeast need to live and grow? Do we need the same ones?
What else do we need?
Take care
Be careful using hot water.
Be aware of any yeast or latex allergies in your Patrol.
Ice cream comets
Comets are often described as ‘dirty snowballs’ because they are
made of ice and contain things like rocks and dust. This activity is
your chance to make some edible comets.
You will need
1 medium strong resealable food bag
1 large strong resealable food bag
5 cups full-fat milk
1tbsp caster sugar
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30 minutes
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2–3 drops vanilla essence
5 cups salt
Ice cubes
Small cookies such as raisin or chocolate chip
What to do
1. Pour the milk, sugar and vanilla into the medium food bag and close the seal.
Put enough ice cubes in the larger food bag to fill it about one third full and add
the salt. Put the smaller bag inside the larger bag.
2. Seal the larger bag and then, taking care to hold the top of both bags, shake for
about five to ten minutes. You will know when your ice cream is ready, as the milk
mixture in the smaller bag should feel hard!
3. Take out the smaller bag containing your ice cream and carefully rinse off the
icy salt water on the outside. (Use very cold water to do this or you will melt your
ice cream.)
4. Crush two or three cookies and mix these together in the bag with your ice cream.
How does it taste?
Take care
Be aware of any food allergies in your Patrol.
F
ollow good food hygiene practice, eg washing hands,
tying back hair.
Y
ou might want to wear rubber gloves to do this to stop
your hands getting too cold!
Space Tourist Board
Bed and breakfast on Venus?
You will need
Information about the planets
Paper
Pens
Art materials
Magazines and holiday brochures (optional)
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30 minutes
What to do
Find out about some of the planets in our solar system. What are the different
environments like on them? How far away are they from the Earth and the Sun?
Imagine you are the Space Tourist Board. Come up with different adverts, such as
posters, leaflets or jingles, to advertise a planet of your choice. Try using travel
brochures to give you some tips on how to sell your planetary holidays.
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How long would it take to travel there?
What would you be able to do there?
What would the weather be like?
Take it further
Present your ideas to the rest of your unit and see which planet they would prefer to
go to!
Space taste test
What do astronauts eat?
You will need
A selection of dried, tinned and fresh food
What to do
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20 minutes
When people travel into space or live on a space station, they need
enough food and water to keep them healthy. They will have only a small amount of
fresh food for the first few days of a mission, so most of the food will be preserved
in some way.
Find some foods that are available dried, tinned and fresh, for example apricots or
tomatoes. With your Patrol, try tasting all these types of food and see which you like
best. Which would be better as part of a healthy, balanced diet?
Take it further
Design a menu for your own space meal. You are allowed to use only one item of
fresh food; the rest must be dried or tinned food. There are weight limits for what can
be taken up in a spacecraft. Do you think tinned food or dried food and water would
be heavier? Think about the rubbish produced too.
Take care
Be aware of any food allergies in your Patrol.
F
ollow good food hygiene practice, eg washing hands,
tying back hair.
A
lways follow any cooking instructions on dried and
tinned food products.
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Infinity and beyond
Sun-sational space art
Be inspired by the universe.
You will need
Art equipment
Coloured paper (try to use white, black, silver or gold)
Images of space
S
election of space art, for example science fiction film images
and book covers
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45 minutes
What to do
Did you know that space is a very beautiful place? Space telescopes and cameras
can capture wonderful images, which have inspired many artists, writers and
musicians.
1. Look carefully at some images from space. What do you see? Think about the
shapes, colours, textures, emotions and so on. How have artists used images like
these to create pieces of art?
2. Create your own space art. Try using different media to develop a message about
space and how you feel about it. This could include collage, quilling, mosaic, glitter
and glue, metallic pens, printing, paint, crayons, pastels and so on.
3. Display the results in your unit meeting place.
Take it further
Use your ideas to make posters or gift cards.
Cosmic cratering
Craters are formed when a large object crashes into a planet or
moon. Stage your own comet crash!
You will need
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25 minutes
Washing-up bowl or deep tray
Newspaper or plastic sheet
Ruler or measuring tape
3 bags of flour
Coloured powder, for example powder paint or cocoa powder
Sieve
‘Comets/asteroids’, for example a variety of marbles, balls, small rocks (different
weights, shapes and sizes)
Water sprayer
Paper (white and/or black)
Glitter (optional)
Clear plastic wallet
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What to do
1. Cover a large area of floor space with newspaper or a plastic sheet. Place your bowl
or tray in the middle and fill it 10–15cm deep with flour. Use a sieve to sift a thin layer
of powder paint or cocoa on top.
2. Drop a marble from 1 metre above the tray. Measure the width and depth of the
hole it makes. Now experiment with making different craters by dropping more
cosmic objects. Try different shapes, angles, weights, heights and so on. What
different patterns do you see?
3. If you used powder paint, you could lightly spray the surface with water and then
press on a sheet of paper to make a print of your craters. Look at the shapes around
the craters. Are they all the same?
4. Try mixing glitter with your coloured powder and taking a print. When the page is
dry, use a clear plastic wallet to preserve your print.
5. Discuss in your Patrol what would happen if a large comet hit the Earth. Points you
could consider include the impact when a comet hits and what type of area it hits
(in the sea, forest, city and so on).
Take it further
What happens if you use more than one coloured layer in your bowl/tray?
What happens if you mix rice with the flour?
You could even try this activity using wet and dry sand on the beach!
Take care
e aware of any allergies to flour, paint or glue in your
B
Patrol.
Think about how you will clear up the activity before you
start it! Make sure you put lots of newspaper down to
prevent powder going all over the floor. You may prefer to
try this outside. You might want to wear old clothes or
cover yourselves up for this experiment.
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Detect a meteor
Make your own radio telescope!
You will need
FM or shortwave radio with a long aerial
What to do
Radio telescopes, like the famous Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank
in Cheshire, use radio waves to help detect objects in space.
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15 minutes
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on the m
Why not make your own simple radio telescope to detect meteor
showers? To do this you will need to find out when a meteor shower is going to
happen (like the Perseids in August or the Leonids in November) and tune your radio
to an empty part of the spectrum. Ideally, find the frequency of a distant radio station
whose signal you can’t normally pick up (if you are in the UK, a station in France
should do). As the meteors pass through the upper atmosphere they create an
ionised trail, which can reflect radio waves, allowing you to hear brief bursts of sound
through the radio.
You don’t have to find a foreign radio station to do this; the trails will cause a burst of
static as well, although it is not always very loud. You can also do it at any time of year,
during the day and when it’s cloudy, but around the time of a big meteor shower is
best otherwise you may not hear much!
A Question of Space
Test your knowledge with a quiz show.
You will need
Paper
Pens
Theme tune music
A
stronomy/space information, such as books, websites
and so on
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20 minutes
What to do
Decide on the type of game show you want to do, for example Astronomy Call My
Bluff , Never Mind the Cosmonauts , Have I got Space News for You? , Who Wants to
be an Astronomer? and so on.
Think of a catchy theme tune for your show and what sort of futuristic-sounding
buzzer noises you are going to use. Now you need to come up with some of your own
space quiz questions. Play your quiz as a Patrol or try it out on the rest of the unit!
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Keep watching the skies
Observations
What can you see after dark?
You will need
Star chart or planisphere
Outdoor clothing
Torch
Clear red film, such as a sweet wrapper
Elastic band
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It wi ake:
45 minutes
What to do
On a clear night, go outside and look at the sky above you. It will take about ten
minutes for your eyes to get used to the dark.
What can you see? Most of the points of light are stars. Depending on how clear the
night sky is, you might also see some planets, man-made satellites, galaxies and even
the International Space Station!
Planets that you can easily see with your naked eye from the UK are Venus, Mars,
Saturn and Jupiter. They are in a slightly different position each night compared to the
stars around them (which is how they were first discovered). To find out exactly where
they are, look at the stargazing/astronomy sections of newspapers, astronomy books
or on the internet.
To read a star chart or planisphere when you are outside, don’t use an uncovered torch
or you will have to get your eyes used to the dark again! Cover your torch with some
clear red film (a sweet wrapper will do) and use an elastic band to hold it in place.
Tell the rest of your unit about what you saw.
Venus and Mars
If you see a bright ‘star’ near the horizon at dawn or dusk, it is most likely the planet
Venus, which is sometimes called the morning or evening star. Mars looks like an
orange star in the sky.
Satellites
These move across different parts of the sky in a straight line. Sometimes they seem
to get fainter and ‘wink out’ as they travel.
Shooting stars (or meteors)
Sometimes the Earth travels through a cloud of dust in space that has been left
behind by a comet. These particles of dust burn up as they come through the Earth’s
atmosphere, making streaks of light in the sky.
Take it further
Binoculars and telescopes will help you observe things in the night sky that are too
faint for you to see with your eyes alone. Can you spot Saturn’s rings, the moons of
Jupiter, craters on the Moon and the polar caps of Mars?
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Take care
Make sure you always go observing with a Leader/adult.
Always wrap up warm before going outside.
Cereal box spectrometer
MIRI (Mid Infrared Instrument) is an infrared camera and
spectrometer. It is one of four instruments that will be on the
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which is due to be
launched in 2018 and will orbit the Earth, beaming back
information and pictures. These instruments will be used to help
investigate how stars, galaxies and planets are formed and even
seek out new planets!
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It wi ake:
30 minutes
Spectrometers are scientific instruments that measure the
different ‘colours’ or wavelengths of light. Scientists use the results to find out what
the stars are made from. Try this activity and see a rainbow, whatever the weather!
You will need
Small cereal box (25g variety pack size)
An old CD (unpainted so that you can see through it if you hold it up to the light)
Scissors
Sticky tape
Black card/paper
Ruler
Pencil/pen
What to do
1. Take an empty cereal box and cut a slot at a
Crunchy
Cereal
45 degree angle on one of the long sides near
the end. (It is easier to cut the box if you
squeeze the two sides of the corner together.)
This is where you will slot in your CD.
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Crunchy
2. On the short edge
nearest the slot, cut a
Cereal
hole that enables you to look at the CD
(the eyepiece). This needs to be about 1cm
wide and 2cm long. If you make a small
piercing first with a pencil/pen, cutting
is easier.
3. You now need to make a very small slit in
the opposite side to the 45 degree angle slot
to let in light. To do this, cut a wider slit and
then tape two small rectangles of black paper
over this, leaving a gap of less than 1mm.
You will need to aim this slit at a good light
source when you look through the eyepiece.
4. Slot the CD into the first 45 degree slit.
You should see light from the other slit
reflected onto the CD, which splits it into the
seven colours of the rainbow. Tilt the box up
and down to see the spectrum – the different
components that make up visible light.
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Constellation charts
Make a map with a difference!
You will need
C
lear plastic sheeting, such as plastic wallets cut in half,
clear shower curtain cut into sections or even cellophane from
greeting cards
Permanent marker pens with thin nibs
Star charts/planisphere
Torch with red filter, ie a red sweet wrapper fixed over the end (optional)
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45 minutes
What to do
Find out about the constellations you can see in the night sky at different times of
year. Use star charts or planispheres to help you.
On a clear night, go outside and make your own constellation map. To do this you will
need a piece of clear plastic sheeting and a marker pen. Hold up the sheeting and
mark on the position of the stars you can see.
Add in the names later, when you’re back inside, or use a torch covered with a red
filter (see Observations, page 10) so that you can write them on immediately.
Take it further
Look up at the Moon. Now try looking at it through your legs. What happens?
Are you sitting comfortably?
Tell a tale about travelling around the stars.
You will need
Props and costumes (optional)
What to do
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20 minutes
There are myths and legends about the Sun, Moon, planets, stars
and constellations in many different cultures, from Ancient Greece
to Hollywood. In your Patrol, either make up your own constellation and tell a story
about it, or find an existing story about space to tell.
Perform your story to the rest of your unit. Think about how you will share the
storytelling within your Patrol. Why not make it an interactive experience and get your
audience to join in with the fun somehow?
Top tip
Pick really interesting characters and put some sort of twist
in the tale. Vary your voice – speak loudly or whisper.
Move around, don’t just sit or stand still.
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Blast off!
Fizzy rockets
Transform everyday objects into mini rockets that really blast
through the air!
You will need
Large roll of paper
Pen
Modelling clay
Cocktail sticks
Empty film canisters
Drinking straws
Sticky tape
Scissors
Vitamin C tablets (fizzy)
Sticky tack
Water
Powder or poster paint (1 colour per team)
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It wi ake:
45 minutes
What to do
This messy activity is best done outside!
1. Mark out a space from your launch pad to your landing site (about 2 to 3m apart).
Roll out a sheet of paper from your launch pad to your landing site and weight it down
with stones. Draw a target at one end. Make your launch pad at the other end using a
lump of modelling clay and a cocktail stick aimed towards the target.
2. Along the side of a film canister stick a length of straw, slightly longer than the
canister. Use sticky tack to attach the vitamin C tablet to the inside of the lid. Put
some water into the film canister and put on the lid. Quickly turn the film canister
upside down, put the straw over the cocktail stick and stand back while your rocket
takes off!
3. Did you reach the target? If not, try changing the angle of your launcher or the
distance between the launch pad and the target. Now use runny paint instead of
water. What sort of patterns did you make?
How it works
As the vitamin C tablet mixes with the water it produces carbon dioxide, which builds
up inside the canister until the pressure is so great that it forces the lid off. This
makes it perfect for firing into space!
Take it further
Experiment with warm water (this will make the reaction quicker), the amount of
vitamin C tablet, paint and so on.
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Take care
B
e aware of any allergies to vitamin C tablets in
your Patrol.
Don’t stand in front of or over the rockets and keep well
back. Ensure you don’t aim rockets at anyone.
This activity may require help from a Leader.
Dr Who?
A rocket needs more than just astronauts to get it into space!
You will need
Pens
Paper
What to do
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20 minutes
Did you know that there are thousands of people working on space
projects, and that they come from all sorts of backgrounds and career fields?
1. In your Patrol, think about the different specialists you would need to design, build,
launch, promote, run and analyse a space mission. Next come up with a list of the
people who support them in their work. Think about the different working
environments, safety, catering, storage, resources, computer/IT support, finance and
so on.
2. Try to draw your own space station or space lab design, including rooms for all of
the specialists and enough space for all the tasks to be carried out.
3. Would you like to work in space or supporting a space mission? Choose a favourite
job from your lists. What knowledge, qualifications or experience would you need to
do that job?
Talk like a space probe
The space probe Cassini-Huygens reached Saturn in 2004.
Huygens then separated from Cassini to land on Saturn’s largest
moon, Titan. Huygens had very small antennae so it couldn’t send
signals all the way back to Earth. It had to send a signal to Cassini,
which relayed it to the European Space Agency on Earth (ESA),
then NASA, then the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh (ROE).
Can you pass messages along a chain and get the correct
message at the end?
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30 minutes
You will need
5 Guides
Morse Code cipher (see below)
4 instruments, such as shakers made from jars of dried beans or peas
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name cards – Huygens, Cassini, European Space Agency (ESA), Jet Propulsion
Laboratory at NASA, Royal Observatory in Edinburgh (ROE)
Messages in Morse Code
What to do
1. Allocate a name card to each Guide. The girl who is Huygens thinks of a short
message and translates it into Morse Code. She starts the message using her
instrument (decide together what noises will represent the dots and dashes).
2. Pass this message along the chain until it reaches the ROE Guide. She will have
the Morse Code cipher to translate the message into English. It might be easier to
start with one letter at a time.
3. How did you get on? Imagine how difficult it is to send messages all the way from
Saturn! Problems with relaying messages happen in real life; scientists have to work
out where the mistakes are so they can correct them.
Take it further
Spacecraft instructions and signals are actually sent in binary code. This has only two
digits, 0 and 1, unlike our normal number system, which has the digits 0-9. Binary
code is used in computing because the two digits, 1 and 0, can be represented by
something being ‘on’ or ‘off’. Find out more about binary code and how to use it.
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Scrap heap moon challenge
Build a space buggy.
You will need
Cargo, such as an egg or tennis ball
Junk materials, such as cardboard boxes and tubing
Elastic bands
Balloons
Wheels, for example cotton reels
Axles, for example skewers
String
Drinking straws
Glue
Sticky tape
Scissors
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30 minutes
What to do
Design and build a buggy to transport your cargo safely along a track. The winner will
be the one that travels furthest in a straight line.
Once your buggy crosses the start line you can’t touch it, so think about how to
propel it! The elastic bands and balloons might be useful...
Take it further
Find out about existing space buggies to give you some design ideas. What things
might be different on the Moon compared to the Earth?
Take care
Be aware of any allergies to eggs or latex in your Patrol.
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Make a Mars rover
Watch out for crash landings!
You will need
Drinking straws
Sticky tape
String
Scissors
Eggs
Newspaper
Tissue paper or other lightweight material
Junk materials, such as boxes, tubes
Balloons
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45 minutes
What to do
Your mission is to land a delicate scientific ‘eggsplorer’ on the surface of Mars.
Can you build a junk craft that will bring your egg safely down without it cracking on
impact?
Test your craft by dropping it from an agreed height. Don’t forget to cover the ‘Martian
surface’ with newspaper if you are doing the activity indoors!
Take it further
If you want to run this as a competition for your Patrol/unit, why not try limiting the
weight and size of the rover or charging different prices for the materials and giving
everyone a set budget to stick to?
Take care
Be aware of any allergies to eggs or latex in your Patrol.
B
e careful if dropping the crafts from a height – always
make sure you have adult supervision.
Take it further
If you enjoyed this Go For It!, why not try…
Science badge
Go For It! Experiment.
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Notes for Leaders
A balanced programme
One of your responsibilities is to ensure that your Guides experience a balanced and
varied programme. Chat to the Patrol and find out what their plans are – encourage
them to choose a variety of different activities.
Remember you can ensure a balance by doing unit activities, games and so on in
addition to Go For Its!.
Safety
Ensure the Guides are safe. You should always adhere to the rules within The Guiding
Manual and, depending on the girls’ ages and abilities, you may need to give extra
support with:
going outside the normal meeting place
inviting members of the public into the meeting place
staying away from home in unfamiliar surroundings
the use of specialist equipment, such as tents, knives and cooking appliances
personal and food hygiene
a
llergies and what to do in the event of an allergic reaction.
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Project Coordinator: Jen Buche
Project Editors: Alison Griffiths, Alison Shaw
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Designer: Angie Daniel
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