In March 2026, Connected Falkirk’s Mari-Jane Wilcox, along with guest Scientist Lauren McKechnie, led our young people to the Moon in this ‘Lunar Lab’ British Science Week live interactive lesson.
Pupils embraced the theme of ‘Curiosity’ while become space engineers and designed custom lunar rovers using iPads and Apple’s creative tools. Learners used their critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and cosmic imaginations to prototype the future of lunar exploration, all while learning some ‘stellar’ facts and information about the Moon.
The Challenge
Live Teams Session
You can find a pre-recording of the Teams session delivered live with classes below.
PLEASE NOTE: If you want to add your Polar Pixel Pals to the Padlet for our Connected Falkirk Lunar Rover Fleet, you have until Friday 20th March 2026 at 3.01pm.
Resources
Mini Challenge Task
Pupil completed the following mini challenge task as a warm up to the Live Lesson. They used Mark Up tools to add themselves or a character to the Astronaut suit. They also made a kit list of everything they would need to pack to visit the moon and used the Mark Up tools to add this to the image.
Lunar Lookbook
Pupils were supported by the Lunar Lookbook to help with ideas to design their own custom Lunar Rovers. The Lookbook contains ideas for each step of the design mission: Chassis, Wheels, Power Up and Gadgets.
More Activities
Had fun creating a custom Lunar Rover? The fun doesn’t have to end there! Why not had a go at these extension tasks?
