We have been really excited by the very positive reaction to our two new loan  boxes at Dundee  Science Centre Science Learning Institute. Funded as part of World Space Week by the Association for Science and Discovery Centres, these loan boxes were launched  (no pun intended!) at our recent learning session for practitioners working with  learners at first and second level. In partnership with Mills Observatory, Dundee, teachers and student teachers were taken on a journey into space, travelling on spaceship Earth.

Loan boxes can be booked free of charge by any  practitioner who has attended a learning session with  us, or visited Dundee Science Centre with learners. We  are  delighted that one week after their launch, the loan  boxes are already in use in classrooms in Tayside.

If you’re inspired to begin your journey of exploration,  through cutting-edge space discoveries and hands-on  science for the classroom, contact us about borrowing a box on learning@dundeesciencecentre.org.uk. Contains everything you might need for your mission!

Travellers on Spaceship Earth for first level

This loan box, with a focus on learning at first level, is full of ideas and resources to allow your learners to take a trip into space – a favourite topic with children of all ages! Explore the seasons, consider why it feels colder in the winter and find out who works in space. Is there a new home for us out there in the solar system? Why does the moon “disappear”? What makes the surface of Mars the way it is? The box contains equipment you’ll need for hands-on inquiry-based sciences, along with images, news articles, fiction and factual books. The box is accompanied by a learning journey for practitioners to aid planning for conceptual development, responsibilities of all, skills in science inquiry and higher-order thinking skills.

The first level loan box can be borrowed at the same time as the second level box if required.

Travellers on Spaceship Earth for second level

This loan box, with a focus on learning at second level, is full of ideas and resources to allow your learners to explore the solar system. From twinkling stars to the myths surrounding constellations, and  the planets beyond our solar system, the box contains equipment you’ll need for hands-on inquiry-  based sciences, along with images, news articles, fiction and factual books to take your learner on a  journey into space. The box is accompanied by a learning journey for practitioners to aid planning for conceptual development, responsibilities of all, skills in science inquiry and higher-order thinking skills.

The second level loan box can be borrowed at the same time as the first level box if required.