In this research and writing activity, students will imagine that they are a consultant hired by the Canadian government to assess the benefits and drawbacks of spending tax dollars on a Canadian Space Agency project. To support their decision, students will research the goals versus cost of the space project before concluding if it is a necessary investment.

Students have the opportunity for a virtual scavenger hunt on the international space station while learning about the astronaut's life and research on space.

In this strategy card game, students work individually or collaboratively to build a spacecraft capable of exploring our solar system. Students must use problem-solving skills as well as their knowledge of and research into STEM and space exploration concepts to win the game. The object is to fully "explore" their destination by accumulating exploration points.

NASA. (2023, January 5). Educator guide: NASA space voyagers: The game. NASA. Retrieved January 12, 2023, from https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/nasa-space-voyagers-the-game/ 

In this coding and engineering design activity, students will create a safe landing system for a microbit. They can be coded to transmit signal to another microbit using a radio frequency. This activity lends itself well to the space unit and takes two periods of class, to design, build, code and test.