Varied introduction to the Moon Landing topic with pupils actively involved in sequencing, speculating and then the killer activity called Prove it in which they have to use a gallery of visual clues to find evidence to prove that man really did go to the moon.
Learning objectives
- Pupils can combine clues to infer what the mystery picture might be.
- Pupils are able to make links between the astronauts and other pioneers of flight.
- Pupils can place the First Moon Landing approximately on a timeline of the last 100 years.
- Pupils are able to consider the type of evidence available to historians studying the Moon landing of 1969.
- They can match statements to specific pieces of evidence.
- Pupils understand that people are sceptical as to whether it ever happened and know some reasons why (flag, footprint etc)
Step 1
If you haven’t already told the pupils what their new topic is to be, try introducing it using slide 1 which is animated to act as a slow reveal (slide 1). As each of the four covering coloured squares disappears on clicking, so more of the image of man on the moon is revealed. Discuss how they knew this was man’s
