All About Aliens - Complete Lesson + Activities (KS1 and lower KS2)

Interested in learning about aliens? Looking for something different to do with your children? This is a complete lesson with all the activities, information, games, videos and tasks you could need to introduce children to aliens. It is suitable for KS1 and lower KS2 children (Grades 1 - 4).

This lesson covers the following points:

• Key facts about our solar system, galaxy and the size of the universe
• What aliens are
• Why scientists believe it is likely that aliens do exist somewhere in the universe
• Theories of why we haven’t yet made contact with aliens
• Alien mysteries and suspicious sightings of UFOs

This is an entire lesson, complete with the following aspects:
√ Learning objective
√ Success criteria
√ Starter activity - engage your learners
√ Information slides
√ Consolidation activities and mini-plenaries
√ Links to information videos for different ability levels
√ All answer slides
√ Plenary activity - AOL

PLEASE NOTE - Please look at the ‘notes’ section of the PowerPoint for additional information about each slide. These include teaching tips, ideas and further explanations.

This lesson is also suitable for being delivered remotely through online learning with very few adaptations. It combines very well with platforms such as Pear Deck and Nearpod.