Home Education Day
A day dedicated to home educated children and their families.
- 8th May 2025
- Workshop, Show and Talk Included
- Free Time to Explore the Exhibition
- Spend time with other Home Education Families
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National Space Centre Home Education Day
A day dedicated to home educated children and their families
Join us for a fun filled day all about planet Earth, biodiversity and find out about current space missions launching this year designed to support our understanding of our planet. Included in your day are hands on activities for different age groups, a live talk, local experts on hand to answer your questions and a planetarium show.
Suitable for children from 6-14, sessions will allow children and adults (children remain the responsibility of accompanying adults at all times) to work together to achieve their own learning goals.
This Month's Theme
Our subject for this Home Education Day is Biodiversity:
- Price - £14 per child and £9.50 per adult (children remain the responsibility of accompanying adults at all times) to work together to achieve their own learning goals.
- Adults must remain with child/children at all times.
- Minimum 1 adult per 3 children.
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Workshop - Biodiversity in the World
- 10:30 - POD
Get hands on in the POD with a selection of activities for this age group. In your session you can find out how many insects you can find in your garden and why it is so important to have a diverse range of life. Create a bee habitat and learn how to make an origami plant pot and seeds you can take home to support plants in your garden.
Meet a member of the National Centre for Earth Observation to find out more about their work and the research they are part of.
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Talk - Carbon Quest
- 12:30 - LIVE Space
Carbon is the secret ingredient that makes life on Earth possible—but where does it go, and why does it matter? Join the Discovery Team in LIVE Space this Easter as we unlock the mysteries of the carbon cycle! Discover how satellites like Biomass help us track carbon as it moves through our forests, oceans, and atmosphere, shaping our planet’s future. Through demonstrations and real-world space data, you’ll see Earth like never before.
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NSC Creative Planetarium Show - We are Guardians
- 14:20 - Planetarium
The world, its peoples and environments are connected and interdependent. From the smallest bacteria to the largest ocean whale; there exists a link between all things. In a world out of balance, We Are Guardians looks at how ecosystems are intrinsically connected and with the increasing use of Satellite Monitoring, examines the links between human activities and climate change.
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NASA/JPL Workshop - Oceans and Satellites
- 12:00 - Peake
Find out the problems our oceans and sea life are facing due to rising temperatures and increased CO2 levels, with some live demonstrations and activities and then find out how satellite technology is used to help us to understand our planet better and see if you can solve our altimetry puzzle.
Meet a member of the National Centre for Earth Observation to find out more about their work and the research they are part of.
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Talk - Carbon Quest
- 10:30 - LIVE Space
Carbon is the secret ingredient that makes life on Earth possible—but where does it go, and why does it matter? Join the Discovery Team in LIVE Space this Easter as we unlock the mysteries of the carbon cycle! Discover how satellites like Biomass help us track carbon as it moves through our forests, oceans, and atmosphere, shaping our planet’s future. Through demonstrations and real-world space data, you’ll see Earth like never before.
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NSC Creative Planetarium Show - Tour of the Night Sky
- 14:20 - Planetarium
The world, its peoples and environments are connected and interdependent. From the smallest bacteria to the largest ocean whale; there exists a link between all things. In a world out of balance, We Are Guardians looks at how ecosystems are intrinsically connected and with the increasing use of Satellite Monitoring, examines the links between human activities and climate change.
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Workshop - Satellites and Drones
- 14:00 - POD
Join the Discovery team to find out how satellites and drones can help us to get a different view on things and to understand our planet better. Then get hands on with some satellite altimetry instruments to try our puzzle and fly our mini drones in the POD.
Meet a member of the National Centre for Earth Observation to find out more about their work and the research they are part of.
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NASA, ESA, J. Hester and A. Loll (Arizona State University) Talk - Seeing the Invisible
- 11:30 - LIVE Space
Join the discovery team to find out about the exploration of space, using space telescopes. Through live demonstrations and fun interactive questions find out what they are, where they are, and how do they work.
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NSC Creative Planetarium Show - We Are Guardians
- 10:20 - Planetarium
The world, its peoples and environments are connected and interdependent. From the smallest bacteria to the largest ocean whale; there exists a link between all things. In a world out of balance, We Are Guardians looks at how ecosystems are intrinsically connected and with the increasing use of Satellite Monitoring, examines the links between human activities and climate change.
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