The First Man on The Moon : Neil Armstrong

This is a packed visit combining whole group presentations, smaller group role-plays and fun finding-out activities.

The visit starts with a presentation telling the story of the space race. It starts with the rivalry between two countries to be the first into space, and then the race to be the first to put a man on the Moon. Using short video clips from the archives the narrator takes the audience through the story as though they were there. After this the audience are used to mark out the outline of a Saturn V rocket to enable them to start to understand just how big they were. For fun, we then have the adults seeing who can fire the highest rocket.

This introduction can be combined with a role-play and/or workshops to suit you.

Visiting Characters

We offer two characters for this topic:

The Historian

The Historian tells the story of the Moon Landing from a wider perspective. Learn what happened in the Apollo Missions that lead to the first step on the Moon. Did the first landing go to plan ? And, just how did they get back?

Professor Strangequark

Excited to be putting together an exhibition about the Moon landing she needs help to sort the details out. Watch she does not squirrel away the astronaut food! She can tell tales about:

  • astronaut testing and training
  • rocket design
  • the journey to the moon
  • the secret about the landing

Role-play

‘First Moon Landing’ role-play. Suitable for groups from 10 to 30 children. The group is split into 3 and rotated around three scenarios; each with their own sets of props and costume pieces. If time allows, by the end of a 45 – 60 minute session all the participants will have been astronauts, in Mission Control and television reporters.

Workshop Options:

  • Astronaut food tasting.
  • Seeing how high you can make a rocket go (as demonstrated by adults in the first session).
  • Design a space station.
  • Making a souvenir zig-zag book.
  • Become a news reader and using models, report the event.
  • Astronaut training.
  • Safe landings!

Further information on how workshops operate is found here.
More details about a character visit can be found here.

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