Learners can participate and contribute to a role play debate, entitled 'Space Research: Is it worth it?'
Learners should work in groups and, using the slides as a stimulus, to consider, share and develop an opinion regarding space research. Learners should work together to discuss what the group’s point of view should be at the meeting and what information they might need to research. The groups should also think about what areas they are willing to concede. Areas for consideration may include:
- Exploration of the Big Bang
- Protecting and monitoring the environment
- Pollution of space
- Cost of research
- Communication systems
- Contemporary navigation
Each group should allocate various tasks, including a member of the group to collect and share ideas with the other groups, and a member of the group to make a speech at the meeting to describe the views of that group.
Learners should then describe the views of their group, inspired by the views of the French-speaking children in the slides. They can put forward their considered point of view in the debate.
Success criteria should be negotiated for the debate, for example:
- Length of presentation
- Influence on audience – indicated by a 'washing line exercise' or survey prepared by learners
- Question and Answer section, learners could self- or peer- assess against the success criteria.
