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If I were an astronaut
Who hasn´t gazed at the stars in the
middle of the night and wondered: How big is
it?, How did it begin?, Are we alone in the
universe?, What else is out there?
These

questions

have

been

around

for

thousands of years, guiding researches and
inspiring scientists to create new technologies
that may allow them to know and discover what
else there is beyond the universe.

Importance of the topic for VESS
Boys and girls are interested, from very early ages, in discovering the world they have
around them. Space is a topic that is fascinating to them and allows them to fly with their
imagination. It is a topic that clearly serves as stimulus for learning and at the same time it
connects with the world that surrounds us in multiple ways.
Before you start to read the work that we present this month,

I.

We first invite you to:
Connect:
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Before reading about the topic and seeing the suggestions that we make this month,
we first invite you to connect with your previous experiences and define, from your
current knowledge, what this topic is about and how it could be developed with your
group of students.