A space celebration can show where fact ends and invention begins

Read one checked NASA example, then invite a clearly fictional design. Keeping the labels attached lets children imagine a Moon base or unusual planet without presenting invented systems as discoveries or tested solutions.

A Moon-base drawing can use factual context while keeping invented systems labelled.

Pair reliable context with labelled imagination

Use source labels wherever factual and imaginative material appear together. A fictional design can be creative without borrowing the authority of a scientific source.

Read one checked fact. Create a fictional design. Label the difference.

Do not present fiction as discovery. Which statement is verified?

Use fact and imagination panels.

Resources

• Activity Setup Checklist — Write the selected event activity, materials and participation choices in the editable setup checklist.

Further reading

• ACECQA — play, leisure and intentionality
• United Nations — international days and weeks

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