How can you tell they’ve got it: What Astronauts Do?

If they’ve got it, you’ll see things like: Define an astronaut as a person who travels to space; State that humans landed on the Moon during the Apollo missions; Describe the International Space Station as a place where astronauts live and work in orbit around Earth. Or just try it together: Can your child tell you what an astronaut is, and that people have actually walked on the Moon and live on a space station?

Science Space Exploration Ages 5–7

What Astronauts Do

Your child knows an astronaut travels to space in a rocket. People have walked on the Moon. Astronauts today live and work on a space station high above Earth.

In curriculum terms

Know that astronauts are people who travel to space in rockets, that humans have walked on the Moon (Apollo missions), and that astronauts today live and work on the International Space Station

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How to tell they’ve got it

Tick these off as you see them — no test required.

Define an astronaut as a person who travels to space
State that humans landed on the Moon during the Apollo missions
Describe the International Space Station as a place where astronauts live and work in orbit around Earth

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Try this together

Can your child tell you what an astronaut is, and that people have actually walked on the Moon and live on a space station?

Where this sits on the map

Stuck here? Check the skills it builds on first. Confident? Here’s what it unlocks.

Builds on

Our Solar Systemages 5–7Knowing about space and planets provides context for understanding astronauts

What Astronauts Dothis skill · ages 5–7

Unlocks

Space Robots & Roversages 7–9Must know about space exploration and astronauts before learning about robotic exploration

Space Exploration Milestonesages 9–11Must know about astronauts and Moon landings before learning detailed space exploration history

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1). No NSW K–6 outcome code matched (v0.1). No Victorian Curriculum 2.0 code matched (v0.1).

Nearby on the map

Moon Phasesages 5–7 Our Solar Systemages 5–7 Spotting Constellationsages 5–7 Sun, Moon & Starsages 5–7

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