Space Monkey - It's not a planet, it's our home.

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This film made by WWF sees a chimpanzee sent into space during the space program in the 1960's as an experiment. 
65 years later the chimp has returned and he sees Earth and all it's changes through the eyes of a stranger. ​

Learning Opportunities

• Describe the sleeping chimp.
• Write a description of Earth from space (pause at 2m 57 secs
• Use 'show not tell' to describe the astronaut only revealing that he is a chimp at the end of the description. 
• Discuss and write down the types of things the chimpanzee would be feeling and thinking about. 
• Use show not tell to describe his sadness at the end of the film. 
• Describe the concrete jungle he arrives in at 3:45. Perhaps end with the line...... and then a tear trickled down his face.
• Research use of animals in space trials.  Write a discussion piece. 
• Write a persuasive piece about animals being used for scientific testing. 
• Ask children to write a description of Earth, imagining they have left and then returned 65 years from now. 

Cross Curricular Ideas

• Links with the history of space travel.
• Look at use of animals in other jobs. 
• Children to design a campaign for protection of the planet.