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‘Ticks the Box’ was a teacher training day held at the National STEM Centre and delivered by Space Connections. The event included an introduction to practical activities for primary schools, focusing on using the context of a space mission to discover if life exists on Mars; a rocket building and launch activity; an introduction to the Bradford Robotic Telescope; and an opportunity to experiment with a box of classroom activities, which can be easily implemented in the classroom. Teachers were introduced to ESERO-UK throughout the day, as well at the National STEM Centre resource library and eLibrary resources.

An evaluation of the event showed that all of the teachers who responded either agreed or strongly agreed that the event had enabled them to develop greater awareness of space education resources. All of the responding teachers indicated that, following the training day, they were likely to increase their use of space as a context for teaching STEM subjects.