5–12
Medium (5-11 activities)
Summon your pupils to space for an intergalactic adventure inspired by Disney and Pixar’s Elio, in cinemas June 20.
As they embark on an imaginative voyage through our galaxy and beyond, learners aged 6-11 will develop key life skills across oracy, leadership and relationship building. Universe Explorer makes cross-curricular links to:
By exploring Elio’s interplanetary interactions as Earth’s representative, pupils will understand the qualities and behaviours necessary for making friends, being a good leader, and communicating persuasively.
Our resource includes:
My Planet activity
Pupils will combine scientific knowledge and creativity to design habitable planets.
Planet Poll activity
Practising their persuasive language skills, pupils will plan short presentations to convince classmates that their planet is a desirable place to live.
Locate the Leader digital game
This interactive game challenges learners to search the stars and skies of outer space to find Elio and his new friends. Guided by Elio’s companion Glordon, players will learn about each character they find, practicing their independent reading via pop-up character profiles. Play now
Join our Team home learning sheet
Pupils will write persuasively to another planet’s representative, explaining why they’d make a great addition to the team of planet representatives.
Enter confident communicators in our competition
Challenge your learners to imagine they’re Earth’s representative, just like Elio. In our Your Planet Needs You competition, pupils must communicate planet-protecting messages to the ambassadors of other planets to help them avoid climate change. To enter, learners will need to channel out-of-this-world communication skills and create an annotated poster featuring tips for fellow representatives. This is a fantastic opportunity to inspire critical thinking, creativity, and global responsibility. The best poster will win an Earth Kit worth over £350 for the whole class.
Submit entries ahead of the closing date of July 4, 2025. Terms and conditions apply.
We’d love to see your learners' out-of-this-world communication skills! Share their posters with us on social media and tag us to showcase your learners' critical thinking and global responsibility.
About Elio
Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.
In cinemas June 20.
A guide to our Elio-inspired Universe Explorer resource.
Size: 2.31 MB
A plan to guide you through the activities and PowerPoint for the lesson.
Size: 2.29 MB
A student-facing PowerPoint presentation to accompany the lesson.
Size: 73.38 MB
A creativity task where learners design habitable planets.
Size: 876 KB
Persuasive literacy task to convince classmates their planet is habitable.
Size: 1.15 MB
Learners explain why they'd make a great addition to a leadership team.
Size: 964 KB
A creative competition highlighting advocacy and global responsibility.
Size: 1.50 MB
We have developed a large catalogue of educational resources since launching in 2013, and some references and terminology will inevitably have dated as society and language evolves. We are aware of this and will be updating resources when our production schedule allows.
