Publishing
MBRSC Space Learning Resources
Client
Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Language
Arabic / English
Format
Print
Services
Strategy & Structure
Content Creation
Proofreading
Translation
Localisation
Creative Concepts
Layout
Image Selection
Image Editing
Printing
Print Management
Illustration
Explorer reviewed international educational curricula to devise a comprehensive and inclusive space content strategy for a series of three books.
Creative Approach
For the reference encyclopedias, Explorer’s creative team explained complex concepts through visual storytelling, maximising the use of graphics and diagrams and breathtaking images of space. Explorer’s illustrators developed the characters of Emirati children, Amal and Khalifa, and featured their fantastical space adventures in an illustrated colour storybook, packaged with accompanying colouring-in sheets.
Editorial Strategy
The content strategy for these takes into account the various curricula studied in the UAE’s many private schools, as well as other curricular considerations, complementing the scientific Earth and space principles with teaching of the scientific method, ethics in science, citizenship and careers content. The explanations are written in a way that considers the target age range of the book, building upon scientific principles covered in the school curriculum for that age group, and expanding on subjects as the students progress through the series. One book is an illustrated storybook targetting preschool and infant children. It introduces the basic concepts and vocabulary of space in an easily accessible way. Set in the UAE and featuring a UAE astronaut, it also addresses MBRSC’s objectives of inspiring young people about careers in science and space.
