Space Weblinks

http://www.earthsunmoon.co.uk/ This is an interactive site which gives useful explanations http://www.schoolsobservatory.org.uk/obs/ Another useful website with key facts relating to the Earth, Sun an !oon http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/astroa venture/flash/concepts/eart h.htm http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/astroa venture/flash/concepts/sun. htm http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/astroa venture/flash/concepts/moo n.htm An interactive site with facts about Earth, Sun, !oon http://sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/messenger/psc/"lanetSi#e.html $ompare si#es within the Solar system http://en.wikipe ia.org/wiki/"tolemy "tolemy http://www.polaris.iastate.e u/EveningStar/%nit&/unit&'sub(.htm Animate "tolemaic geocentric mo el of solar system http://en.wikipe ia.org/wiki/Alha#en )nformation about Alha#en * scroll own to Astrophysics section http://glps&.org/wiki/in ex.php+title,)bn'Al-.aytham Alha#en information http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic'figures/copernicus.shtml //$ short biography of $opernicus http://encyclope ia.ki s.net.au/page/co/$opernicus http://ki s.yahoo.com/science/space/article/copernicus 0onger biographies of $opernicus http://www.ki sastronomy.com/aca emy/lesson((1'assignment&'2.htm Simple facts about both $opernicus an 3alileo http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic'figures/galilei'galileo.shtml //$ short biography of 3alileo http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning#one/clips/copernicus-an -galileo-the-movement-ofthe-earth/4456.html $opernicus an 3alileo appearing on a 73ame show8 each trying to prove he was the best scientist9

Earth, Sun & Moon

Day and night

http://www.fearofphysics.com/Sun!oon/sunmoon(.html http://www.chil rensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/earthan be yon /soonmoonearth/ Simple animations of relative movement of the Earth, !oon an Sun http://www.chil rensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/earthan be yon / ayan night/ http://www.absorblearning.com/me ia/attachment.action+:uick,6y;att,<15 Simple animations showing rotation of the Earth to pro uce ay ; night http://www.chil rensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/earthan be yon /sha ows/ )nvestigation showing how sha ows change as the Earth spins on its axis http://www.win ows&universe.org/sun/Solar'interior/Sun'layers/ ifferential'rotati on.html =otation of the Sun aroun its own axis * movement of sun spots http://www.sun ials.co.uk/ This page has many useful links to sun ial pages on the internet http://www.sun ialsoc.org.uk/.>S?.php .ow sun ials work * some interesting information for a ults, but rather longwin e for chil ren http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/starry/sun ials.html >iscover more about the history of sun ials http://www.gaisma.com/en/ ir/11(-continent.html http://www.sunrisesunset.com/ ata about sunrise ; sunset in ifferent countries of the worl

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6'(1/earth'sun'moon.shtml An animate emonstration that the Earth orbits the Sun once each year, etc. http://astro.unl.e u/naap/motion(/animations/seasons'ecliptic.html This animation allows you to move the person stan ing on earth to see how the sunlight falling on them changes uring the ifferent seasons http://science-resources.co.uk/ASB/"hysics/Earth'an '/eyon /Eclipse.htm A simple emonstration of a lunar eclipse Cwhen the Earth casts a sha ow on the !oonD http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/sun'an 'planets/sun See vi eo clips of recent eclipses on this site

Seasons

The Moon
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/neilabio.html http://www.biography.com/people/neil-armstrong-6(5562B http://www. ucksters.com/biography/explorers/neil'armstrong.php /iographies of Eeil Armstrong http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/moonphase.html http://www.class#one.com/books/earth'science/terc/content/visuali#ations/es&41B /es&41Bpage1(.cfm Simple animations showing phases of the !oon http://astro.unl.e u/naap/lps/animations/lps.swf A more complex animation http://www.hermit.org/eclipse/why'solsys.html ?hy o eclipses occur+ )t8s all explaine here9 http://www.net:uest.co.uk/eclipse/sli es/sli es(.htm .ere you8ll fin three won erful images of a total eclipse http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthis ay/hi/ ates/stories/Fuly/&(/newsi '&GB4111/&GB452 4.stm Take a look at //$ Eews on the ay of the first !oon lan ing http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/sun/solareclipse.shtml This site features an animation which shows clearly what happens uring a solar eclipse http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources'ftp/client'ftp/ks&/science/what'shape' the'moon/in ex.htm ?hat shape is the !oon+ * explains eclipses9 http://www.:rg.northwestern.e u/proFects/vss/ ocs/space-environment/&-whatare-stars-ma e-of.html This site contains etaile information suitable for the more able rea er http://www.astro.wisc.e u/H olan/constellations/ A useful site with links to images of constellations http://a sg.syix.com/lin a/cecilia/constellations.htm 3oo article about constellations http://www.win ows&universe.org/the'universe/$onstellations/north'constellation s.html )nformation about in ivi ual constellations http://star ate.org/nightsky/constellations !ore information about constellations

Stars

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/stars/in ex.shtml 0ots of vi eo clips ; information about stars http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/constellations'northern Ince chil ren know the names of many of the constellations you can have a go at naming as many of the northern hemisphere constellations as possible http://www.esa.int/esaA)>Sen/SE!4BG?J>(E'Iur%niverse'1.html >escription of the !ilky ?ay http://www.schoolsobservatory.org.uk/astro/gals )nformation about galaxies http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ocs/cosmic/earth.html Koom out from planet Earth into our galaxy an beyon 9 http://www.win ows&universe.org/sun/Solar'interior/Sun'layers/ ifferential'rotati on.html =otation of the Sun aroun its own axis * movement of sun spots http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/astroa venture/flash/concepts/solar system.htm )nteractive site about the planets Cstill inclu es "luto as a planetD http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/in ex.cfm 0ots of information about the solar system http://nineplanets.org/ >espite the site8s name, it oes point out that "luto is no longer classifie as a planet9 http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/solarsystem/sun'an 'planets )nformation, photographs ; vi eos about the Sun an the planets in our solar system http://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/exoplanet-exploration/ "lanets foun orbiting other stars

Planets

http://www.ki s iscover.com/blog/spotlight/stonehenge-for-ki s/ Site about Stonehenge aime at chil ren http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/ aysout/properties/stonehenge/history-an research/history/ $lear plan of Stonehenge available as a ">@ to ownloa http://www.st-an rews.ac.uk/Hb s&/ltsn/lFm/Irrery/ An orrery9

Solar System

http://www.solarsystemscope.com/Lplans http:// . ynamic iagrams.com/wp-content/uploa s/&1((/1(/orrery'&11G.swf http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system

Inline simulations of solar system movement http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Solar http://www.theplanetsto ay.com/ $urrent positions of the planets http://www.enchante learning.com/crafts/astronomy/solarsystemmo el/ Suggeste metho of creating simple orrery http://www.exploratorium.e u/ronh/solar'system/ $alculate relative si#es of planets ; istances from the Sun