Explore the Solar System through video clips from Wonders of the Solar System and classic BBC TV series. The site contains images, facts and animations too. Suitable also for use in the primary classroom on an IWB.
Super animations which help you to understand shadows, the phases of the moon, the order of the planets, day and night and the length of the day. These work brilliantly on an interactive whiteboard.
Devised by education professionals and drawing on front line research, Seeingscience provides a range of interactive resources to support science teaching at Key Stages 3 and 4. These and enhanced multimedia materials are available on a free CD Rom.
A simulation of the Earth going round the Sun. Investigate the how far the Earth travels in a year in space. Make the Earth orbit exactly round the Sun by setting a number of months.
Take a virtual reality tour inside a Space Shuttle and view the photograph archive.
Three interactive whiteboard activities where you can look at the positions of planets. It has animations for the phases of the moon and the Earth spinning on its axis demonstrating day and night.
Find out about the essentials of spacecraft and space travel. The site explains how spacecraft move, their different types, how astronauts survive in space, the dangers and more.
A vibrant, exciting site from the European Space Agency packed with information, news, games and activities including making model spacecraft.
Choose from two levels of difficulty on this interactive site from NASA, which gives lots of information about the solar system. Test your knowledge.
Zoom Astronomy covers the Solar System, planets, moon, the Sun, asteroids, comets, stars, galaxies and more. There is an illustrated astronomy dictionary and classroom activities. A comprehensive site.