Applied FiltersAstronomy
Classroom activity
Solar System Holiday
This resource contains fact files about the Sun, the planets and Pluto along with a song that follows Ted and Plant on their adventures around the Solar System. The fact files and song can be used together or separately and are designed to introduce students to some of the main bodies in our solar system and what they are like.
Key Stage:
Early Years Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1
Subject:
Astronomy, Science
Video
The Origin of the Elements
The Universe we see today is made from particles arranged in a wide variety of elements, but where did it all come from?
Key Stage:
Key Stage 4, Post-16
Subject:
Astronomy, Science
Video
What is Gravity?
From Newton’s longstanding ideas to Einstein’s revolutionary theories, Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers explain how our understanding of gravity has changed from looking at how gravity affects us in our daily lives and how it governs what we observe in space.
Key Stage:
Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4
Subject:
Astronomy, Maths, Science
Classroom activity
Exploring moons
Our Moon is just one of many moons in the solar system. Join Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers as they explore some of the different properties and characteristics of a few weird and interesting moons orbiting around the other planets.
Key Stage:
Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3
Subject:
Astronomy, Maths, Science
Classroom activity
Calculating where Space begins
In this classroom activity students use real data with the physics of forces and circular motion to calculate the altitude at which space begins.
Key Stage:
Post-16
Subject:
Astronomy, Maths, Science
Classroom activity
Conservation of Momentum
In this practical activity students explore how momentum is conserved when two objects collide.
Key Stage:
Key Stage 4
Subject:
Astronomy, Maths, Science
Classroom activity
Formation of the Solar System
A classroom activity in which students learn about the main steps in the formation of our Solar System by completing a crossword and creating their own comic strip.
Key Stage:
Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3
Subject:
Astronomy, Science