Applied FiltersAstronomyKey Stage 3
Classroom activity
What's the Universe made of?
Students draw a pie chart to show the composition of the Universe.
Key Stage:
Key Stage 3
Subject:
Astronomy, Maths, Science
Classroom activity
The history of the Universe
Students create their own timeline of the evolution of the Universe.
Key Stage:
Key Stage 3
Subject:
Astronomy, Science
Classroom activity
The Rosetta Mission to Comet 67P
In this classroom activity, students use distance, speed and time to calculate how long a signal takes to reach us from Comet 67P.
Key Stage:
Key Stage 3
Subject:
Astronomy, Maths, Science
Video
Looking for Jupiter
A classroom activity to accompany the video 'Looking for Jupiter', using Stellarium software.
Key Stage:
Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Post-16
Subject:
Astronomy, Maths, Science
Classroom activity
Landing on a Comet
In this activity students look at the relationship between mass and weight on the Earth and on a comet.
Key Stage:
Key Stage 3
Subject:
Astronomy, Maths, Science
Classroom activity
Journey times to alien worlds
A classroom activity where students use distance, speed and time and light-years to calculate the time of travel to exoplanets.
Key Stage:
Key Stage 3
Subject:
Astronomy, Maths, Science
Classroom activity
Phases of the Moon
A classroom activity exploring the changing appearance of the Moon throughout the month. Suitable for advanced KS2 and all KS3 students.
Key Stage:
Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3
Subject:
Astronomy, Science