We have cherry picked some of our most popular and closely curriculum linked activities for you to have fun with at home. Each one has been carefully created with our teacher forum so you can rest easy knowing they are top notch. We have split them into key stages and also popped the curriculum requirements in too in case that is handy for you to know.
Light
How do we See Things?
In this practical activity, students investigate the effect of light on the size of the pupils in our eyes and learn about how we see objects that give off their own light and those that don’t. Accompanies the video ‘Seeing The Invisible’.
Human Sundial
An outdoor experiment in which students observe, record, and explain why their shadows change throughout the day.
Making Shadows
A classroom activity that looks at how shadows are formed and what affects their size, direction and shape.
Forces and Magnets
Forces and magnets
Compasses and Magnetism on Earth
In this practical activity, students investigate magnetic materials, attraction and repulsion and make a magnetic compass. Accompanies the video ‘Seeing The Invisible’.
Magnetic Meteorites
Meteorites are bits of space rock from the asteroid belt. Some are magnetic. This activity accompanies the video 'Space Rocks'.
Earth and Space
The Spinning Earth
A classroom activity introducing the rotating Earth and the concept of longitude in which students carry out simple arithmetic to relates the 24 hour clock with the Earth’s rotation.
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.
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.
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.
The Rosetta Mission
The Rosetta Mission has captured the interest and imagination of a generation and it is not over yet! Take a look at our video which explains what Rosetta and Philae have achieved as well as the impact the mission has had on our knowledge of our very own solar system.
Space rocks
There are lots of names associated with space rocks, so what is the difference? Join the Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers to find out.
Mission to Mars
This classroom activity is designed to test your students' creative, mathematical and literacy skills through a range of tasks that will get them to think about what it might be like to travel to Mars and then live and work on the red planet.
Our Mighty Moon
Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomers explain how solar and lunar eclipses occur and they learn a bit more about how the Moon produces the tides on the Earth.
Curriculum Requirements
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