| Earth & Space - The Earth in space - Space & the Solar System - G18 |
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ISE 5-14 Curriculum Support Materials Overview adviceGroup 18 exemplar Earth & Space - Space & the Solar System - Earth Scale Diagram Relay for Space Scaled Sizes of Planets Galactic Game Cards Space & the Solar System (Word) |
| STOP PRESS - Debate over how many planets are in the Solar System |
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The Galaxy Song - by Eric Idle (with animations) - absolutely brilliant!
(watch out for a wee sweary word at the end). Engineering INTERACT - Excellent module called Solar system - forms part of a Flash investigation called Astro adventure - see also module questions and Blast off (rockets) (Make sure your speakers are ON!) Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive - NASA A relay game for Space & the Solar System Observation exercise about the planets - keep watching and make notes New Media - Multimedia Science School (reference only to CD-ROM based resource used in several LAs and schools) - Planet Analyser - Simple to use database of the planets allowing tabular/graphical representation of data such as distance from the Sun, average temperature, no. of moons, density, gravitational field strength and time to orbit the Sun (in terms of Earth years).
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following sites may be useful for other lessons throughout this unit on
the Solar System :- NASA - Astromaterials Curation - Activities & ideas to explore meteorites from Outer Space which have landed in Antarctica Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous - Discovery is NEAR
Scottish Space Foundation
Spotlight Science - 15c |
