Space & Solar System Teaching Resources
Use this comprehensive collection of educational resources when learning about space and the solar system with your students. Resources provided include posters to display in your classroom, worksheets, PowerPoint teaching presentations, decorations to theme your room, vocabulary word wall cards, worksheets and hands-on activities. Some of the topics covered include the phases of the moon, day and night, hemispheres, shadows, tides and the sun and moon effects.
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Solar and Lunar Eclipse Posters
A set of two posters with information and diagrams about Solar and Lunar Eclipses.
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Number and Algebra Mathematics Investigation - The Solar System in Our Space
A mathematics investigation about number and the scale of the solar system, embedded in a real-world context.
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What About Me? Other Regions and Objects of the Solar System
A worksheet that explores other features in the solar system besides the sun and the planets.
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Formation of Earth - Reading Comprehension Worksheet
A reading comprehension activity that helps develop literacy skills and outlines the events and processes that led to the formation of our home planet.
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The Moon of Planet Earth – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for the information report from the Year 3 magazine (Issue 3).
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Energy of the Sun Worksheet
An activity that explores how to record the amount of energy coming from the sun.
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How Earth Was Formed - Worksheet
A worksheet that helps students prepare a presentation about the formation of Earth.
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The Solar System to Scale
A poster showing the planets in our Solar System in order, and scaled according to their diameters.
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The Solar System - Planets in Order
A poster showing the order of the planets in our Solar System.
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Interplay of the Sun, Earth and Moon Poster
A poster showing the interplay of the Sun, Earth and Moon.
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Earth, Sun and Moon Pictures with Information
Colourful pictures of the sun, Earth and moon with useful information on them.
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Earth Day Acrostic Poem - Template
An acrostic poem template to use in the classroom to celebrate Earth Day.
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Earth, Sun and Moon Pictures
Colourful pictures of the sun, Earth and moon.
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We Are Moving Project
An Earth and Space project that develops knowledge and understanding of scientific concepts, research skills and writing skills.
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Xubosian Creature Report
A template for students to record and justify the features of a fictitious creature from Planet Xubos.
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Planet Xubos Fact File Prompt
A one-page fact file providing details about the habitats found on the fictitious planet Xubos.
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Day and Night Poster
A poster which clearly shows how day and night occurs on Earth.
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The Relative Distance From the Sun to Earth
Scaled images of the sun and Earth to use when exploring relative size and distance.
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Science Experiment - Changing Shadows
A science experiment which explores how shadows change throughout the day.
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Sun, Earth and Moon Teaching Resource Pack
A collection of teaching resources including posters, worksheets and experiments to use when teaching your class about the interplay of the sun, Earth and moon.
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Our Place in Space - Unit Plan
This Earth and Space Sciences unit explores the concept that Earth is part of a system of planets orbiting around a star (the sun).
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The Interplay of the Sun, Earth and Moon Unit Plan
This Earth and Space Sciences unit addresses the celestial bodies of the sun, Earth and moon. It explores their sizes, shapes, positions and movements and the interactions between them.
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Changing Shadows
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate if shadows change throughout the day.
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The Interplay of the Sun, Earth and Moon
An assessment task in which students will demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the interplay of the sun, Earth and moon.
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Day and Night
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate what causes day and night.
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The Relative Sizes of the Sun, Earth and Moon
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the relative sizes of the sun, Earth and moon.
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Celestial Bodies - The Moon
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the key features of the moon.
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Celestial Bodies - The Earth
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the key features of Earth.
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Celestial Bodies - The Sun
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate the key features of the sun.
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Look to the Skies!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore prior knowledge and understanding of day and night.
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Diagram of the Solar System
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Interpreting the Night Sky