ASTRONOMY

Title & Description	Activity	More Ideas and Video
Demonstrate the apparent rotation of the sky with an astronomical umbrella Using a simple model to show the difference in the appearance of the night sky seen from Earth or from space	Astronomical umbrella

EARTH- seasons, day & night, orbital cycles . . .

Title & Description	Activity	More Ideas and Video
Seasons/ day and night - Earth on Earth Using a globe in the sunshine to show how day/night and the seasons work	Earth on Earth
Seasons: the effect of our tilted Earth An indoor demonstration explaining the changing seasons	Seasons
Temperature on Earth - Hot or not? Investigating how latitude affects the amount of solar radiation received	Hot or not?
Earth’s orbit, tilt and wobble - Milankovitch cycles and the Earth – by hand Modelling the Earth’s squashed orbit, tilt and wobble using your hands	Milankovitch cycles by hand
Earth’s orbit and spin - Screaming roller coaster How fast am I travelling (due to Earth’s spin and Earth’s orbit)?	Screaming roller coaster

EARTH’S MOON

Title & Description	Activity	More Ideas and Video
Craters on the Moon Why are the Moon’s craters such different shapes and sizes?	Craters on the Moon	Extension Video (Portuguese)

ECLIPSES - SOLAR & LUNAR

Title & Description	Activity	More Ideas and Video
Solar - Eclipse: Why does the Sun disappear? Demonstrate what happens when the Moon hides the Sun	Why does the Sun disappear?
Solar and lunar - Eclipse the lollipop Modelling eclipses of the Moon and the Sun with a ball, lollipops and a bright light	Eclipse the lollipop
Solar and lunar - Eclipse: What would an eclipse look like from the moon? From the moon, what would the Earth look like during a) a solar, b) a lunar eclipse on Earth?	Eclipse from the moon?
Phases of the Moon - Jaffa moon Modelling the phases of the Moon using Jaffa CakesTM	Jaffa moon
Phases of the Moon - Lollipop moon Modelling the phases of the Moon with a ball, lollipops and a bright light	Lollipop moon
Phases of the Moon - Polystyrene moon Visualising the phases of the Moon using a ball on a stick	Polystyrene moon

PLANETS

Title & Description	Activity	More Ideas and Video
Playground planets Modelling the relative sizes of the planets and their distances from the Sun	Playground planets	Extension