Space

Some resources and activities linked to our Term 2 topic, The Earth in Space.

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Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2012 - Some of the most stunning photographs of space you'll ever see, complete with interesting expert commentary.

Nasa's Apollo Mission Photographs  - Nasa have published all of their official photographs from the Apollo moon missions here.

BBC Science - Earth, Sun and Moon - A great interactive tool for learning about what goes around what, and how long they take.

SETI@home - Use your computer to help some of the world's leading scientists in the search for alien life.

Kids' Astronomy - Thanks to Mackay for telling us about this fantastic site.

How the moon was made - We watched this fantastic You Tube video with Rooms 6 and 7

The Solar System to scale - Another clip we watched with Rooms 6 and 7. This one was made by an amateur astronomer.

The Earth from Space - A collection of images of Earth, mostly taken from the space shuttle and the International Space Station. You Tube has some fanatastic space clips!

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