This page contains worksheets, online activities
and other educational resources to support teaching and learning about The Solar System
and beyond. Some may be useful when delivering QCA Schemes of Work
for Science unit 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon
We will shortly be creating a
database usage page in order to explain how our databases can be
used. In the meantime, have a play!
Purchasable
Solar System Resources
Description
Download Size
Price
Planet facts cards - A
set of 12 cards (4 per A4) containing information and a photograph for
each of the planets in our solar system plus Earth's moon, the Sun and
an asteroid.
2.1 MB
£1.50
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The
Solar System Links
Kids
Astronomy - Includes information
pages about each of the planets and space exploration as well as
online games and printable colouring sheets. All
About Our Solar System - Planetary
information, Solar System reading quizzes and links aimed at
children in Grade 3 (Year 3 in the UK). Ask
an Astronomer for Kids - Question
and answer site covering a range of astronomy related topics. The
Solar System - Simple site
offering information for Grade 3 (Year 3) children about
features of the Solar System. NASA
Kids - Includes animations,
projects, games, information pages and a teacher's area. NGFL
Cymru: The Earth and Beyond - Interactive
whiteboard activities, worksheets and teacher notes relating to
the planets, the earth and the moon.
Recommended
Solar System Books
DK Guide to Space
Author: Peter Bond
Synopsis: Did you know that even
though Mars is a freezing cold desert today, there was a time when we
could have lived there? Or that Saturn is the only planet that would
float in a bucket of water? Explore the wonders of the Solar System and
beyond with DK Guide to Space. Spectacular satellite photography and
amazing facts await you on a truly out of this world voyage.
