Useful information about the Solar System, planets and phases of the moon.

Click on the letters and answer the questions - try to make it across the board!

Play around with this interactive demo to see how the Earth moves around the Sun.

Watch a cartoon to find out about the orbits of Earth, Sun and Moon. Then take a quiz.

Click on the letters and answer the questions - try to make it across the board!

Play this animation to find out about your place in the Universe using the animation.

Find out how stars and galaxies form, explore the surface of the Moon and much more.

Learn about how eclipses happen with this video

Click on the category to select from the activities for teaching Earth in Space, seismology, and the structure of the Earth.

Make your own impact crater by changing gthe speed, angle of impact and material of the asteroid.

The BBC's extremely rich solar system site, with lots of info on the sun, planets, asteroids etc., lovely photos and games including a solar system jigsaw

Solar system pages from rich kids' astronomy website. Includes information about our moon and other planets' satellites, also comets and asteroids, also a Make a Solar System game

An excellent, comprehensive and rich astronomy site for children with information, resources and games on a wide variety of topics. Activities for a variety of ages & levels including primary school. Adverts can be annoying.

Find out about how telescopes have developed over the last 400 years.

Podcasts, articles, interviews, answers to your questions on a wide variety of topics.

A School Physics site with information about comets, eclipses, tides and much more.

This website allows you to research the phases of the moon on your own. You can download a worksheet to help you. There are pictures, text, and videos to watch too.

Watch an animation explaining the phases of the Moon.

Interesting and accessibly written site from the US public TV programme NOVA about the origin of the moon, giving the main theories considered.

Watch the animation of day and night

Watch the animation that shows the phases of the Moon and why we see them

Make models of space exploration craft. Rated easy to challenging, some are even edible.