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A series of demonstration, practice, extension and testing activities on the Earth, Sun, Moon, Day and Night.
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Crusty Stuff An animated diagram showing the movement of the tectonic plates.	Earth Module A series of tasks which inform about the seasons and the links to Earth's rotation.	Images of Earth An incredible site which has numerous photographs of Earth from Space.	Earth Science Quiz A 10 question quiz marked online with results shown.
Earth A site that will give you every piece of information you could ever possibly want, and more....	Earth, Sun and Moon An animation to show the concept of the rotation of the Earth on its axis and it's orbit around the Sun. Learners are then posed a number of tasks to complete.	The Earth A site full of pictures and information for project work.	The Earth Module A series of tasks which inform and test a learner's knowledge.
Earth and Moon A simple explanation of the concepts of rotation, orbits, axis, day, night and seasons.	Earth's Rotation A simple animation showing the rotation of the Earth every 24 hours.	What on Earth A collection of activities, videos and quizzes on this particular topic.	The Earth Questions Part 1, a simple 'drag and drop' cloze activity. Part 2, a True or False set of questions.
Earth from Space 1 Incredible images of Earth from Space.	Holey Moley A humorous activity where learners guess where Moley would come out if he dug through the Earth.		What On Earth An online quiz to test a learner's understanding of this topic.
Earth from Space 2 Place in your own co-ordinates for any particular area of the globe.	What causes seasons? A simple set of season pictures and information with links to Earth's rotation.
Earth in Space Fact sheet A series of facts about the Earth in space with associated links to more facts.	What On Earth An excellent activity in which learners help an alien fill in a checklist which includes a range of geographical features which can be seen from space.
Earth, Sun and Moon An animation to show the concept of the rotation of the Earth on its axis and it's orbit around the Sun.
Face Your Spheres An animated diagram showing the various layers which make up the Earth.
Pics4 Learning A collection of photographs about space.
Plate Action A simple diagram animation of where the tectonic plates come together.
Rock Cycles An animated diagram showing how igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks are formed.
Virtual Globe By clicking anywhere on the globe that point becomes the centre of the birds eye view.
Sun and Moon Orbits An animation showing the Earth's orbit of the Sun and the Moon's orbit of Earth with a number of questions posed. This is followed by an online quiz.

The Moon	The Moon	The Moon	The Moon
Earth and Moon A simple explanation of the concepts of rotation, orbits, axis, day, night and seasons.	The Moon Jigsaw A jigsaw puzzle of varying difficulties made from a photograph of the Moon.	The Moon A short animation describing the features of the Moon.	Moon Math A quiz which combines English, maths and science.
Moon Phases Picture An incredible photograph showing the phases of the Moon waxing to waning. An excellent resource.	The Moon Part 1 A word cloze activity.		Moon Millionaire A 15 question quiz based on the 'Who wants to be a millionaire' format.
Our Moon A site in four sections covering Moon facts, Moon questions, Moon Phases and the Moon seen from space.	The Moon Part 2 A simple animation to explain the waxing and waning of the Moon		The Moon Module A series of tasks which inform and test a learner's knowledge.
Our Moon and its phases A scroll down page with pictures and text giving lots of information suitable for project work.			The Moon Questions Part 1, a simple 'drag and drop' cloze activity. Part 2, a True or False set of questions.
Phases of the Moon 1 A simple animation showing how the orbit of the Moon creates the phases.
Phases of the Moon 2 The Woodlands School site which provides a whole project on varying aspects of the Moon.
Virtual 3D Moon Spin A simple model of the Moon which can be moved clockwise or anti-clockwise.
What shape is the Moon? The scene set is of a number of children sat round a campfire looking at the Moon and stating facts or asking questions. Following these through takes learners into a series of tasks to explain the various concepts of waxing, waning, brightness etc.
Phases of the Moon An animation showing the orbit of the Moon around the Earth and how the Moon is seen from Earth through the various phases. This is followed by an online quiz.
Sun and Moon Orbits An animation showing the Earth's orbit of the Sun and the Moon's orbit of Earth with a number of questions posed. This is followed by an online quiz.



Day and Night	Day and Night	Day and Night	Day and Night
Day and Night A very simple animation to showing the concept of night and day.	Light and Dark Learners move through Step 1 The Sun as a source of light. Step 2 What happens when the Sun goes behind a cloud. Step 3 Different weather. Step 4 The Moon and the Stars.		The Earth Module A series of tasks which inform and test a learner's knowledge.
Earth from Space 2 Showing night and day.			The Earth Questions Part 1, a simple 'drag and drop' cloze activity. Part 2, a True or False set of questions.
The Living Earth Satellite pictures showing which parts of the Earth are in daylight at that particular time. * Time is not set to BST.
Why day and night? A Powerpoint presentation explaining why we have day and night.

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Day and Night An animation showing the rotation of the Earth and how one side of the Earth is in daylight and the other without. Complete the online quiz.
Sunrise and Sunset An animation showing the lengthening and shortening of the hours of daylight throughout the year. This is followed by an online quiz.
Phases of the Moon An excellent series of animations explaining what happens on each night throughout a month by clicking on each date in turn or the complete video clip. Words included waxing, waning and gibbous.
Lunar Eclipse A series of slides explaining what happens to create a lunar eclipse
Shadows Throughout the Day An excellent series of animations explaining what happens as the sun moves across the sky during the day and how shadows change.