Use this comprehensive collection of educational resources when learning about space and the solar system with your students. Resources provided include posters to display in your classroom, worksheets, PowerPoint teaching presentations, decorations to theme your room, vocabulary word wall cards, worksheets and hands-on activities. Some of the topics covered include the phases of the moon, day and night, hemispheres, shadows, tides and the sun and moon effects.
An educational poster providing a rationale for teaching Australian children about Aboriginal astronomy.
A cut and paste activity where students make a mini solar system book.
A printable solar system craft activity for kids.
An engaging design task to encourage creative thinking and design engineering.
A set of four astronaut templates to use for space-themed displays in your classroom.
A comprehension worksheet for the information report from the Year 3 magazine (Issue 3).
28 space-related vocabulary word cards for use on a word wall.
An acrostic poem template to use in the classroom to celebrate Earth Day.
A set of solar system related vocabulary cards for a word wall.
A set of visually striking and informative posters about the planets of our solar system.
A mathematics investigation about number and the scale of the solar system, embedded in a real-world context.
A worksheet that explores how Aboriginal peoples interpreted the night sky.
A worksheet that can be compiled into a factbook containing information about the planets in the solar system.
A worksheet that explores other features in the solar system besides the sun and the planets.
A reading comprehension activity that helps develop literacy skills and outlines the events and processes that led to the formation of our home planet.
An activity that explores how to record the amount of energy coming from the sun.
A worksheet that helps students prepare a presentation about the formation of Earth.
Scaled images of the sun and Earth to use when exploring relative size and distance.
A science experiment which explores how shadows change throughout the day.
A worksheet to help students demonstrate their understanding of night and day.
A 16 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about the moon.
A worksheet to use when teaching students about the phases of the moon.
A worksheet to use when teaching students about the phases of the moon.
A set of two posters depicting the phases of the moon in the southern hemisphere.
A set of two posters depicting the phases of the moon in the northern hemisphere.
A hands-on model to demonstrate the interplay and movements of the sun, Earth and moon.
A 15 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about Earth.
A 12 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about the sun.