Resources

The Solar System

• Teacher's Toolbox: The Sun

  For teachers

  • • The Sun (4_slides)
    • Whiteboard

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  • • The Sun
    • Printable

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  • • Structure of the Sun (4_slides)
    • Whiteboard

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  • • Structure Of The Sun
    • Printable

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  • • Tracking The Sun (7_slides)
    • Whiteboard

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  • • Tracking The Sun Timechart
    • Printable

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• Teacher's Toolbox: Earth's Tilt and Rotation

  For teachers

  • • Earth's Orbit Around The Sun (3_slides)
    • Whiteboard

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  • • Earth's Orbit
    • Printable

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  • • Rotation Of The Earth (4_slides)
    • Whiteboard

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  • • The Axial Tilt of the Earth (5_slides)
    • Whiteboard

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  • • Earth's Tilt and The Seasons
    • Printable

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• Teachers's Toolbox: Seasons

  For teachers

  • • Why Do We Have Four Seasons? (5_slides)
    • Whiteboard

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• Teacher's Toolbox: Day and Night

  For students

  • • Day and Night
    • Practice

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  For teachers

  • • Why Do We Have Day And Night? (6_slides)
    • Whiteboard

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  • • Day and Night Demonstration
    • Printable

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  • • Day and Night Vocabulary
    • Printable

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  • • AM or PM ?
    • Printable

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  • • What I do at different times of the day
    • Printable

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• Teacher's Toolbox: The Solar System

  For teachers

  • • Introduction to Our Solar System (5_slides)
    • Whiteboard

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  • • Planets of The Solar System Worksheet
    • Printable

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  • • The Planets of the Solar System (10_slides)
    • Whiteboard

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  • • Planets of the Solar System Worksheet
    • Printable

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• Teacher's Toolbox: Eclipses and Transits

  For teachers

  • • What Causes A Lunar Eclipse? (8_slides)
    • Whiteboard

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  • • Lunar Eclipse Worksheet
    • Printable

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  • • What Causes A Solar Eclipse? (6_slides)
    • Whiteboard

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  • • Solar Eclipse Worksheet
    • Printable

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  • • Transits of Venus and Mercury (6_slides)
    • Whiteboard

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  • • Transits Of Venus and Mercury Worksheet
    • Printable

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  • • Transit of Mercury Worksheet
    • Printable Whiteboard

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• Halley's Comet

  For students

  • • Halley's Comet
    • Practice

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  For teachers

  • • Halley's Comet
    • Whiteboard

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• Teacher's Toolbox: The Moon

  For teachers

  • • Our View of the Moon (6_slides)
    • Whiteboard

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  • • Moon Viewer Activity
    • Printable

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  • • Moon Observation Chart
    • Printable

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• Teacher's Toolbox: Phases of the Moon

  For teachers

  • • Why Does The Moon Change? (12_slides)
    • Whiteboard

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  • • Phases of the Moon (6_slides)
    • Whiteboard

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  • • Labelling the Phases of the Moon
    • Printable

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  • • The Phases of the Moon Worksheet
    • Printable

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  • • Moon Observation
    • Printable

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• Teacher's Toolbox: Tides

  For teachers

  • • Tides (3_slides)
    • Whiteboard

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  • • High and Low Tides Worksheet
    • Printable

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  • • What Causes The Tides? (8_slides)
    • Whiteboard

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  • • Interpreting Data: Tide Chart Activity (5_slides)
    • Whiteboard

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  • • Tide Chart Worksheet
    • Printable

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  • • Tide Levels Graphing Worksheet
    • Printable

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• Teacher's Toolbox: Our Place In The Galaxy

  For teachers

  • • Our Place In The Galaxy (3_slides)
    • Whiteboard

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  • • The Galaxy
    • Printable

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• Teacher's Toolbox: Gravity (for younger students)

  For teachers

  • • Gravity (10_slides)
    • Whiteboard

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  • • Gravity's effect on different sized objects
    • Printable

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  • • Gravity's effect on objects that have different masses
    • Printable

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• Teacher's Toolbox: Gravity (for older students)

  For teachers

  • • Gravity Slideshow (9_slides)
    • Whiteboard

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• Space History

  For teachers

  • • Timeline of Space Exploration
    • Printable

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  • • Space Stamp Design
    • Printable

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  • • Designing A Commemorative Stamp
    • Printable

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• Research Activity

  For teachers

  • • Famous Astronomers Research Task (6_slides)
    • Whiteboard

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  • • Print All (30_ sheets)
    • Printable

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  • • Albert Einstein
    • Printable

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  • • Al - Biruni
    • Printable

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  • • Annie Jump Cannon
    • Printable

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  • • Aristotle
    • Printable

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  • • Azophi
    • Printable

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  • • Caroline Herschel
    • Printable

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  • • Christiaan Huygens
    • Printable

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  • • Claudius Ptolomy
    • Printable

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  • • Clyde Tombaugh
    • Printable

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  • • Edmond Halley
    • Printable

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  • • Edwin Hubble
    • Printable

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  • • Fritz Zwicky
    • Printable

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  • • Galileo Galilei
    • Printable

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  • • George Gamow
    • Printable

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  • • Gerard Kuiper
    • Printable

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  • • Giovanni Cassini
    • Printable

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  • • Hans Lippershey
    • Printable

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  • • Henrietta Swan Leavitt
    • Printable

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  • • Hipparchus
    • Printable

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  • • Isaac Newton
    • Printable

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  • • Johann Gottfried Galle
    • Printable

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  • • Johannes Kepler
    • Printable

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  • • Michael E Brown
    • Printable

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  • • Nicolaus Copernicus
    • Printable

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  • • Stephen Hawking
    • Printable

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  • • Tycho Brahe
    • Printable

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  • • Zhang Heng
    • Printable

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  • • Zu Chongzhi
    • Printable

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• Famous Astronomers

  For teachers

  • • Research Crossword
    • Printable

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  • • Famous Astronomers Crossword Clues
    • Printable

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  • • Famous Astronomers Crossword Clues
    • Printable

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• Writing Narratives

  For teachers

  • • A Journey Into Space
    • Printable

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  • • 'Journey Into Space' Narrative
    • Printable

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• Writing Acrostic Poetry

  For teachers

  • • Acrostic Poetry Writing Activity: Winter
    • Printable

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  • • Acrostic Poetry Writing Activity: Spring
    • Printable

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  • • Acrostic Poetry Writing Activity: Summer
    • Printable

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  • • Acrostic Poetry Writing Activity: Autumn
    • Printable

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• Writing Biographies

  For teachers

  • • Writing Biographies
    • Printable

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  • • Caroline Herschel Biography (2_pages)
    • Printable

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• Writing Information Reports

  For teachers

  • • Writing An Information Report
    • Printable

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  • • Information Report Planning
    • Printable

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  • • Moon Landing Information Report
    • Printable

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• Interactive English Activities About The Solar System for Students

  For students

  • • Solar System
    • Practice

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  • • Space
    • Practice

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  • • The Stars
    • Practice

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  • • Solar System
    • Practice

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• Vocabulary

  For teachers

  • • Space Vocabulary- Adjectives
    • Printable

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• Astronomy Word Search

  For teachers

  • • Space Theme Word Search
    • Printable

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  • • Astronomy Word Search Solutions
    • Printable

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• Coordinates - Space Theme

  For students

  • • Coordinates - Space Theme
    • Practice

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• Outdoor Model of the Solar System

  For teachers

  • • Outdoor model of the Solar System (1_slide)
    • Whiteboard

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• Large numbers (Solar System)

  For students

  • • Large numbers (Solar System)
    • Practice

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• The Space Shuttle

  For students

  • • The Space Shuttle
    • Practice

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