Space

POWERPOINTS

Gravity and Space

The Univzzerse

Origins Of The Universe

Stars

Waves and the Universe

The Universe

The Solar System

WORKSHEETS ETC

GCSE P1 1.5.4 Red shift.pdf 

ASSESSMENTS/EXAM QUESTIONS

P1_5_4_pc_q Red-shift.pdf

NEW GCSE REVISION Beginning of the Universe.ppt

VIDEOS

Earth's Tilt and the Seasons - for Planetarium Show

The Life Cycle of Stars

Gravity - Earth, Jupiter and Pluto

Gravity assist for the Voyager spacecraft

Zero gravity flight

Zero gravity

Dark matter and gravity

Gravity and air resistance on the Moon

Our Solar System and its planets

Hubble 'eye in the sky'

The heliocentric model of the Solar System

The effects of space travel on the human body

The Sun

The Sun and its role in our galaxy

The Earth and the aging Sun

How big is the sun in relation to earth?

Atmospheric evolution on Venus, Earth and Mars

The Sun and rocky planets

The planet Mercury

What is Mercury like?

Why did Mercury lose its atmosphere?

Early ideas about Mercury

First images of Mercury

The planet Venus

What is Venus like?

Venus compared with the Earth

Why is Venus so hot?

The first map of Venus

A summary of the Magellan probe mapping Venus

Venus Express safely in orbit

The Venera 4 probe is crushed as it reaches Venus

The Venera 7 probe reaches Venus’ surface

Venera 9 takes the first image of the surface of Venus

Earth - the Goldilocks planet

How do we know the Earth is spherical?

The Earth's orbit around the Sun

Day and night on Earth

The Arctic Circle - 24 hour darkness

The tilt and daylength of the Earth

How does the Earth's rotation create day and night?

The Moon

The Moon and its orbit around the Earth

The Moon is as old as the Earth

Evidence for the origin of the Moon

How long does it take reflected light to travel from the Moon to the Earth?

What causes meteorites?

Heat energy and friction - meteors in the Earth's atmosphere

The planet Mars

The Mars Rover all-terrain vehicle

Does methane mean there is life on Mars?

The grand canyon on Mars

Pictures of the surface of Mars from Pathfinder

River channels suggest water existed on Mars

Pictures of the surface of Mars from Mariner 9

Extinct volcanoes on Mars

Fossils discovered on Mars?

Future life on Mars?

Testing the soil on Mars for life

Was there liquid water on Mars?

Space probe to collect pieces of asteroid

Tracking killer asteroids

The planet Jupiter

Jupiter and its atmosphere

Storms on Jupiter - the Great Red Spot

Voyager sees Jupiter's moons

Gravitational field interactions between Jupiter and its moons

What happened when a comet hit Jupiter?

The planet Saturn

How old are Saturn's rings?

The formation of Saturn's rings

The rings of Saturn as imaged by Cassini

Titan’s lakes

The future of Saturn's rings and the development of rings around Neptune

The planet Uranus

Images from Voyager 2 - Uranus and Miranda

How Uranus and Neptune were formed

The planet Neptune

What is Neptune's moon Triton like?

The Eclipse of 1999 (4'27")  

Explaining an Eclipse (2'28)

FLASH/INTERACTIVE

Launch Big Bang Time Machine Animation

Universe Challenge

The Earth and Beyond

Solar system

Hubble’s Law – GCSE Science revision game