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Solar System
This resource provides an activity in which children create a scale representation of the distance of the Planets away from the Sun. Using the scale of one sheet of toilet paper = 50,000,000 km children calculate the number of sheets of toilet paper required for the correct spacing of the Planets from the Sun. This...
This is one title in a series of reference books packed full of facts and statistics about a particular topic. The narrative is kept to a minimum to aid the most efficient access to facts, and dozens of maps and...
Introduces readers to the ever-popular topic of space and the amazing worlds that make up our solar system. Includes fun projects such as making ice-cream comets, a bedroom planetarium, and observing the Moon in the...
Combining a fact packed information book and an integrated interactive CD-ROM in a plastic wallet, this title provides quizzes, puzzles and games on the subject of the Solar System.
Science on File is a broad based series that gives a clear introduction to curriculum topics and is an easy reference tool for research. The clear, well-written text is generously illustrated with large colour...
Solar System activities
This resource, aimed at primary level, contains three activities relating to the Solar System. In the first activity children create a solar system flip book to show that the four planets closest to the Sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars) revolve around the Sun in the...
This volume introduces the planet Earth and the incredibly vast space beyond. It helps you find out how gravity formed the solar system, take a closer look at our neighbouring planets, follow the life of a star and...