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A silouette of a person standing in the dark with a night sky behind them showing lots of stars including the Milky Way
Astronomical Influencers Quiz
7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
< 15 mins
Quiz
Royalty Free
Calculate the Speed of the Planets
11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
30 - 60 mins
Activity
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Calculate Your Age on Another Planet
7 to 11, 11 to 14
15 - 30 mins
Activity
Canva/NASA
Calculate Your Weight on Another Planet
7 to 11, 11 to 14
15 - 30 mins
Activity
Canva/NASA
Classify a Star AK
14 to 16, 16 to 18
30 - 60 mins
Activity
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A page covered with line drawings of different space-themed items, like telescopes, astronauts and planets
Colour Your Space
3 to 5, 5 to 7, 7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
15 - 30 mins
Activity
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Cosmic Yoga
3 to 5, 5 to 7, 7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
< 15 mins
Activity
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Count the Stars!
5 to 7, 7 to 11, 11 to 14
30 - 60 mins
Activity
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Create a Pocket Solar System
7 to 11, 11 to 14
< 15 mins
Activity
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Create An Expanding Universe
14 to 16, 16 to 18
15 - 30 mins
Activity
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Design a Planet
7 to 11, 11 to 14
15 - 30 mins
Activity
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Design a Telescope
11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
30 - 60 mins
Activity
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Distances in Space
11 to 14, 14 to 16
15 - 30 mins
Activity
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Distances in the Solar System Poster
3 to 5, 5 to 7, 7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
< 15 mins
Information
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Earth, Sun and Moon Quiz
7 to 11, 11 to 14
< 15 mins
Quiz
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Explore Day and Night
7 to 11
< 15 mins
Quiz
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Explore Day and Night Around the World
7 to 11
15 - 30 mins
Quiz
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Explore Gravity
11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
30 - 60 mins
Activity
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Explore Light
7 to 11
30 - 60 mins
Activity
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Explore Messier Objects
14 to 16, 16 to 18
60+ mins
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Explore The Moon's Surface
7 to 11, 11 to 14
30 - 60 mins
Activity
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Find the Moon Missions
3 to 5, 5 to 7, 7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
30 - 60 mins
Activity
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Galaxies Quiz
14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Quiz
Pedro Borja
Gravity Simulator
7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Activity
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Guess the Constellation
5 to 7
< 15 mins
Quiz
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Host A Space Debate
11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
60+ mins
Activity
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Hot, Cold or Just Right
5 to 7, 7 to 11, 11 to 14
< 15 mins
Activity
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How Do Satellites Stay In Orbit?
11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Information
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How Do We Search For Other Planets?
7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Information
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How is the Universe Expanding?
14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Information
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Hunt the Asteroids
7 to 11, 11 to 14
30 - 60 mins
Activity
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Identify the Nebula
14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Quiz
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Interactive Orrery
7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Information
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Investigate Day and Night
5 to 7, 7 to 11
15 - 30 mins
Activity
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Investigate Exoplanets
14 to 16, 16 to 18
60+ mins
Project
NASAJPL-Caltech-RHurt-SSC
Investigate: Counting stars in the Milky Way
11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
30 - 60 mins
Activity
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Investigate: Measure the Size of a Galaxy
11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
15 - 30 mins
Activity
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Investigate: Measure the Size of a Planet
7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
15 - 30 mins
Activity
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Just For Fun!
3 to 5, 5 to 7, 7 to 11
15 - 30 mins
Quiz
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JWST Wordsearch
3 to 5, 5 to 7, 7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
< 15 mins
Activity
NASA
Keep a Moon Diary
3 to 5, 5 to 7, 7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
30 - 60 mins
Activity
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Keep Watch on Asteroids
11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
60+ mins
Project
NASA JPL-Caltech
Kepler's Laws: Find the Mass of the Sun
14 to 16, 16 to 18
30 - 60 mins
Activity
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Let's Explore Aliens!
3 to 5, 5 to 7
60+ mins
Activity
Canva
Let's Explore Astronauts!
3 to 5, 5 to 7
60+ mins
Activity
Canva
Let's Explore Rockets!
3 to 5, 5 to 7
60+ mins
Activity
Canva
Let's Explore Stars!
3 to 5, 5 to 7
60+ mins
Activity
Canva
Let's Explore The Moon!
3 to 5, 5 to 7
60+ mins
Activity
Canva
Let's Explore the Solar System!
3 to 5, 5 to 7
60+ mins
Activity
Canva
Life on Earth
7 to 11, 11 to 14
15 - 30 mins
Quiz
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Light and Mirrors Card Match
7 to 11
< 15 mins
Quiz
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Make a 3D Constellation
7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
15 - 30 mins
Activity
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Make a Comet on a Stick
5 to 7, 7 to 11, 11 to 14
15 - 30 mins
Activity
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Make a Play-doh Solar System
7 to 11, 11 to 14
30 - 60 mins
Activity
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Make a Sundial
5 to 7, 7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
15 - 30 mins
Activity
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Make a Tasty Constellation
3 to 5, 5 to 7, 7 to 11
< 15 mins
Activity
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Make Your Own Impact Crater
5 to 7, 7 to 11, 11 to 14
15 - 30 mins
Activity
D. Roddy, US Geological Survey
A graphic showing a light source and a cardboard box, with some light coming out of one side and projecting onto a screen
Make your own pinhole camera
3 to 5, 5 to 7, 7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
15 - 30 mins
Activity
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Make Your Own Spectroscope
14 to 16, 16 to 18
15 - 30 mins
Activity
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Make Your Own Star Wheel
7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
15 - 30 mins
Activity
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Maths with the Moon
7 to 11
< 15 mins
Quiz
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Measure a Day on Jupiter
14 to 16, 16 to 18
30 - 60 mins
Activity
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Measure Mountains on the Moon
11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
30 - 60 mins
Activity
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Measure the Speed of Light
11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
15 - 30 mins
Activity
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Measure the Sun's Rotation
14 to 16, 16 to 18
30 - 60 mins
Activity
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Moon Jigsaw
7 to 11
< 15 mins
Quiz
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Moon Jigsaw - Expert
11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Quiz
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Moon Jigsaw - Simple
5 to 7
< 15 mins
Quiz
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Moon Phases Poster
3 to 5, 5 to 7, 7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
< 15 mins
Information
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Moonsaic
3 to 5, 5 to 7, 7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
15 - 30 mins
Activity
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Order the Orbit
11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Quiz
NASA
Order the Planets
5 to 7, 7 to 11
< 15 mins
Quiz
NASA
Order the Stages of a Star
14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Quiz
NASA
Our Place in Space
Any
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Our Sun Quiz
14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Quiz
NASA/SDO - The Schools' Observatory
Pair the Planets
5 to 7, 7 to 11
< 15 mins
Quiz
Lsmpascal
Pair the Stages of a Star
14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Quiz
Pablo Carlos Budassi
Planet Facts Posters
3 to 5, 5 to 7, 7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
< 15 mins
Information
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Predict the Solar Cycle
11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
30 - 60 mins
Activity
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Read All About it! Man on the Moon!
7 to 11
15 - 30 mins
Activity
NASA
Recreate a Solar Eclipse
3 to 5, 5 to 7, 7 to 11
15 - 30 mins
Activity
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Rockets Quiz
11 to 14
< 15 mins
Quiz
SpaceX
Seasons - The Sun in the Sky
5 to 7, 7 to 11
< 15 mins
Information
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Seasons Simulator
7 to 11, 11 to 14
< 15 mins
Information
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Skills for Space
3 to 5, 5 to 7, 7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
< 15 mins
Information
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Solar System Quiz
7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
< 15 mins
Quiz
NASA
Solar System Word Search
5 to 7, 7 to 11
< 15 mins
Quiz
Royalty Free
Space for Everyone
7 to 11, 11 to 14
< 15 mins
Quiz
W. Runte, J. Friedlander, ESA, NASA, inSCIght, B.Weissinger.
Space in Your Life Game
7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Quiz
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Space Jobs Game
7 to 11, 11 to 14
< 15 mins
Activity
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Space Quiz
7 to 11, 11 to 14
< 15 mins
Quiz
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Stars and Stories
3 to 5, 5 to 7
15 - 30 mins
Activity
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Stars That Go Bang!
16 to 18
60+ mins
Project
M. Weiss
Start a STEM Club
7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
60+ mins
Information
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Stellar informant
14 to 16, 16 to 18
60+ mins
Project
HST/NASA
Telescopes Quiz
11 to 14, 14 to 16
< 15 mins
Quiz
Liverpool Telescope
A birthday cake with lots of calndles which are alight. Above them are images of each planet in our Solar System
The 'Space Age' Calculator
3 to 5, 5 to 7, 7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
< 15 mins
Activity
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An image of a seesaw with the planet Jupiter weighing down one side, and lots of smaller planets stacked on top of each other in the air on the other side of the seesaw
The 'Space Weight' Calculator
3 to 5, 5 to 7, 7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
< 15 mins
Activity
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The Changing Moon
14 to 16, 16 to 18
60+ mins
Project
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The First Moon Landing
7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Quiz
NASA
Timeline of Astronomy
7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Information
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Timeline of the Apollo Missions
7 to 11, 11 to 14
< 15 mins
Information
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A picture of the planet Saturn on one side of the image, and Jupiter on the other. In between are several children walking between the 2 planets.
Walk the Solar System
3 to 5, 5 to 7, 7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
< 15 mins
Activity
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What are Asteroids and Comets?
7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
< 15 mins
Information
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What are Constellations?
5 to 7, 7 to 11, 11 to 14
< 15 mins
Information
Canva
What are the Risks from Asteroids?
11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Information
Canva
What Can We See on the Moon?
7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
< 15 mins
Information
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What Can We See on the Sun?
11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Information
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What Does Life Need?
5 to 7, 7 to 11
< 15 mins
Information
What Happens During a Solar Eclipse?
7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
< 15 mins
Information
Canva
What is a light year?
11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Information
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What is a nebula?
7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Information
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What is a star?
7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
< 15 mins
Information
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What is a Sundial?
5 to 7, 7 to 11, 11 to 14
< 15 mins
Information
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What is Gravity?
7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
< 15 mins
Information
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What is Kepler's First Law?
14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Information
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What Is Kepler's Second Law?
14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Information
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What Is Kepler's Third Law?
14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Information
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What is the Solar System?
7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Information
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What is the Sun?
7 to 11, 11 to 14, 14 to 16
< 15 mins
Information
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What Makes Shadows on the Moon?
11 to 14, 14 to 16, 16 to 18
< 15 mins
Information
Canva
Why Do Shadows Change Over Time?
7 to 11
< 15 mins
Information
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Why Do We Have Day and Night?
5 to 7, 7 to 11
< 15 mins
Information
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Why Does the Earth Have Seasons?
7 to 11, 11 to 14
< 15 mins
Information
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Why Does the Earth Have Tides?
7 to 11, 11 to 14
< 15 mins
Information
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Why Does the Moon Have Phases?
7 to 11, 11 to 14
< 15 mins
Information
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You Decide! Should We Explore Space?
7 to 11
30 - 60 mins
Activity
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