Websites

=﻿Year 4 - Spinning in Space = =Within these websites you will find videos explaining concepts such as seasons and day and night. There are interactive games and quizzes to test your knowledge and there are some sites which you can explore during your research. =

@http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/earthandbeyond/default.asp Interactive animations which explain Day and Night, the orbit of the Earth and phases of the moon. Does refer specifically to the Northern Hemisphere but is still very useful for explaining concepts. Each module has a quiz to test what has been learnt. The site also has an “ask an astronomer” section which gives the answers to many questions that students have asked.
 * __//**The Children's University Manchester **//__

> > @http://www.fearofphysics.com/SunMoon/sunmoon1.html
 * __//**Sun, Earth and Moon in Motion **//__

Shows animations of the orbit of the Earth and moon from different perspectives. Includes an easy to understand audio explanation. The site has a serious of video clips including solar eclipse, and phases of the moon. This video is the first in the series.

﻿ @http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/10000-the-moon-tides-video.htm Explains how the moon causes the oceans tides. The how stuff works site has many other videos relating to the solar system which may be suitable for background knowledge of the solar system and its' planets.
 * __//**﻿The Moon : Tides **//__

 __@http://www.windows2universe.org/__ This website is FULL of information! The Sun, Earth, Solar System and Space tabs are the most useful for the Spinning in Space unit. In each tab there are subheading and links to related articles, pictures and further information. The games link has educational games try Solar System Order it up for a challenge. Space Sense is a 'who wants to be a millionaire style game with lifelines to help you and the questions are easy,medium or hard.
 * __//**Windows to the Universe **//__

> <span style="color: #000080; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;">__@http://yarrileess.eq.edu.au/home/yssrn1/mrnclass/spinninginspace.html__
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">School created site to support the Primary Connections Spinning in Space unit, includes links to videos explaining concepts.


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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;"> @http://www.teachersdomain.org/ext/ess05_int_seasonsgame/index.html



<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Interactive resource which explains the reasons for the seasons and then test knowledge with 3 different scenarios.


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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;"> __@http://www.neok12.com/Seasons.htm__



<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">A collection of resources including games to test knowledge of seasons and videos to explain concepts.

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;"> __@http://www.abc.net.au/children/space/default.htm__
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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Click on the 'about the planets icon' there are good descriptions and facts about each planet.

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