Space
LIVE streaming video from the International Space Station. (Sometimes you can even hear them talking!)
ISS Passes - To find out times you can see the International Space Station over the UK go to
Oscar and the Moth. By Geoff Waring
In which the moth teaches Oscar that the sun only appears to move across the sky. Actually it is the Earth spinning.
A great video montage of the changing seasons from the BBC
Is a blue whale the biggest thing there is?
By Robert E Wells
The best book on space ever! Non-fiction but a very readable format.
The Time and Space of Uncle Albert
By Russell Stannard
A great book introducing UKS2 children to the concepts of relativity
George's Secret Key to the Universe is a great chapter book for UKS2.
By Lucy and Stephen Hawking - Yes, him!
BBC Stargazing Live Videos
Series 2 of Stargazing included some excellent Class Challenge videos aimed at KS2 and the brilliant Little Stargazing series aimed at EYFS but still good at KS1. You can find them all here.
This is the best activity for explaining the Phases of the Moon.
BBC Little Stargazing
KS1 and EYFS: Some lovely video clips about space: Click here.
For more Stargazing videos and animations for KS1 and KS2 and animations click here.
Earth in orbit video from PBS. This explains the seasons well. Here
More Books
How to catch a star. By Oliver Jeffers
The way back home. By Oliver Jeffers
There's no place like space. By Dr Seuss
Q Pootle 5. By Nick Butterworth
The Blackest Hole in Space. By Penny Little and Vincent Vigla
A Long Way Away. By Frank Viva
This PHET Simulation is useful for showing the Earth and Moon's orbits. Here
Video
Phases of the Moon Rap
The much loved rap video - Thanks to Mr Hewitt for the tip.
The relative sizes of the planets and stars
The planets of the Solar System rap
Felix Baumgartner's record breaking freefall from the edge of space
1001 Inventions
Mariam "Al-Astrolabiya" Al-Ijliya, the astrolabe maker, features in this great video on Islamic inventions from The Golden Age. This can be used with the Muslim Space Science powerpoint and the writing frame below.
The Storey of Mariam Al-Asturlabiya
Star trails that show the Earth is rotating
Heliocentric and geocentric models of space explained - (identifying scientific evidence)
Papa, please get the moon for me. A story by Eric Carle. - KS1
This is a time lapse film of 24 hours taken from the International Space Station.
Dara O'Biarian on a Zero G flight.
Useful for explaining why astronauts are often weightlessness in space even though there is gravity.
Watch 200 balls and 30 teachers on a zero G flight.
Focussing the sun using a hand lens.
Useful for explain seasons.
Chris Hadfield's Space Oddity video from the ISS