Earth and space
What are the Earth, Sun and Moon?
Learn what the Earth, Sun and Moon are. Then explore how we have day and night and our different seasons.
What are the seasons?
Learn about the four seasons and the changes they bring.
What is day and night?
Learn about how the Earth's rotation creates day and night.
What is the sun?
What is the sun? How does it affect us?
What is the water cycle?
Find out about the journey water makes every day.
Video playlist
What does the Sun really look like? Video
A description of the Sun’s physical appearance and the reasons for this.
Earth's orbit of the Sun. Video
The tilt of the Earth's axis and the effect this has as Earth orbits the Sun.
Day and night. Video
The Earth completes one rotation every 24 hours to give us day and night.
The Moon and its orbit around Earth. Video
A description of why the shape of the Moon appears to change when seen from the Earth.
The Moon. Video
Images of the Moon and historical news footage of the first Moon landing.
Day and night in the world's most northerly city. Video
Vicky Kimm visits the most northerly city in the world.
Sun, shadows and time of day. Video
How you can tell the time of day from shadows cast by the sun.
