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Websites to visit
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Take a two-minute trip through the Universe, and back again.
Website 2
Find out about the Milky Way, the galaxy where we live.
Website 3
What are stars?
Website 4
Watch a video clip about how the Universe is expanding.
Website 5
Explore an image of a supernova remnant, a massive star that has exploded. (Start the movie then click on the highlight "Explosion".)
Websites to visit
Website 1
Watch a video clip about the Hubble Space Telescope.
Website 2
Find out how scientists drive the robot rover "Curiosity" on Mars. (To watch more videos about the robot rover and Mars, click on a clip in the playlist.)
Website 3
Watch a clip about how to spot the constellation Orion.
Website 4
What is the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and how does it work?
Websites to visit
Website 1
Test your knowledge of the Universe with a fun quiz game. (Click on "Novice".)
Website 2
Can you sort out objects in the Universe?
Website 3
Create your own Universe timeline, test your knowledge of the Universe or find other activities and games about space.
Website 4
Send and receive messages between ground-based antennas and space satellites in an online activity. (After the activity, read about how antennas and spacecraft communicate.)
Website 5
Visit the Moon to help a robot rover and discover space facts.
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See inside
See inside the Universe
“One of those books kids and parents can dip into time and again.”
Dr. Amber Jenkins
Alex Frith has been a children's author for more than a decade, covering every topic on Earth, from prehistoric animals to robots with artificial intelligence, and everything under the Sun, from the origins of the Universe to the adventures of Thor, God of Thunder. At home he reads too many comics, and attempts to raise three children with an awful lot of help from his wife, and no help at all from his cat.
“See inside the Universe” takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the universe, from stars and galaxies to the Big Bang and the Big Crunch, via astronomy and particle physics. It’s so dense – there are flaps hidden within flaps – that it’s one of those books kids and parents can dip into time and again.
Dr. Amber Jenkins
Good introduction to the solar system, offering information in bite-sized chunks.
The Telegraph
The ‘science’ of gravity, the Big Bang, atoms – all presented with over 70 flaps to lift, this will be a great recommendation for the boffins of the future.
Jill Pattle, Far From the Madding Crown Bookshop
Great book
It’s an interesting book for my little one this book is full of wonderful info about the universe.
Mitch, 25th December 2017
See Inside Planet Earth
My five year old is very interested in facts and loves this book. Since having it we have gone on to buy several more of the series, all of which he finds really interesting and asks for over and over again. His other particular favourite is 'See under the Sea'.
Ann Davidson, 15th February 2010
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