Resources by Sun|trek
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Earth Sun Moon Distances
Basketball Earth
This resource uses a basketball as the Earth to set up a scale model to the distance to the Moon, satellites and distances such as the thickness of the...
How Big and How Far?
How big?
This resource uses scale models to understand the huge differences between the Sun and other stars in the galaxy. The spreadsheet gives scales for the Sun and five...
Hubble's Universe
The aim of this resource is to understand the levels of structure in space – Solar System, galaxy, Universe. The spreadsheet exercise allows students to discover this structure in a graphical form. Students can find more...
I Am a Star *suitable for home teaching*
This resource is based around the chemical composition of the human body and the origin of elements in the universe. Students can input a mass in the spreadsheet to see what proportion of their mass is from elements created in the Big Bang, in stars and in supernovae. Graphs are also shown for the relative...
Measurements with the Sun
Measuring the diameter of our star This simple exercise allows students to measure the diameter of the Sun using a metre rule and two pieces of card. An image of the Sun needs to be projected on the card using a small hole in one piece of card.
Measuring the number of hours in a day...
Solar Images and Data
This resource contains three activities and accompanying teachers’ notes.
Picking out the details
Using images from the...
Solar Tornadoes
This resource uses the context of tornadoes in the solar atmosphere to investigate circular motion and energy changes. A hole is drilled in the bottom of a washing up bowl and orange pith can be used to track the motion of the water when draining through the bottom and creating a vortex. The Key Stage Three...
Space Weather Effects
This resource contains two activities and accompanying teachers’ notes.
Effect on a solar telescope
Using images from...
Spectra
This resource contains two activities and accompanying teachers’ notes.
Spectra: A tale of two elements
Students must...
Sun|trek is an educational website about the Sun, our star, and its effect on the Earth's environment. It has been produced by a team of solar research scientists, working with teachers and educators. It is closely linked to the UK school curriculum Sun|trek have produced projects for schools, at Key Stage 4, using...