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The Royal Observatory Greenwich is the home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian of the World.
They have created a range of resources to help with lesson planning. Many of these resources have a mix of...
Solar System Holiday
This resource, from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, is all about helping pupils get to know the solar system.
- There is a lively song and animation in a...
ESA Climate Detectives is a competition that is open for students from the ages of 8 to 19. Teams of...
Urban hotspots
These resources from the European Space Agency climate change initiative education resource pack allow students to learn how a built up environment can lead to the urban heat island effect, so called urban hotspots. This phenomenon leads to temperature rises in cities that exceed those in surrounding rural...
Planetary heat pumps
These resources from the European Space Agency climate change initiative education resource pack allow students to learn about how the ocean circulation has an impact on the climate. This redistribution of heat around the Earth 'planetary heat pump' supplies warmer water to the poles and influences the rate at...
Taking the pulse of the planet (14-16)
These resources from the European Space Agency climate change initiative education resource pack allow students to learn about how data can be collected by sensors and how the orbit of satellites affect the details that can be obtained - Taking the Pulse of the Planet.
The first activity is text...
The carbon cycle
These resources from the European Space Agency climate change initiative education resource pack allow students to learn about the carbon cycle and the key to controlling climate change by managing it and using it to identify how to reduce carbon emissions to the atmosphere. How carbon moves through the carbon...
A selection of activity packs published by the European Space Agency (ESA) on topics related to climate change.
The water cycle
In this set of activities, children will learn about the water cycle and, in particular, how water in the soil contributes to the cycle and responds to changes in it.
Activities are:
- learning about the story of a snowflake to illustrate the water cycle
- investigating evaporation and...
The discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole
In this set of activities, pupils will learn about ozone and the impacts – good and bad – it has on life on Earth.
Activities are:
- finding out about ozone and how it is measured and introducing the story of the Antarctic ozone hole
- investigating the effectiveness of sunscreen
- ...