Wales Foundation Phase

A solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun. The Moon stops the Sun’s light from reaching the

All of the light we receive on Earth comes from the Sun.

Have you noticed the Moon is brighter some nights than others? And it looks like the Moon changes shape? We call these changes the phases of the Moon.

An Orrery is a moving, mechanical model of the Solar System. It shows how all of the planets orbit around the Sun.

Comets are large balls of ice, rock and dust but you can think of them as large dirty snowballs that travel through the Solar System. 

Impact craters are made when a space rock (called a meteorite or asteroid) hits a rocky planet or moon. The impact makes a round hole in the surface, called a crater.

Have you noticed that your shadow changes over time? The cartoon on this page shows why shadows change during the day.