The most accessible wonder of the night sky is our Moon. If you have some binoculars, or a small telescope, you’ll quickly notice that the Moon is full of intriguing details, but even with just the naked eye, you can see some fascinating features – including the area where the first Moon landing took place!…
Google has teamed up with NASA’s Ames Research Centre in Silicon Valley, California, to create Google Moon to allow people across the Earth to explore the Moon. www.google.co.uk/moon
This animated clip explains how we always see the same side of the Moon and that the Moon used to spin much faster and has since become gravitationally tidally locked to the Earth. This is the case with most moons within the solar system. www.stem.org.uk/rx33u7
This mini rocket uses a light-weight plastic water bottle (500 ml) with a nozzle. The bottle has a small amount of ethanol in it, which is vapourised then ignited, and the mini rocket fires off. In this demo we use a piece of guttering as a rocket launching track.