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Total solar eclipse over Madras, Oregon, 2017. This is a composite image where each orange shape is the sun at a different moment in time, showing the progression from partial eclipse through totality and back again. Credit: NASA - science.nasa.gov/eclipses

Measuring the Eclipse with a micro:bit

During a solar eclipse, the sky slowly gets darker because the moon movesinfront of the sun! In this activity you will programme your micro:bit to measurehow bright it is and save that data so you can look at it as a graph afterwards.Micro:bits make this really easy! The tiny lights on your micro:bit (called LEDs)…

Little Poster of The Sun

This poster describes the surface and atmosphere of the Sun, its chemical composition and how it was formed.

The Planets in Your Pocket

This fold out solar system booklet illustrates all the planets in our solar system with key facts about each.

The James Webb Space Telescope poster

This poster illustrates how the James Webb Telescope works.

Little Poster of Planets

This poster illustrates different planets in our solar system, from rocky planets to gas giants, showing key facts and what different planets are made of.

Little Poster of Moons

This poster illustrates different moons in our solar system and their orbits.

The Little Poster of Little Big Bangs

This poster describes different types of particles and how particle accelerators work, in particular the Large Hydron Collider (LHC).

The Little Poster of Big Telescopes

This poster illustrates key big telescopes, what they are studying and how they work.

The Little Book of the Sun

This booklet contains curriculum-linked information about the Sun. Topics explored include: what is the Sun made of and what makes it so hot, its connection to Earth, including the aurora and solar eclipses, and how we study the sun.