Ireland Junior Cycle

Have you noticed that the Moon doesn't always look the same. Sometimes we can see the full face of the Moon and it becomes the brightest object in the night sky. At other times, it appears as a just small sliver in the sky.

You have probably seen the Moon in the sky but have you ever studied it in detail? 

You have likely heard about the Universe expanding. Or that redshift can tell us about the movements of galaxies. Both are difficult ideas to imagine and understand.

The Moon is the brightest object in the night sky when its whole face is showing. This only happens at full Moon. So why isn't it always a full Moon? 

Ever wondered how heavy or light you would feel on another planet in our Solar System?

Is gravity the same everywhere? Experiment with how the ball reacts in each of the Solar System locations by dropping or throwing the ball. How similar or different is each location to Earth?

Every year, the Earth completes one orbit of the Sun, and every year, you have a birthday! And during the year, the Earth rotates 365 times on its axis, and we experience 365 sunrises and sunsets.