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Moon Phases Explorer
Move the Moon around Earth and watch its shape change night by night.
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Space simulators
Moon phases, planets in motion and the tilt behind the seasons.
Zoom out from Earth: see why the Moon changes shape every night, how planets race around the Sun at different speeds, and why Earth’s tilt gives us day, night and the seasons.
By class: Class 3, Class 4, Class 5, Class 6, Class 7, Class 8, Class 9, Class 10.
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Solar System Orbit Explorer
Speed up time and watch eight planets race around the Sun.
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Day, Night and Seasons: Discover Earth’s Tilt
Change the tilt, the date and your latitude and watch the daylight hours change.
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Lunar Landing Challenge: Touch Down Softly
Fly a lander down to the Moon, working the throttle so you touch down under 3 m/s with fuel to spare.
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Eclipse Shadow Lab: Solar and Lunar Eclipses
Move the Moon round its tilted orbit and see exactly when its shadow reaches Earth, and when Earth’s shadow reaches it.
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Exoplanet Detective: Find Planets from a Dip in Starlight
Watch a star’s brightness, spot the dips, and work out how big the hidden planet is and how long its year lasts.
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Star Life Cycle: From Nebula to Black Hole
Pick a star’s mass, age it through its life and see whether it ends as a white dwarf, a neutron star or a black hole.
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Comet Orbit and Tail Lab: Why the Tail Points Away
Stretch a comet’s orbit, fly it past the Sun and watch it speed up, grow a tail and always point that tail away from the Sun.
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Impact Crater Lab: How Big a Hole Does a Rock Make?
Choose a rock’s size, speed and material, drop it, and measure the crater against a football pitch, a city or Chicxulub.
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Satellite Orbit Lab: Why the Space Station Never Falls Down
Fire a projectile sideways from a mountain: too slow and it falls, fast enough and it orbits, faster still and it escapes.
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Space Station Life Support: Keep the Crew Breathing
Run a space station for 30 days: balance oxygen, carbon dioxide, water and solar power so the crew never runs short.
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Meteor or Meteorite? Will the Rock Reach the Ground?
Set a rock’s size, speed, angle and material, drop it through the air and predict whether it burns up or lands.
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Rocket Launch Lab: Why Rockets Are Mostly Fuel
Design a rocket’s payload, propellant, engine and staging, launch it, and see whether it reaches orbital speed.
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