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Earth, Moon and Sun

Day and Night

Day and Night video

Equinoxes:

Spring (Vernal) Equinox

Fall (Autumnal) Equinox

Equinoxes and Solstices explained (video)

Seasons:

Seasons interactive demo

Khan Academy playlist

Movement and position of the earth (video)

Why do we have different seasons? (video)

Bill Nye explains the seasons (video)

Northern Hemisphere Summer Solstice

Northern Hemisphere Winter Solstice

Seasons Explained

Eclipses:

Solar Eclipse simulation - click simulation in the menu

Lunar Eclipse simulation

Solar and Lunar Eclipses

National Geographic Solar Eclipse (5 mins)

National Geographic Lunar Eclipse (3 mins)

2017 Eclipse interactive

Moon Phases

Moon Phases interactive

Moon Phases

Moon phase demonstration

Near side and Far side of the moon explained (required viewing to 2:15 in the video)

Exoplanets:

NASA's Eyes on Exoplanets - web version

Extras:

Star Size Comparison (cool video)

Wanderers (cool video)

Powers of 10 (cool)

National Geographic The Story of Earth - first 10 minutes (video)

Carl Sagan Pale Blue Dot (video) - my favourite quote "momentary masters of a fraction of a dot"

Crater Impact Calculator

Moon Colonization

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