Solar System Journey

Take a guided tour of our cosmic neighbourhood. You will fly around a living 3D solar system, watch the Earth spin through day and night, drag the Moon through its phases and line up your very own eclipse. Every lesson is a simulation you can touch.

You will learn: doneNames and order of the 8 planets doneWhy we have day, night and seasons doneReading Moon phases like a calendar doneHow solar and lunar eclipses happen doneThinking in 3D space

play_arrow Start course play_lesson4 lessons schedule~56 min total

Lessons

1 travel_explore Tour the Solar System Fly around a 3D model of the Sun and all eight planets, and tap each one to meet it. 3D model 15 min done 2 public Earth, Moon and Sun Watch the tilted, spinning Earth circle the Sun and discover where day, night, years and seasons come from. 3D model 15 min done 3 dark_mode Phases of the Moon Drag the Moon around its orbit and watch its shape change in the "view from Earth" window — from aunsi to purnima. 3D model 12 min done 4 brightness_3 Eclipses Line up the Sun, Earth and Moon yourself, watch the shadow cones, and discover why eclipses are rare. 3D model 14 min done