Space Introduction - Middle School Student Lesson Outline 

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Distances in space are enormous - so big that our standard units of measurement, kilometres and miles, are just too small to be useful.
So scientists use something else - the light year.
But what is it and how does it work?
Dr Tim O'Brien from the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester explains.
Please note: The graphics used in this video are not to scale
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3 February 2010

Light Years explained

Carl Sagan told us that there are more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on all of the Earth's beaches. At the same time, there are more H2O molecules in just 10 drops of water than there are stars. 

Ranging from the unimaginably small to the unimaginably big, the scale of the universe is mind-boggling. Watch to try to wrap your head around it. 

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Space Introduction - Middle School Discussion Worksheet is a worksheet by Teach Science with Fergy for students to work through, along with the supplementary resources that you will find as part of this lesson

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Space An Introduction - Teacher's version of Student Digital Interactive Notebook is a worksheet by Teach Science with Fergy for students to work through, along with the supplementary resources that you will find as part of this lesson

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Space An Introduction - Teacher's version of Student Digital Interactive Notebook

Space An Introduction - Student Digital Interactive Notebook is a worksheet by Teach Science with Fergy for students to work through, along with the supplementary resources that you will find as part of this lesson

Space An Introduction - Student Digital Interactive Notebook

Introduction to Space - Middle School is a lesson by Teach Science with Fergy, containing engaging videos, presentations and activities to help develop students' science knowledge.

Space Introduction - Middle School Student Lesson Outline

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