Moon diary: how does the Moon change in a week?NEW
Today's Moon from the Moon globe, then seven nights for the class to draw.
the Moon globe: today's shape, the part lit and the days to full Moon.
Seven one-page worksheets for ages 7 to 18. Each one is filled in with today's numbers from our live tools when you open it, with teacher notes and answers worked out from the same numbers. UK versions print on A4, US versions on Letter.
Curriculum links last reviewed November 2026.
Today's Moon from the Moon globe, then seven nights for the class to draw.
the Moon globe: today's shape, the part lit and the days to full Moon.
The space station's live lap time shows why its crew see a sunrise every 90 minutes or so.
the Live ISS tracker: the station's lap time.
Voyager 1's live distance and the speed of light.
the Deep Space map: Voyager 1's distance from the Earth.
W = mg on other worlds, and gravity at the space station's live height.
the Live ISS tracker: the station's height today.
Circumference, speed and time from the station's live height and speed.
the Live ISS tracker: the station's height and speed.
Five real satellites' live heights and periods, on one graph.
the Satellite directory: five satellites from low orbit to geostationary.
Work out the height of a geostationary orbit, then check it against a live TV satellite.
the Satellite directory: a TV satellite's height and period.
When you open a sheet, the numbers are taken from the live tool and printed with the time. Print a class set in one go so every copy matches the teacher notes. If a number is not available, the sheet leaves the boxes blank for the class to look up instead: it never prints an old number.