There is nothing quite like staring up into a night sky full of stars to fill us with awe and wonder. SOES provides a chance to see them in a way that just doesn't happen in the city.  It's difficult to get a sense of size and space as we look at the sky but here are some follow up activities you can use back at school to give students a more realistic concept of this.  

• No, you are not the centre of the universe is an awe inspiring video clip that looks at planets and stars and galaxies to give us a sense of size.
• It's All Relative helps students explore the relative distances between planets in the schoolyard.
• How Big?  helps the students grasp the relative sizes of the planets compared to the sun through finding objects in the school yard.
• Four ways to understand the Earth’s age
• Four billion years of evolution in six minutes 
• Does the moon always look the same? Spend time Observing the moon to discover the answer
• Learn how to bring constellations to life by  Connecting the Stars