Olivia and Oscar discover how when you see something from a distance it looks small but when you get closer it turns out to be really big. (Download Mountains are big PDF)

Mountains can be big - colour in sheet

Another free colour in sheet to download for How BIG is BIG? This one shows Olivia, Oscar and Orin standing on the Earth’s surface looking very small when compared to the size of a planet. (Download We are small and the Earth is big PDF)

We are small and the Earth is big - colour in sheet

The Earth is small colour in sheet is now available as a free download. It features Oscar, Olivia and Orin floating in outer space lookin at a small Earth, Moon and Sun. (Download The Earth is small PDF)

The Earth is small colour in sheet

The How big are trees colour in sheet is now available. The image is a free download from How BIG is BIG?

How big are trees? colour in sheet

I created this image of the solar system a while ago for fun and thought that I would make it available as a free down load under a Creative Commons attribution non-commercial licence.

The image shows all the major planets (Mecury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune), dwarf planets (Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake and Eris) and the major moons (Luna, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Mimas, Dione, Iapetus, Titan, Rhea, Enceladus, Tethys, Miranda, Oberon, Titania, Umbriel, Ariel, Naiad, Nereid, Proteus, Galatea, Larissa, Despina, Triton, Thalassa) with labels.

The file is available as a layered Adobe Illustrator file, a full size PDF and an A4 sized PDF.

Solar System free image for download

I have taken the How big is the ocean? spread from How BIG is BIG? and made it into a colour in sheet which is available as a free download.

How big is the ocean?

I have put a new worksheet up called How big is it? to go with How BIG isBIG? There are two experiments where kids can explore how size is relative. The first experiment uses paper planes and for the second one the kids can use their own bodies to measure a room.

How big is it? experiment 1

How big is it? experiment 2