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Live tuition
Next session: Saturday 12th September 2026 at 11:30am
Topic: The Earth
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Weekly homework
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Past tuition sessions
Spring term (2025-2026) tuition sessions
This is where enrolled tutees can access recordings of previous live tuition sessions
Autumn term (2025-2026) tuition sessions
This is where enrolled tutees can access recordings of previous live tuition sessions
Summer term (2024-2025) tuition sessions
This is where enrolled tutees can access recordings of previous live tuition sessions
Resources
Web apps
Lunar Disc Drill
Constellations Drill
Notes and presentations
Topic 1: The Earth.pptx
Topic 2: The Lunar Disc.pptx
Topic 3: The Earth-Moon-Sun System.pptx
Topic 4: Time and Earth-Moon-Sun Cycles.pptx
Topic 5: Solar System Observation.pptx
Topic 6: Celestial Observation.pptx
Topic 7: Early Models of the Solar System.pptx
Topic 8: Planetary Motion and Gravity.pptx
Topic 9: Exploring The Moon.pptx
Topic 10: Solar Astronomy.pptx
Topic 11: Exploring the Solar System.pptx
Topic 12: Formation of Planetary Systems.pptx
Topic 13: Exploring Starlight.pptx
Topic 14: Stellar Evolution.pptx
Topic 15: Our Place in the Galaxy.pptx
Topic 16: Cosmology.pptx
Worksheets
1.1 The Earth’s Structure.pdf
1.2 Latitude and Longitude.pdf
1.3 The Earth’s Atmosphere.pdf
2.1 Surface Features of the Moon.pdf
2.2 The Moon’s Orbit.pdf
3.1 Eclipses.pdf
3.2 Tides and Precession.pdf
3.3 The Earth, Sun and Moon.pdf
3.4 Diameters and Distances.pdf
4.1 Sidereal and Synodic Time.pdf
4.2 Lunar Phases.pdf
4.3 The Equation of Time.pdf
4.4 Sundials and Shadow sticks.pdf
4.5 Longitude and Time Zones.pdf
5.1 Observing the Planets.pdf
5.2 The Apparent Motion of the Sun.pdf
6.1 The Night Sky.pdf
6.2 Stars and Constellations.pdf
6.3 The Celestial Sphere.pdf
6.4 Co-ordinate Systems.pdf
6.5 Diurnal Motion.pdf
6.6 Circumpolar Stars.pdf
6.7 Naked Eye Observing.pdf
7.1 Solar and Lunar Cycles.pdf
7.2 Models of the Solar System.pdf
8.1 Orbits and Kepler’s Laws 1&2.pdf
8.2 Kepler’s Third Law.pdf
8.3 Gravitation.pdf
9.1 Exploration of the Moon.pdf
9.2 Origin of the Moon.pdf
10.1 Observing the Sun.pdf
10.2 The Sun’s Interior.pdf
10.3 The Sun’s Atmosphere.pdf
10.4 The Solar Wind.pdf
11.1 Planets and Dwarf Planets.pdf
11.2 Comets.pdf
11.3 Meteoroids and Meteorites.pdf
11.4 The Size of the Solar System.pdf
11.5 Optical Telescopes 1.pdf
11.6 Optical Telescopes 2.pdf
11.7 Space Probes.pdf
12.1 Interactions.pdf
12.2 Formation of Planets and Moons.pdf
12.3 Gas Giants and Planetary Atmospheres.pdf
12.4 Exoplanets.pdf
12.5 Extra-terrestrial Life.pdf
13.1 Magnitudes.pdf
13.2 Spectroscopy and the H-R Diagram.pdf
13.3 Stellar Distances.pdf
13.4 Variable Stars.pdf
13.5 Radiotelescopes.pdf
13.6 Observing in Other Wavelength Regions.pdf
14.1 Nebulae and Clusters.pdf
14.2 Evolution of Solar-Mass Stars.pdf
14.3 Evolution of Massive Stars.pdf
14.4 Evolution of the H-R Diagram.pdf
15.1 The Milky Way.pdf
15.2 Groupings of Galaxies.pdf
15.3 Classification of Galaxies.pdf
15.4 Active Galaxies.pdf
16.1 Redshift.pdf
16.2 Hubble’s Law.pdf
16.3 The Big Bang.pdf
16.4 Dark Matter and Dark Energy.pdf
Recorded lessons
15 hours, 11 minutes and 26 seconds of astronomy lessons for you to watch before the live tuition sessions.
Topic 1: The Earth (19:23)
Topic 2: The Lunar Disc (30:21)
Topic 3: The Earth-Moon-Sun System (56:02)
Topic 4: Time and the Earth-Moon-Sun Cycles (42:18)
Topic 5: Solar System Observation (30:23)
Topic 6: Celestial Observation (1:00:59)
Topic 7: Early Models of the Solar System (44:28)
Topic 8: Planetary Motion and Gravity (27:50)
Topic 9: Exploring the Moon (35:46)
Topic 10: Solar Astronomy (49:15)
Topic 11: Exploring the Solar System (1:55:24)
Topic 12: Formation of Planetary Systems (1:31:27)
Topic 13: Exploring Starlight (1:16:24)
Topic 14: Stellar Evolution (1:26:23)
Topic 15: Our Place in the Galaxy (30:32)
Topic 16: Cosmology (54:31)
Video library
Public domain
Introduction to Optics (1959)
Time and Clocks (1959)
Elliptical Orbits (1959)
Long Time Intervals (1959)
Short Time Intervals (1960)
Universal Gravitation (1960)
Frames of Reference (1960)
Time Dilation Experiment with Mu-Mesons (1963)
VHS video collection
The quality of the recordings is variable because the VHS Cassettes were in various different states of decay when I digitised them, but I feel they all contain something of interest to someone with a passion for physics education!
Nuclear Physics
Starlight
Our Solar System
DVD video collection
Refraction and Images
Gravitation
Satellite Orbits and Gravity