Straight Forward with Science offers a straightforward, but fun, approach to key science learning. Each book explores basic scientific principles and shows them in action, while simple activities and experiments bring the science to life.

The Earth in Space looks at Earth and how it spins around in space, giving us night and day. It also explores the Sun, Moon and stars and explains how the solar system works. Space exploration is also looked at.

This book is part of a book series called Straight Forward With Science .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2018 by Hachette Children's Group .

Peter D. Riley is a full-time author and has written over 200 books for primary and secondary Science.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: What is space?
• 2: Stars
• 3: The solar system
• 4: The inner solar system
• 5: The outer planets
• 6: Space rubble
• 7: The moving Earth
• 8: The Earth and sunlight
• 9: The Sun in the sky
• 10: The Moon
• 11: Eclipses
• 12: Investigating space
• 13: Life in space
• 14: Glossary and further information
• 15: Index