Science labs › Earth and space simulations

Earth and space simulations

Last updated: 16 October 2026

Every Earth science and space lab in Taz, from the rock under our feet to the stars overhead.

Space

Black Holes: Shine light past a black hole: does it bend, or fall in for ever?
Comet Orbits: Why does a comet grow a tail near the Sun, and why does it rush past so fast?
Earth's Seasons: Carry the globe round the lamp. Why is summer long and winter short?
Galaxy Formation: A spinning cloud of stars and gas pulls itself together. Ball or plate?
Moon Phases: A lamp, a globe and a Moon on real gravity: why does the Moon change shape?
Ocean Tides: Why does the sea come in and go out twice a day?
Orbital Mechanics: Newton's cannonball: how fast must you fire it sideways so it never lands?
Solar & Lunar Eclipses: Line up the lamp, the globe and the Moon: why is there not an eclipse every month?
Solar System: A desk orrery run by real gravity: why does Mars take longer than Earth to go round?
Star Life Cycle: Heavy stars have more fuel. So why do they die young?

Earthquake Waves: Two kinds of wave race through the Earth. How do they tell us where a quake was, and what is inside?
Erosion: Pour water on a slope of sand: where does the sand go?
Greenhouse Effect: How does a little CO₂ in the air keep the whole planet warmer?
Ocean Currents: Ice at one end, warmth at the other: how does a whole ocean start to move?
Plate Tectonics: The ground moves as fast as your fingernails grow. What does that do in a million years?
Rock Cycle: Follow a grain of rock: worn away, buried, cooked, melted and born again.
Tornado Formation: Why does air spin faster and faster as it rushes into a tornado?
Volcanic Eruption: Why do some volcanoes pour out rivers of lava, and others explode?
Water Cycle: The Sun lifts water out of the sea. Where does it go, and how does it get back?
Weather Patterns: Why does wind swirl round a storm instead of blowing straight in?

Browse by subject: physics, chemistry, biology, Earth and space, maths. Or by NCERT class: Class 6, Class 7, Class 8, Class 9, Class 10. Every lab opens inside Taz after you sign in.