English National Curriculum - Science Science
Mission Objectives
Understand how Earth moves in space
Understand how the Sun transitions across the sky
Understand how night and day happen
Enquiry Approach - Pattern-seeking
Identifying patterns and looking for relationships to make links between scientific concepts.
Enquiry Skill - Observing and measuring
Using the senses and taking measurements, using a range of equipment, to make observations about a scientific enquiry.
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Words and meanings to learn
hemisphere
on Earth, there are 2 of these – the North and South, separated by the equator
orbit
the path of one celestial object around another i.e. the moon around the Earth
poles
the place where the axis spins around; the North pole and the South pole
axis
the (imaginary) line which a planet rotates around
season
a time of year which is defined by the weather associated with it
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Resources: Class presentation, a torch, a globe, modelling clay and kebab skewers or cocktail sticks.
Core Handout (2): Instructions for completing the modelling experiment and lines for the children to explain their results.
Stretch Handout (3): A space for the children to draw a map and answer a series of questions on time zones.
Expert film
Mission assignment film
Astronaut
Astronomer
