1. Science
Sit in your places quietly
You NEED your whiteboards

2. Science
Earth
and
Beyond
(and Space)

3. Learning Challenges
To know that the Earth takes 1 year to orbit the Sun once
To understand how the seasons occur
To know where the sun sets and rises

4. The sun rises in the east
And sets in the west
HORIZON

5. The moon orbits the Earth...
Sun
Earth
moon
...as the Earth orbits the Sun.

6. As the Earth orbits around the Sun, it also spins on its own axis; which is tipped, like a globe’s.

7. At any time, half of the Earth faces the sun and therefore receives light.
This part is in day.
This part is in night.
The other half faces away from the Sun, and so receives very little light.

8. What causes the Earth’s seasons?
As the Earth orbits the Sun, when its axis tips towards the Sun, the weather gets warmer. When it tips away, the weather gets colder, causing the Earth’s seasons.

9. In the northern hemisphere:
spring here
In the northern hemisphere:
winter here
autumn here
summer here
summer here
autumn here
winter here
In the southern hemisphere:
spring here

10. The Earth rotates on its axis at 900 miles an hour
The Earth rotates on its axis at 900 miles an hour! As it rotates, the Earth is also orbiting the Sun at a speed of 67,500 miles an hour!
But, don’t worry! Thanks to the Earth’s gravity and atmosphere, we won’t fall off.

11. So, when the Sun ‘rises’ in Great Britain, on the other side of the world, it’s about to ‘set’.
New Zealand

12. Now, explain to the person sat next to you:
Why, if is it day in New Zealand, it is night in England?
How long does it take for the Earth to turn once?
Why does the Sun appear to rise and set?

13. Turn to a new page in your science books, turn it to landscape
Use a ruler to split your page in half down the middle
On one side put the heading, Sunrise and Sunset
Draw a picture of the sun rising in the East and Setting in the West, as it travels through the sky during the day. Don't forget the important information and to label your diagrams
On the other side put the heading, Orbit of the Earth
Draw a picture of the Earth orbiting the Sun and how the seasons are caused by its rotation

14. Worksheets

15. Learning Challenges
To know that the Earth takes 1 year to orbit the Sun once
To understand how the seasons occur
To know where the sun sets and rises

16. Knowledge Page
Using a different colour of pen, you are going to write down more that you now know about the Earth, Sun and Moon on a knowledge page. Your knowledge page looks like: