1. Unit 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon
“Use diagrams and text to show what the Sun, the Earth and the Moon would look like to a person standing on Mars.” T
Unit 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon

2. V Unit 5E: Vocabulary Earth Our home planet Axis
A fixed point which an object spins round
Moon
The Earth’s satellite
Sunrise
The time of day when the sun “comes up”
Sphere
A round object, like a ball
Sunset
The time of day when the sun “goes down”
Revolve
To go around a point
North
A point on the compass
Orbit
To travel around another body
South
A point on the compass
Spin
To go around a point
East
A point on the compass
Rotate
To turn on an axis/centre, like a playground roundabout
West
A point on the compass V
Unit 5E: Vocabulary

3. Unit 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon: L.O. 1,2 : N.C. 4.4a
Unit 5E: What shape are the Earth, the Sun and the Moon?
The Moon
The Earth
The Sun D
Unit 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon: L.O. 1,2 : N.C. 4.4a

4. Unit 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon: L.O. 1,2 : N.C. 4.4a
Unit 5E: What shape are the Earth, the Sun and the Moon? D
Unit 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon: L.O. 1,2 : N.C. 4.4a

5. Unit 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon: L.O. 3
Unit 5E: The sizes of the Earth, the Sun and the Moon
The sun is about 110 times
bigger than the Earth!
Moon
Earth
Sun
The moon is about ¼ the
size of the Earth. D
Unit 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon: L.O. 3

6. Unit 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon: L.O. 3
Unit 5E: The sizes of the Earth, the Sun and the Moon
The moon orbits the Earth
The Earth orbits the sun D
Unit 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon: L.O. 3

7. Unit 5E: The Moving Sun: L.O. 4 : N.C. 4.4b
Light Rays
Shadow D
Unit 5E: The Moving Sun: L.O. 4 : N.C. 4.4b

8. Unit 5E: The Moving Sun: L.O. 4 : N.C. 4.4b
The sun sets
in the evening
The sun rises
in the morning
It is at its
highest at
midday D
Unit 5E: The Moving Sun: L.O. 4 : N.C. 4.4b

9. Unit 5E: Night and Day: L.O. 6,7 : N.C. 4.4c
Light D
Unit 5E: Night and Day: L.O. 6,7 : N.C. 4.4c

10. Unit 5E: The Rising and Setting Sun: L.O. 8,9
The sun sets
in the west
The sun rises
in the east
WEST
EAST D
Unit 5E: The Rising and Setting Sun: L.O. 8,9

11. Unit 5E: The Rising and Setting Sun: L.O. 10
Unit 5E: Sunrise and Sunset Times
Date
Sunrise
Sunset
1st January
08:15
16:00
1st February
07:45
17:00
1st March
07:00
17:45
1st April
05:45
18:45
1st May
04:30
19:30
1st June
04:00
20:15
1st July
03:45
20:30
1st August
20:00
1st September
05:15
19:00
1st October
06:15
1st November
16:45
1st December
08:00
“Use the data in the table to plot a bar chart showing sunrise and sunset times. See the example if you are unsure how to present your work.” A
Unit 5E: The Rising and Setting Sun: L.O. 10

12. Unit 5E: The Rising and Setting Sun: L.O. 10
Unit 5E: Sunrise and Sunset times: Example graph A
Unit 5E: The Rising and Setting Sun: L.O. 10

13. The moon orbits the Earth
Unit 5E: Orbits
The moon orbits the Earth
It takes 28 days to orbit the Earth once D
Unit 5E: Orbits: L.O. 11,12,13 : N.C. 4.4d

14. The Earth orbits the sun
Unit 5E: Orbits
The Earth orbits the sun
It takes 1 year to orbit the sun once D
Unit 5E: Orbits: L.O. 11,12,13 : N.C. 4.4d

15. Unit 5E: The Shape of the Moon: L.O.14
These pictures show how the moon would look from the earth
These pictures show where the sunlight hits the moon
Sunlight D
Unit 5E: The Shape of the Moon: L.O.14

16. S Unit 5E: Summary spherical spherical about ¼ the size of Earth
Moon
orbits Earth
Larger than moon, smaller than sun
orbits
spins
takes
28 days
on axis
Earth, Sun and Moon
appears to
change shape
once every
24 hours
night & day
Sun
spherical
the sun
much larger than Earth
appears
to move
Rises in the East
year
Once every
365 days
Sets in the West S
Unit 5E: Summary