Science

Science:

Earth and Space: Year 5 has been thoroughly enjoying learning about our Solar System and the relationships between the Earth, Sun and Moon. Our learning experience should be laid out with this sequence of lessons:

1. Explain why we know the Sun, Earth and Moon are spherical.
2. Name and describe the features of the planets (in order) in our solar system.
3. Explain how the planets move in our system.
4. Explain day and night and how the sun appears to move across the sky.
5. Investigate night and day in different parts of the Earth.
6. Explain the movement of the Moon.