Activity 1: Earth and Moon, what can you see in this video?
Activity 2: Some tricky words
This video explains that we always see the same side of the moon because it takes the same time for the moon to rotate on itself as it does to orbit the Earth.
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Try to explain in your own words what you think is happening in this animation.
* How is the Earth moving? * How is the Moon moving? Once you have tried to describe what you see, click on the link to go to BBC Science clips and follow the instructions at the top of the screen. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/earth_sun_moon.shtml What happens after an hour? What happens after 1 day? What happen after 28 days?
There are some very tricky words in this video from the NASA.
Match the different words to their definitions.
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Activity 3: Do you agree?
In this video some children are trying to show how the Earth, Sun and Moon rotate on themselves and orbit around each other.
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What are the children in the middle pretending to be?
What mistakes have they made about how the Moon and Earth move? Think about how you could improve this using what you know. You can even practice and show it to the class at the end of the lesson! |
Activity 4: Game
Click on the link or the picture to find out more about the Earth, Sun and Moon!
http://www.earthsunmoon.co.uk/
http://www.earthsunmoon.co.uk/