Activity 1: How have astronomers' ideas changed about the Solar system?
A lot of scientists and astronomers in History have been fascinated by the night sky and tried to explain what they could observe. Click on the pictures of famous astronomers and scientists to find out what they discovered.
Activity 2: Who is the best : Copernicus or Galileo?
Here is a link for a BBC Bitesize video about two of the astronomers above.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z6shfg8
What is special about them?
Why were their views dangerous to have?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z6shfg8
What is special about them?
Why were their views dangerous to have?
Activity 3: Video about the Solar System
Some people use tricks to remember the planets in order.
For example, you can make sentences where the words have the same first letter as the planet. My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos. My Vicious Earthworm Might Just Swallow Us Now. Why don't you have a go at making your own fun sentences to help remember the order of the planets in the solar system? |
Watch this video about the Solar System.
Can you describe what you see? How many planets are there? Can you name them? (Highlight the text under the question to reveal the answer!) Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune |