Unit 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon 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
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Unit 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon
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.”
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Unit 5E: Vocabulary
Unit 5E: Vocabulary
Earth
Moon
Sphere
Revolve
Orbit
Spin
Rotate
Axis
Sunrise
Sunset
North
South
East
West
Our home planet
The Earth’s satellite
A round object, like a ball
To go around a point
To travel around another body
To go around a point
To turn on an axis/centre, like a playground roundabout
A fixed point which an object spins round
The time of day when the sun “comes up”
The time of day when the sun “goes down”
A point on the compass
A point on the compass
A point on the compass
A point on the compass
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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 Earth
The Moon
The Sun
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Unit 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon: L.O. 3
Unit 5E: The sizes of the Earth, the Sun and the Moon
Moon Earth
Sun
The moon is about ¼ the size of the Earth.
The sun is about 110 timesbigger than the Earth!
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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
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Unit 5E: Orbits: L.O. 11,12,13 : N.C. 4.4d
Unit 5E: Orbits
The moon orbits the Earth
It takes 28 days to orbit the Earth once
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Unit 5E: Orbits: L.O. 11,12,13 : N.C. 4.4d
Unit 5E: Orbits
The Earth orbits the sun
It takes 1 year to orbit the sun once
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Unit 5E: Summary
Larger than moon,smaller than sun
Unit 5E: Summary
spherical
Sets in the West
Rises in the Eastmuch larger than Earth
spherical
appearsto move
Sun
Earth
the sun
on axis
once every24 hours
night & day
Once every365 days
year
spherical
about ¼ thesize of Earth
takes 28 days
appears to change shape
orb
itssp
ins
orbits
Earth
Moon
Earth, Sun and Moon
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