This term year 5 are going to be looking at Earth and Space in our topic: The Final Frontier!
Through research and investigation, in this topic we will learn to:
- Describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in the solar system
- Describe the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth
- Describe the Sun, Earth and Moon as approximately spherical bodies
- Use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky.
Feel free to browse our topic web below to find out what else we'll be covering this term.
Solar System
How many planets are in the solar system? How did it form in the Milky Way galaxy? Learn facts about the solar system's genesis, plus its planets, moons, and asteroids.