Year 4 Earth and Space Bundle

A bundle I used during a 5 week teaching sequence on Earth and Space in science.

Please note; you will need Notebook in order to access the main teaching slides. The slides demonstrate new learning, have the necessary links to web pages and explain how each task needs to be completed.

The documents (planning and activities) attached are word documents. Some of the images of these look a little odd - when they are downloaded, everything will go back into the correct place on the document.

Lesson/planning overview:
1 - exploring evidence cards linked to the shape of the Earth (flat/spherical) and having a class debate about this before learning that the Earth, sun and moon are approximate spherical bodies
2 - researching key facts about the 8 planets using the internet. Children will then have Top Trump style cards to fill in linked to the 8 planets. Facts will include; distance from sun; orbit of sun; length of day; number of moons; mass; temperature; and explaining if it’s a gas or rocky planet.
3 - learning about the heliocentric/geocentric theory. Children will then make a human model of the heliocentric theory in small groups.
4 - learning about day and night, linking this to time zones. Children will then draw a diagram and label/explain how day and night is formed
5 - learning about phases of the moon and making a ‘phases of the moon’ pin wheel.

One lesson (lesson 3) has an extension. There are scaffolds for emerging/working towards children in many of the lessons.

I have also attached some of the documents I used as part of my display board.

Enjoy!