The Solar System - Planet Cards is part of the lesson The Solar System    Students will learn about the solar system as part of their learning about space, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

The Solar System - Lesson Plan is part of the lesson The Solar System    Students will learn about the solar system as part of their learning about space, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

The Solar System - Lesson Plan

The Solar System - Teacher Explanation is part of the lesson The Solar System    Students will learn about the solar system as part of their learning about space, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

The Solar System - Teacher Explanation

The Solar System - Objectives Labels is part of the lesson The Solar System    Students will learn about the solar system as part of their learning about space, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

The Solar System - Objectives Labels

The Solar System - Results Tables is part of the lesson The Solar System    Students will learn about the solar system as part of their learning about space, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

The Solar System - Results Tables

The Solar System - Self Assessment is part of the lesson The Solar System    Students will learn about the solar system as part of their learning about space, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

The Solar System - Self Assessment

The Solar System - Presentation is part of the lesson The Solar System    Students will learn about the solar system as part of their learning about space, as specified by the national curriculum in England: science programmes of study.

The Solar System - Presentation

<p>In this lesson, pupils will learn about the movement of the Earth and other planets relative to the Sun in the solar system. The students will classify planets as either rocky or gas giants and describe the orbits of the planets as elliptical. </p> <h2>Previous Learning</h2> <p>students in Pre-K and Elementary School may not have prior knowledge of Space in the National Curriculum, but they may know the names of some of the planets and that an asteroid caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. In Yr. 3, students have learned about light and forces, and in Yr. 6, they learned about how light travels in straight lines to explain shadows. </p> <h2>Cross-Curricular Links</h2> <ul> <li>RE: students could find out about the creation myths of different cultures</li> <li>math: students will draw a graph of distance v surface temperature of the planets</li> <li>Art: students will make a model of planets and the solar system</li> <li>English: students could come up with their own mnemonic to remember the order of the planets</li> </ul> <h2>Misconceptions and Corrections</h2> <ul> <li>The Earth is not the center of the solar system, but the Sun is.</li> <li>The Sun does not move across the sky, it remains in the same place and it is the Earth's movement that makes the Sun appear to move.</li> <li>Planets orbit the Sun in an elliptical shape, not a circular one.</li> <li>Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune also have ring systems, not just Saturn.</li> </ul> <p>The lesson will cover influential scientists such as Galileo Galilei, Nicolas Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, and others. students will also participate in activities like the Orbits of Planets and Planet Top Trumps. They will also complete a table to find the relationship between distance from the Sun and surface temperature of the planet. </p>

The Solar System

Science

4th Grade

Earth and Space

The Solar System - Planet Cards

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