Lesson Planning
Teaching
- Create a scaled solar system model using spherical representations (Y5&6)
- Research planetary data online and represent graphically (Y5&6)
- Analyse & relate night sky images to the Earth’s movement (Y5&6)
Activities
- Use fruit to create a model of the solar system, calculating scales and ratios for the solar system (Y5&6)
- Research, collate & create graphs for data about the planets (Y5&6)
- Paint the planets from known images and the nature of the planets (Y5&6)
- Compare (Y5) & draw conclusions (Y6) from online images of our night sky at different times of year
Investigation
Modelling the Solar System. Can you create a model of the solar system at the current time to show to The Roman Inquisition? Can you get your scales in order or is it all too vast? Explore the planets further and create visual and data based presentations for The Inquisition as well as coming up with some convincing star-gazing arguments for a heliocentric solar system. (Problem solving, Analysing secondary sources, Exploring)
Year 5 – Compare images of our night sky at different times of year
Year 6 – Compare draw conclusions from online images of our night sky at different times of year
Years 5&6 - Use fruit to create a model of the solar system, calculating scales and ratios for the solar system and research, collate & create graphs for data about the planets
Vocabulary
Spherical, solar system, scale, enquiry, evidence, star, moon, planet, planet names, Earth, sun, orbit