Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Create a simulation of the moons lunar phases and record pictorially (Y5&6)
• Use photos as a scientific source to identify features on the moon (Y5)
• Research the effect the moon has on the Earth’s tides (Y6)
  

Activities

1. Match lunar phases to relative positions of the Moon, Sun and Earth (Y5&6)
2. Suggest (Y6) and carry out a simulation to demonstrate the moon’s changing appearance (Y5&6)
3. Label key features of the moon (Y5)
4. Research the relationship between the moon and the Earth’s tides (Y6)
   

Investigation
A Moon Month. Can you design and implement some investigations that will help prove the movement of the moon around the Earth? Find out about this fascinating satellite and identify the ways in which this might help Galileo. (Problem solving, Exploring, Analysing secondary sources)
Year 5 – Label key features of the moon and carry out a simulation to demonstrate the moon’s changing appearance
Year 6 - Suggest and carry out a simulation to demonstrate the moon’s changing appearance then research the relationship between the moon and the Earth’s tides
Years 5&6 - Match lunar phases to relative positions of the Moon, Sun and Earth

Vocabulary
Evidence, star, moon, eclipse, light, reflection, telescope, satellite, tide, mass, gravity, phase, lunar