This presentation on our solar system has been created to support Lesson 2 of the Movement of the Planets unit. It allows the teacher to walk students through visual examples and explanations of the Year 6 Science Curriculum.
The presentation is part of a larger unit on the earth and its place in the solar system, available at Teach This.
Describe the movement of Earth and other planets relative to the sun and model how Earth’s tilt, rotation on its axis and revolution around the sun relate to cyclic observable phenomena, including variable day and night length
The Earth is part of a system of planets orbiting around a star (the sun)
Earth is part of a system of planets orbiting around a star (the Sun)
Plans and conducts scientific investigations to answer testable questions, and collects and summarises data to communicate conclusions
Explains regular events in the solar system and geological events on the Earth’s surface