Rules

Listen when others are talking

Follow what the teacher says
Keep your hands and feet to yourself

Work quietly and do not disturb others

Show respect for school and personal property

Work and play safely

G2 6.1 Shape of the Earth Lesson 1

Learning objective:
To know that gravity on Earth is a force that pulls towards the centre of the Earth.
To describe the Earth, Sun and Moon as approximately spherical.
To know that there are five main types of scientific enquiry
To use secondary information sources to research an answer to a question.

Success Criteria:
I can describe the shape of the Earth, Sun and Moon.
I can say why the Earth, Sun and Moon are the same shape.
I can name the five types of scientific enquiry.
I can use books, video or the internet to do research.

Resources:
The Solar System

twinkl.co
 Solar System

Can you name all the planets in the solar system?

twinkl.co
Challenge: Make a model of the
Sun, Earth and Moon using
balls
What makes them the same?
What makes them different?
Where will down always lead to?

Which
direction is
down?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_OBLfdh3Ew why is the Earth round? Dr. Binocs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riMAITbLqZI about the Earth, Sun and Moon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVnDoaT35dY sun
earth moon animation
 What is the shape of the Earth?

Sphere shape.
 The earth is
spherical in shape.

Can you think why this is?

 Planet Earth

Sphere shape.

Gravity pulls everything towards the

centre of the Earth making the
shape spherical.
 Planet Earth

Our home, the only planet

with life.

Sphere shape.

Gravity pulls everything towards the

centre of the Earth making the
shape spherical.
The Earth orbits the Sun.
How long do you think it
takes the Earth to orbit
the sun once?
*Hint* think about our calendar.
12 months
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i235Y2HRksA
The Moon’s Orbit

29 days

About 1 month time!

Using the answers you found, open a new page in
your science notebook and make a poster.
 Not all of this will be on our test but are interesting and give us a better
understanding of how our universe works.

https://scaleofuniverse.com/ scale of the

universe – interactive tool to explore the
size of things in the universe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz9D6xba9Og scale of Earth and Moon

https://scaleofuniverse.com/bigger the universe is bigger than you think This is a really eye-opening website.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYQ3O8U6SMY what size are we in the universe?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXER39AEE9k the big bang theory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNOGE4_x3X0 black holes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ0J4mbj0_o how did the Earth form? Dr. Binocs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWk45S7i9QQ why is Pluto not a planet? Dr. Binocs

Plenary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
t-kzdR93bqw
 Rules
Listen when others are talking
Follow what the teacher says
Keep your hands and feet to yourself

Work quietly and do not disturb others

Show respect for school and personal property

Work and play safely

G2 6.1 Shape of the Earth Lesson 3

Learning objective:
To know that there are different types of models in science, including diagrams and physical models that we
can touch.
To make and use physical models

Success Criteria:
I can name two kinds of models used in science.
I can use a model to learn science.

Resources:
 Can you
remember any
other models we
have made this
year?
 Computer models are a little like computer
games, but computer games have rules that
are unlike our scientific rules. To make a
computer model the programmer will input
rules that reflect the real world.
The Sun

Size

Earth
The Sun

Shape

Earth

Sphere
The Sun is at the centre of our
solar system. Gravity keeps all the
planets in our solar system in orbit.

twinkl.co
pathway of planets

Orbit
 How does gravity makes
planets move around the sun?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
TBmZjOHrVJ0
The Moon

It moves around the

Earth.
The Moon

It moves around the

Earth.

Moon gets its light

from the Sun.
How does the Moon get its light?
The Moon

It moves around the

Earth.

Moon gets its light

from the Sun.

Why the moon has a

spherical shape?
The Moon

Looking at the Moon from Earth, it looks

like it keeps changing shape. Can you
think of why this might be?
Creativity Time - Model Making
Put your thinking caps on!

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