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As we are learning about space this term, here are some videos from the Glasgow Science Centre that you might find interesting and support your learning:

Also, here are some home learning tasks you can complete to support your class work:

• Try this BBC Bitesize Lesson
• Create a space book with facts about each of the planets.  your space book should contain diagrams and accurate information including distance from the sun, atmosphere, conditions etc.
• Download a stargazing app on your phone or tablet.  Go outside in the dark and hold the tablet/ phone to the sky.  What constellations can you see?  Can you use cotton buds to recreate the constellations you have observed like this example:

• Over the course of 2 weeks, observe the phases of the moon.  Keep a moon diary and use the correct terms such as waxing and waning, full, gibbous, crescent, quarter, crescent and new.

• If you feel like getting messy and creative, create models of the planets by using balloons and paper mache!
• Investigate gravity and mass by making paper helicopters.  Use this template to make them: