For our current block of Science, we have been looking at Space – particularly the Sun, Moon and Earth.
So far, we have learned how the Earth spins on its own and also orbits the Sun. We are able to explain how this affects daytime and night-time, and will learn about seasons this week!
We found a fantastic website which told us lots of interesting facts about ‘The Earth and Beyond’. There was a very clever way to remember the names of planets in the Solar System and how far away they are from the Sun. See if you can work out the order from the mnemonic below…
My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets
(The first one is Mercury)
Here is the website below if you’d like to learn more (The Children’s University of Manchester).
http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/science/earthandbeyond/
Until next time (and may the force be with you)
Miss M and P4 🙂
