2. Unit 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon
Unit 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon
“Use diagrams and text to show what the
Sun, the Earth and the Moon would look like
to a person standing on Mars.”
3. Unit 5E: Vocabulary
Unit 5E: Vocabulary
Earth
Moon
Sphere
Revolve
Orbit
Spin
Rotate
Axis
Sunrise
Sunset
North
South
East
West
Our home planet
The Earth’s satellite
A round object, like a
ball
To go around a point
To travel around another
body
To go around a point
To turn on an
axis/centre, like a
playground roundabout
A fixed point which an
object spins round
The time of day when
the sun “comes up”
The time of day when
the sun “goes down”
A point on the compass
A point on the compass
A point on the compass
A point on the compass
4. Unit 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon: L.O. 1,2 : N.C. 4.4a
Unit 5E: What shape are the Earth, the Sun and the Moon?
The Earth
The Moon
The Sun
5. Unit 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon: L.O. 1,2 : N.C. 4.4a
Unit 5E: What shape are the Earth, the Sun and the Moon?
6. Unit 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon: L.O. 3
Unit 5E: The sizes of the Earth, the Sun and the Moon
Moon Earth
Sun
The moon is about ¼ the
size of the Earth.
The sun is about 110 times
bigger than the Earth!
7. Unit 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon: L.O. 3
Unit 5E: The sizes of the Earth, the Sun and the Moon
The moon orbits the Earth
The Earth orbits the sun
8. Unit 5E: The Moving Sun: L.O. 4 : N.C. 4.4b
Unit 5E: The Moving Sun
Light Rays Shadow
9. Unit 5E: The Moving Sun: L.O. 4 : N.C. 4.4b
Unit 5E: The Moving Sun
The sun rises
in the morning
The sun sets
in the evening
It is at its
highest at
midday
10. Unit 5E: Night and Day: L.O. 6,7 : N.C. 4.4c
Unit 5E: Night and Day
Light
Day Night
11. Unit 5E: The Rising and Setting Sun: L.O. 8,9
Unit 5E: The Rising and Setting Sun
The sun sets
in the west
The sun rises
in the east
WEST EAST
12. Unit 5E: The Rising and Setting Sun: L.O. 10
Unit 5E: Sunrise and Sunset Times
“Use the data in the table to plot a bar chart showing sunrise and
sunset times. See the example if you are unsure how to present your
work.”
Date Sunrise Sunset
1st
January 08:15 16:00
1st
February 07:45 17:00
1st
March 07:00 17:45
1st
April 05:45 18:45
1st
May 04:30 19:30
1st
June 04:00 20:15
1st
July 03:45 20:30
1st
August 04:30 20:00
1st
September 05:15 19:00
1st
October 06:15 17:45
1st
November 07:00 16:45
1st
December 08:00 16:00
13. Unit 5E: The Rising and Setting Sun: L.O. 10
Unit 5E: Sunrise and Sunset times: Example graph
14. Unit 5E: Orbits: L.O. 11,12,13 : N.C. 4.4d
Unit 5E: Orbits
The moon orbits the Earth
It takes 28 days to orbit the Earth once
15. Unit 5E: Orbits: L.O. 11,12,13 : N.C. 4.4d
Unit 5E: Orbits
The Earth orbits the sun
It takes 1 year to orbit the sun once
16. Unit 5E: The Shape of the Moon: L.O.14
Unit 5E: The Shape of the Moon
Sunlight
These pictures
show how the
moon would look
from the earth
These pictures
show where the
sunlight hits the
moon
17. Unit 5E: Summary
Larger than moon,
smaller than sun
Unit 5E: Summary
spherical
Sets in the West
Rises in the East
much larger
than Earth
spherical
appears
to move
Sun
Earth
the sun
on axis
once every
24 hours
night & day
Once every
365 days
year
spherical
about ¼ the
size of Earth
takes
28 days
appears to
change shape
orbitsspins
orbits
Earth
Moon
Earth, Sun
and Moon
