We are going to see how our rotation and orbit affect the sky, and how people used to think it was the sky that moved, not us.

Curriculum content descriptions
AC9S2U01

Recognise Earth is a planet in the solar system and identify patterns in the changing position of the sun, moon, planets and stars in the sky

AC9S2H01

Describe how people use science in their daily lives, including using patterns to make scientific predictions

AC9S2I01

Pose questions to explore observed simple patterns and relationships and make predictions based on experiences

Linked Resources & Activities
  • Resource Year: 2 3 H

    Earth's Tilt Poster

    The Earth's Tilt Poster was created by request and explores and graphically depicts the reasons we have seasons. It shows Earth's axis and w...

  • Resource Year: 1 2 3

    Seasons Timeline

    Coloured poster/ banner of timeline showing the seasons and months in the southern hemisphere. Display poster in class when looking at se...

  • Resource Year: F 1 2 3 +3

    WALT, WILF & TIB - Space

    These space themed WALT, WILF, and TIB posters are perfect for earth and space sciences units.

  • Resource Year: 2 3

    Earth's Axis

    Poster explains how an axis is an imaginary straight line that runs through the North Pole, earthโ€™s centre and the South Pole. The axis is t...

  • Resource Year: 2 3

    Southern Hemisphere's Seasons

    A poster that visually demonstrates how the seasons occur in the southern hemisphere.

  • Resource Year: 2 3

    Summer - Southern Hemisphere

    A poster that explains how for part of the year the southern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun, this is when we are in direct sunlight. W...

  • Resource Year: 2 3

    Winter - Southern Hemisphere

    A poster that explains that for part of the year the southern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, this is when we are in indirect sunlig...

  • Resource Year: 2 3

    The World's Hemispheres

    This poster shows the division of the earth into north and south hemispheres. The poster also shows the earthโ€™s axis of rotation and give...

  • Presentation Year: 2 3

    The Moving Sky - Presentation

    This Earth and Space Science presentation has been created to support Lesson 3 - The Moving Sky of the Our Moving Sky unit for Year 3. It al...

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