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What is it?
What is it?
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Space
What planet do we live on?
What other planets do you know?
Can you label the 8 planets in our solar system?
There are 8 planets in our solar system.
These planets orbit our local star – the sun!
There used to be 9 planets – the last one was called Pluto, but a few years ago scientists decided that it wasn’t a planet any more. It was a lot smaller than the other planets, and went round the Earth in a different way.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio/stargazing-planets 7:50- 13.53
Mercury
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.
It is very hot in the day, and very cold at night. It has no moon.
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the sun.
It has a thick atmosphere and is the hottest place in the solar system. It has no moons.
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the sun.
It has a good atmosphere and is the only place in the solar system where there is life. It has one moon.
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the sun.
It is red coloured, and has two tiny moons.
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun.
It is the biggest planet, and is made of gas! It has at least 16 moons.
Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun.
It is the made of gas, like Jupiter, and has lots of rings round it. The rings are made of tiny bits of rock.
Uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun.
It is the made of gas, and has at least 15 moons. It also spins on its side!
Neptune
Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun.
It is the made of gas and has 8 moons.
MERCURY
Temperature: 427°CDistance from Sun: 56.9 Million KmDiameter: 4,878KmGravity Compared to Earth: 0.38Year of Discovery: 1885Rotation Time: 58.7 Earth DaysOrbit Time: 88.0 Earth Days
VENUS
Temperature: 482 °CDistance from Sun: 108.2 Million KmDiameter: 12,104KmGravity Compared to Earth: 0.90Year of Discovery: n/aRotation Time: 243 Earth DaysOrbit Time: 224.7 Earth Days
EARTH
Temperature: 15 °CDistance from Sun: 149.6 Million KmDiameter: 12,756KmGravity Compared to Earth: 1.0Year of Discovery: n/aRotation Time: 1 Earth DayOrbit Time: 365.25 Earth Days
MARS
Temperature: -23 °CDistance from Sun: 227.9 Million KmDiameter: 6,794KmGravity Compared to Earth: 0.38Year of Discovery: 1580Rotation Time: 24.6 HoursOrbit Time: 687.0 Earth Days
JUPITOR
Temperature: -150 °CDistance from Sun: 778 Million KmDiameter: 142,800KmGravity Compared to Earth: 2.3Year of Discovery: 1610Rotation Time: 9.84 HoursOrbit Time: 4332 Earth Days
SATURN
Temperature: -180 °CDistance from Sun: 1427 Million KmDiameter: 120,536KmGravity Compared to Earth: 1.16Year of Discovery: 700BCRotation Time: 10.2 HoursOrbit Time: 10760 Earth Days
URANUS
Temperature: -214 °CDistance from Sun: 2870 Million KmDiameter: 51,118KmGravity Compared to Earth: 1.17Year of Discovery: 1781Rotation Time: 17.9 HoursOrbit Time: 30700 Earth Days
NEPTUNE
Temperature: -220 °CDistance from Sun: 4497 Million KmDiameter: 50,538KmGravity Compared to Earth: 1.77Year of Discovery: 1846Rotation Time: 19.1 HoursOrbit Time: 60200 Earth Days
Now pick one of the planets that you want to find out more about, and use the information cards and computers to fill in the planet fact sheet.
What is a day?
The earth spins on its axis.
As it spins, half the time it is in the light and half the time it is in the dark.
This side has sunshine on it, so it is daytime
This side has no sunshine on it, so it is night time
The earth takes 24 hours to spin the whole way round.
This is called a day.
What is a month?
A month is the time it takes the moon to go round the earth.
It takes the moon 28 days to go the whole way round the earth. This is called a month.
The moon looks different at different times of the month because of how the sun shines on it, and which bit we can see.
Make the flicker book to show the phases of the moon.
Cut along the solid lines.Decide which order to put the pages in.Staple or clip the left hand edges together so that the right hand edges are slightly staggered.
What is a year?
The earth goes round the sun.
It takes 365 ¼ days for the earth to go completely round the sun.
This is called a year. Every 4 years we get an extra day – a leap year.
We live on earth.
Earth has seasons.
Why do we have seasons?
The earth doesn’t look like this – it is tilted.
This tilt stays at the same angle all the way round the sun:
The tilt of the earth means that some parts of the earth get more direct sunlight at different times of the year.
In this picture, the northern hemisphere (top of the earth) gets more sunlight than the southern hemisphere (bottom of the earth. What season do you think it is in the northern part?
When the earth is 6 months further round its orbit of the sun, it is tilted the other way…
In this picture, the northern hemisphere (top of the earth) gets less sunlight than the southern hemisphere (bottom of the earth. What season do you think it is in the northern part?
Is it day or night on Earth where the mark is?Day, Month and Year.
What season is it in the UK in these pictures?
How do we see the sun and moon?
The sun is a star. This means it makes its own light from the chemical reactions that happen inside it.
What about the moon?
What is the moon made of?
The moon is made of rock.
Do rocks make their own light?
No! The reason we can see the moon is that it reflects the light from the sun.
Light from the sun hits the moon and reflects (bounces off).
It is this light that we see – so moonlight is actually reflected starlight!
Although we sometimes only see part of the moon, the rest is still there – it’s just hidden…
What happens when the light from the sun, or the reflected light from the moon, gets blocked by something?
We get an eclipse.
Solar Eclipse
Umbra
Penumbra
Sola
r ecl
ipse
201
5: W
hat y
ou n
eed
for a
par
ty n
ext
Frid
ay
Nex
t Frid
ay w
e'll
witn
ess
a so
lar e
clip
se, a
n ev
ent
peop
le o
nce
thou
ght h
eral
ded
the
end
of th
e w
orld
. Fo
rtun
atel
y th
e ap
ocal
ypse
is n
ot y
et u
pon
us.
A so
lar e
clip
se is
whe
n th
e m
oon
mov
es d
irect
ly b
etw
een
the
Sun
and
the
Eart
h. It
's un
usua
l bec
ause
the
Eart
h, S
un a
nd th
e M
oon
all h
ave
to a
lign.
It
also
rare
bec
ause
of t
he e
llipti
cal (
oval
) sha
pe o
f the
Moo
n's p
ath,
or o
rbit,
aro
und
the
Eart
h, m
eani
ng th
e M
oon
is s
ometi
mes
furt
her a
way
from
us.
Ad
ditio
nally
the
Moo
n's o
rbit
is o
n a
tilt,
mak
ing
it ev
en m
ore
rare
whe
n th
e Su
n,
Moo
n an
d Ea
rth
alig
n.
We
have
n't h
ad a
full
sola
r ecl
ipse
sin
ce 1
999
and
the
one
happ
enin
g th
is M
arch
is o
nly
a pa
rtial
ecl
ipse
. If
you
mis
s th
is o
ne, i
t will
be
2026
bef
ore
you
can
catc
h th
e ne
xt p
artia
l ecl
ipse
. It
will
be
2090
unti
l the
nex
t tot
al s
olar
ecl
ipse
is se
en in
th
e U
K.
As it
's su
ch a
n un
usua
l occ
urre
nce,
it's
prob
ably
wor
th h
avin
g a
part
y.
Tim
e: 8
.45
It's
goin
g to
be
a br
eakf
ast a
ffair
as th
e ec
lipse
beg
ins
in th
e U
K at
8.4
5am
. Th
e m
axim
um e
clip
se, w
hen
the
Moo
n is
nea
rest
the
mid
dle
of th
e Su
n, w
ill b
e at
9.
31am
. It
will
all
win
d do
wn
at 1
0.41
am.
Plac
e: A
boa
t off
the
Faro
e Is
land
s O
R an
ywhe
re w
ith a
cle
ar v
iew
of t
he h
oriz
on
The
furt
her n
orth
you
go,
the
grea
ter t
he sh
adow
ove
r the
Sun
and
the
fulle
r the
ec
lipse
. U
p to
94%
of t
he S
un's
light
will
be
bloc
ked
by th
e M
oon
in S
cotla
nd.
In p
lace
s fur
ther
sou
th li
ke L
ondo
n, th
e Su
n w
ill
prob
ably
onl
y be
85%
obs
cure
d by
the
Moo
n.
Acco
rdin
g to
Dr E
dwar
d Bl
oom
er, a
n as
tron
omer
with
th
e Ro
yal O
bser
vato
ry in
Gre
enw
ich,
the
Faro
e Is
land
s is
the
best
pla
ce to
see
it.
But i
f you
can
't m
ake
it th
at fa
r nor
th, y
ou'll
stil
l get
a "
very
go
od v
iew
inde
ed"
in th
e re
st o
f the
UK.
Al
l you
nee
d is
a "n
ice
clea
r hor
izon
and
vie
w o
f the
sky
".
It's
abou
t not
hav
ing
tall
build
ings
or t
rees
blo
ckin
g th
e vi
ew.
Brin
g yo
ur o
wn.
.. Ec
lipse
gla
sses
: Loo
king
at t
he S
un d
irect
ly d
amag
es
your
eye
s.
Thes
e sp
ecia
l spe
cs a
re sp
ecia
lly m
ade
to fi
lter o
ut
harm
ful r
adia
tion
and
ultr
a vi
olet
ligh
t so
you
can
gaze
at t
he s
tar w
ithou
t hur
ting
your
vis
ion.
Th
ey a
re re
lativ
ely
chea
p an
d yo
u ca
n bu
y th
em
The
bes
t pl
ace
to s
ee
the
eclip
se is
on
the
Far
oe
Isla
nds,
nor
th o
f S
cotla
nd
Peo
ple
wat
ch t
he e
clip
se o
f th
e S
un w
ith fi
lter
glas
ses
in
Lond
on in
200
9
onlin
e.
Alte
rnati
vely
Dr B
loom
er s
ays
you
can
mak
e yo
ur o
wn
eclip
se v
iew
er a
t hom
e w
ith a
"p
inho
le p
roje
ction
".
He
told
New
sbea
t: "G
et y
ours
elf a
pie
ce o
f car
d an
d cu
t a h
ole
in it
. "C
over
that
with
a p
iece
of ti
nfoi
l, pi
erce
a v
ery
smal
l hol
e in
it.
"If y
ou p
oint
that
tow
ards
the
Sun
and
proj
ect t
he li
ght c
omin
g th
roug
h th
e pi
nhol
e on
to a
pie
ce o
f whi
te c
ardb
oard
or p
aper
then
you
can
vie
w th
e Su
n an
d vi
ew th
e Su
n's p
roje
ction
ther
e, s
o yo
u ar
en't
look
ing
dire
ctly
at t
he S
un."
Is
it ju
st a
blo
cked
out
Sun
? W
hat's
the
big
deal
? It'
s no
t jus
t the
fact
that
you
get
to s
ee th
e "c
eles
tial m
echa
nics
at w
ork"
whi
ch
mak
es e
clip
ses
inte
resti
ng, a
ccor
ding
to D
r Blo
omer
. Yo
u ca
n se
e th
e at
mos
pher
e of
the
Sun,
cal
led
the
coro
na (y
up, l
ike
the
beer
) dur
ing
the
eclip
se.
This
cor
ona
is s
uper
-hot
, 100
tim
es h
otter
than
the
alre
ady
impr
essi
ve 5
,538
C te
mpe
ratu
re o
f the
sun
itsel
f. Ec
lipse
s re
veal
asp
ects
of t
he c
oron
a, su
ch a
s str
eam
ers,
(lon
g br
ight
poi
nty
bits
pac
ked
full
of e
lect
rons
) plu
mes
(thi
n st
reak
s fr
om th
e Su
n's
nort
h an
d so
uth
pole
), an
d lo
ops
(shi
mm
erin
g ac
tive
mag
netic
fiel
ds, o
ften
foun
d ab
ove
dark
er s
un sp
ots)
. Co
nver
satio
n st
arte
rs
If yo
u're
sta
ring
at th
e sk
y bu
t fee
ling
unde
rwhe
lmed
, ind
ulge
yo
ur fe
llow
par
ty-g
oers
with
som
e of
thes
e ec
lipse
-rel
ated
fa
cts t
o ge
t the
par
ty st
arte
d.
1. A
cade
mic
s ha
ve tr
ied
to u
ncov
er th
e ex
act d
ate
for t
he
cruc
ifixi
on o
f Chr
ist u
sing
astr
onom
ical
cal
cula
tions
. Th
ey ta
ke a
s th
eir s
tarti
ng p
oint
the
theo
ry th
at th
e da
rkne
ss th
at c
loud
ed th
e sk
y on
G
ood
Frid
ay, w
hen
Jesu
s w
as o
n th
e cr
oss,
was
act
ually
a p
artia
l ecl
ipse
. 2.
Tho
se g
lass
es a
re im
port
ant.
You
don'
t wan
t to
end
up li
ke 1
9th
cent
ury
psyc
holo
gist
Gus
tav
Fech
ner,
who
pa
rtial
ly b
linde
d hi
mse
lf w
hile
doi
ng e
xper
imen
ts w
hich
invo
lved
sta
ring
at th
e Su
n th
roug
h a
colo
ured
lens
. 3.
In R
oman
ian
folk
lore
Vâr
cola
cs a
re w
olf-
dem
ons
that
eat
the
moo
n an
d th
e su
n du
ring
eclip
ses.
The
y ar
e oft
en c
lass
ed a
s va
mpi
re-h
ybrid
s.
Gre
ek m
ytho
logy
bor
row
s th
is no
tion
for t
heir
'vry
kola
kas'
. How
ever
, the
se u
ndea
d cr
eatu
res
drin
k bl
ood
and
swel
l up
like
drum
s.
Kore
an fo
lklo
re a
lso
links
dog
s w
ith e
clip
ses,
say
ing
that
sol
ar e
clip
ses
occu
r bec
ause
m
ythi
cal d
ogs
are
tryi
ng to
stea
l the
sun
. 4.
Mus
lims
cond
uct s
peci
al p
raye
rs d
urin
g th
e ec
lipse
. In
them
they
than
k Al
lah
for
his
cont
rol o
ver t
he S
un a
nd th
e M
oon.
5.
The
re's
a re
curr
ing
myt
h th
at p
regn
ant w
omen
can
't go
out
side
dur
ing
an e
clip
se.
Astr
onom
ers
from
the
Griffi
th O
bser
vato
ry in
LA
say
they
get
doz
ens
of c
alls
abo
ut it
w
hen
an e
clip
se h
appe
ns, e
ven
thou
gh it
see
ms
irrati
onal
. But
if o
ne o
f you
r frie
nds
is p
regn
ant,
don'
t wor
ry, y
ou c
an in
vite
them
alo
ng to
you
r par
ty. T
his
myt
h ha
s no
basi
s in
fact
. 6.
The
wor
d ec
lipse
com
es fr
om th
e An
cien
t Gre
ek w
ord
ékle
ipsi
s, w
hich
mea
ns
Sun
spot
s ca
n be
se
en a
s th
e M
oon
mov
es in
to a
par
tial
eclip
se p
ositi
on
abandonment. 7. The speed of the Moon as it moves across the Sun is approximately 2,250 km (1,398 miles) per hour. Happy viewing!
1. What is a ‘solar eclipse’? 2. After this one, how many years is it until the next partial eclipse in the
UK? 3. Where is the best place to view the eclipse? 4. What should you do to protect your eyes when looking at the sun during
the eclipse? 5. What part of the sun can be seen during a solar eclipse? 6. How do you know that people were once frightened of solar eclipses? 7. Which number of the ‘conversation starters’ is important for your
safety? 8. What is meant by ‘elliptical’? 9. Which of the ‘conversation starters’ did you find most interesting and
why? 10.Why is some of the print in bold?
1. What is a ‘solar eclipse’? When the moon moves directly between the sun and the earth
2. After this one, how many years is it until the next partial eclipse in the UK? 11 years
3. Where is the best place to view the eclipse? Faroe islands / further north / somewhere with a clear horizon
4. What should you do to protect your eyes when looking at the sun during the eclipse? wear eclipse glasses or make a pinhole projector
5. What part of the sun can be seen during a solar eclipse? the corona
6. How do you know that people were once frightened of solar eclipses? They thought it heralded the end of the world / apocalypse / ancient folklore
7. Which number of the ‘conversation starters’ is important for your safety? 2. Those glasses are important!
8. What is meant by ‘elliptical’? oval
9. Which of the ‘conversation starters’ did you find most interesting and why? pupils own opinion
10. Why is some of the print in bold? sub-headings
Fill in the blanks using this word bank & then color in the diagram: Earth – (BLUE) the planet on which we live. Moon – (WHITE) the natural satellite of the Earth. Penumbra – (GRAY) the area in which the shadow of an object (the moon on the Earth) is partial, and the area in which a partial solar eclipse is experienced. Sun – (YELLOW) the star in our Solar System.
