Astronomy+theme

Geography: Solar system, spinning of the Earth, phases of the moon, eclipses, seasons and reason for them, planet orbits and tides.

History: Neil Armstrong Valentina Tereshkova Summer Solstice-Newgrange

Science: Experiment: Sun prints Design and Egganaut to survive a fall

English: Oral language-debate- Do aliens really exist? Writing booklet- diary entry of a the day I was in charge of a space station, creating a daily timetable for astronauts in space, write a newspaper report of the landing of Neil Armstrong Poem- Moonbase Classroom Three

Art: Paint a space creature using blow painting Painting phases of the moon Designing 3 D rockets Papier Mache planets

Music: Compose a soundtrack to a story “Journey into Space’

Drama: Improvisation of spacecraft takeoff/landing of Armstrong on the moon

Maths: Construction of rockets using 3D shapes Measure- distance between planets and time taken to orbit the sun, reading timetable of tides

Visit: Blackrock Observatory

ICT: bbcsciencespace Astro for kids @http://www.astronomy.com/ @http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/ @http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html @http://spacekids.hq.nasa.gov/osskids/index.html @http://www.schoolsobservatory.org.uk/ science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system/earth/ @http://www.bco.ie/

** THEME: Planet Earth in Space  **

** Geography:  **


 * 1)  1.  **  Observe and record positions of sun when rising and setting and at different times of the day; position and size of shadows and intensity of sunlight at different times of year, length of day and night during seasons (Visit Woodlands Primary School -  **   [|www.**woodlands**-**junior**.kent.sch.uk/]

** 2.  ****  Research earth, moon and sun, planets as part of solar system. Recognise star constellations **


 * 1) 3. Natural Environments: Planet Earth in Space; drawing to scale

** History **** : **

**  1.   ** Up until the 16th Century people thought that the sun, stars and planets revolved around the Earth; Copernicus then suggested that the sun was at the centre of the solar system; this is what we believe today.


 * 1) ** 2. ** The Moon Landing –Neil Armstrong 1969
 * 2) ** 3. ** History of NASA, the Space Race

** Art **** : **


 * 1) **  1.  ** Solar system model
 * 2) **  2.  ****  Design and Make a rocket!  **

** MATHS **** : ** Number: Place value (ordering), operations (multiply)Shape and Space; 2-D shapes, 3-D shapes Measures: Length – use and interpret scales on maps and plans

** Science:  **


 * 1) **  1.  ****  Sunlight as a source of energy for plants and animals, photosynthesis  **

2. ** Discover Primary Science Material -Astronomy & Football (  **

A football pitch can be used to compare distances in our Solar System. It should help towards some understanding of the vastness of our part of the Universe. The planets orbit the sun in an elliptical path, so each planet has a maximum and a minimum distance from the sun. A table showing the average distance for each planet is given. To help children get a realistic feel of sizes, a large beachball would represent the Sun, a small pea the Earth, and a small seed the Moon. ||

** English:  ****  Creative Writing / Poetry- My visit to the Moon  **

** ICT  ****  : Visit following websites  **

The educational section of the European Space Agency: www.esa.int<http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/edu/AstronomyFootball_EN.pdf and http://www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/OurUniverse.html

To help understand the size of the Solar System, and distances measured in Astronomical Units see http://www.sky-watch.com/articles/howfar.html

NASA, the American Space Agency, has a good educational website for kids:http://science.nasa.gov/kids/kids-solar-system/

** Educational Visit:  ****  Visit to Planetarium,  **