The Moon - 9 August

Today we learnt about the moon. We now know:

• We have one moon and we can only see one side of it
• The moon orbits earth
• It takes 28 days
• The moon reflects light from the sun
• When parts of the moon are in shade we can't see those parts - that's why the moon sometimes looks different
• There are 8 phases of the moon

After acting out the rotations of the moon, we watched this video:

Miss Irvine found this cool rap - some of the information isn't very accurate, but it's fun!

Our Star, The Sun - Thursday 1 August

Today we learnt that:

• Stars emit (give out) light, which is why we can see them
• The Sun is a star
• The Sun looks bigger than other stars because it is closer to us
• Other stars look small because they are very, very, very far away
• Stars form patterns and pictures called constellations

Try out this cool website http://www.kidsastronomy.com/astroskymap/constellation_hunt.htm

Our Star, The Sun - Wednesday 31 July

Today we learnt that:

• When the light shines on a place on the globe, it is like the sun shining on that spot on Earth
• It is day time in New Zealand when the sun is shining on our part of Earth
• It is night time in New Zealand when the sun is not shining our part of the Earth
• The world takes one spin to make a complete cycle of day and night (24 hours)
• It is the Earth that moves - not the sun!

Try out this cool website www.earthsunmoon.co.uk

Our Star, The Sun - Tuesday 30 July

Today we made a timeline of our day. It goes round in a circle because each day is generally the same.

We learnt that:

• Day and night happened regularly
• At night there is no sun
• It is day time when we can see the sun
• It takes 24 hours for night and day to happen, then a new 24 hours happens
• The sun also gives us heat during the day