This term the year three classes have been learning about the Sun, Earth and Moon, and how they move to create day and night. One question that we investigated is: Why do the sun and moon appear to be a similar size from Earth when the sun is actually much bigger that the moon? First […]
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Year 5 Day and Night Models
This week the year fives discussed how the Earth rotates on it’s axis to create day and night. It takes the Earth 24 hours to rotate once. When our side of the Earth is facing the sun we experience day and when we are facing away from the sun we experience night. You might like […]