Term 2 Week 3
Section outline
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EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING science fiction concepts so that we can have a better understanding of our place in the universe
- We are EXPLORING planets and stars
Success Criteria: I can/have...
- define the terms day, month, year, astronomy, seasons, orbit, rotate, satellite, planet.
- identify some key features of planets in the solar system
- describe the four terrestrial planets in our solar system
- describe the four gas giants in our solar system
Activities:
- Prior knowledge evaluation: what do you know already?
- Solar system fact hunt
- Solar system worksheet: learning the order of the planets and features of each planet (what the planet is made from, the length of a year on that planet, how far away it is from the sun)