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Introduction
In the unit 'Earth, Sun and Moon ' # learnt about the shapes and relative sizes of the Earth, Sun and Moon. ^ has learnt how these three bodies moved relative to each other and how these movements were related to night and day.~ experimental and investigative work in this unit focused on * making ~ own observations and recognising the patterns in both first hand and secondary data.^ then represented this data in ~ own graphs. The work in this unit offered * several opportunities to relate ~ scientific knowledge and understanding to familiar phenomena e.g. day length, year length. ^ was also been able to consider the scientific evidence about the Earth, Sun and Moon available to *.
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Earth
Section 2: Flat or spherical?
Children:

^ recognises that the Earth, Sun and Moon are spheres.
^ is able to describe some indirect evidence that the Earth is spherical.
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Size&Distance
Section 3: Size and distance
Children:

^ was able to select three spheres to represent the Earth, Sun and Moon. ^ recognised which was largest and which was the smallest and made a reasonable match to the relative sizes. 


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Day & Night
Section 4: The changing position of the Sun Section 5: The movement of the Earth

^ was able to describe how the apparent position of the Sun changes over the course of a day and ^ was able to clarify that this does not mean that the Sun is moving. 
^ illustrated by using models that different parts of the Earth face the Sun during the course of the day and ^ recognised where in the model it is day and where it is night.
^ illustrated by using drawings that different parts of the Earth face the Sun during the course of the day. ^ is able to say where on the drawing it is day and where it is night.
^ is able to explain that the apparent movement of the Sun is a result of the Earth rotating or spinning.
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Seasons
Section 6: The Sun at different times of the year & Section 7: The Earth's orbit

^ is able to generalise that the Sun rises in the East and sets in the West.
^ has drawn some simple graphs and identified the patterns in day length over the year.
^ is able to state that a year is the time taken for the Earth to make one complete orbit of the Sun. ^ has understood this fact know from secondary sources by independenty reading reference books, CD-ROMs and information provided by ~ teacher. 


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Moon's orbit
Section 8: The Moon's orbit

# was able to explain that the pattern and time-scale of the changes in the Moon's appearance over 28 days was evidence that the Moon orbits the Earth once every 28 days.
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