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  • Science

    This term, Saints class will be exploring the wonders of our universe as we discover the order of the planets in our solar system and their relationship with the Sun. We will also be taking a look the shape of the Earth and Moon and the movement of the Moon around the Earth. We will finish our Science topic of by combining all of this information to understand day and night and the Sun's movement across our sky.

    Is a year always a 365 days?

    Vocabulary

     

    Earth        Sun         Moon      solar system       stars        planets      Mercury      Venus      Mars      Jupiter       Saturn 

     

        Uranus        Neptune      Pluto      orbit        rotate      axis        eclipse         satellite        universe 

    How do we get day and night?

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    During Science Saints class investigated day and night and the movement of the sun across the sky. Here's a few pictures to see how well we got on.