Learning and Teaching Activities

(Cognition)

1. Learn about the planets of the Solar System.

2. Make a model of the Solar System.

Children will be able to:

1. Memorise key vocabulary.

2. Memorise and use phrases.

3. Talk about our solar system.

3. Represent a Solar System.

1. In groups, pupils carry out research task on the planets. Pupils could include a description of the planet, the origin of its name, its diameter, surface, temperature, average distance from the sun, time taken to orbit the sun and the number of moons.

2. Pupils organise and illustrate a written report and give an oral account to the rest of the class. A database could be produced, containg all information of the planets. Pupils contribute information for classroom display and make a Solar System mobile. Pupils complete worksheet 33.

3. Make a model of the Solar System.

- Pupils use a football for the Sun and small balls for the planets.

- Each pupil chooses which planet he/she wants to carry.

. Use the scale below to represent the solar system:

Language of learning

1. Key words needed: planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.

2. Key phrases needed:

- The Solar System is a collection of planets and moons and the stars they orbit.

- There are nine planets in the Solar System.

- The nine planets orbit the Sun.

- The time taken to orbit the sun depends on the distance from the sun.

Language for learning

1. Language

- How to describe the solar system.

2. Learning how to learn.

- Understanding instructions.

- How to deal with not understanding.

- The language to ask and answer questions.

Language through learning

- Language to carry out worksheet tasks.

The Solar System is a collection of planets and moons and the stars they orbit.