Pupils learn that the Sun appears to move across the sky because the Earth rotates. Pupils make a model of the Earth that rotates and helps them to explain sunrise and sunset and day and night.
Learning Objectives:
PoS - use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night
NaG - pupils should be introduced to a model of the Sun and Earth that enables them to explain day and night
WS - pupils could use simple models to describe scientific ideas