Unit 4: The Earth

Talk to a friend about the different kinds of land you have walked across.

Ask your friend about the nearest water. Is it a river? A lake? The sea?

Look at this picture of planet Earth.

Point to dry land in the picture.

Point to where water covers the land.

Look out of the window with your friends.

Draw the window and something you can see outside.

Talk about why you cannot see the shape of the Earth.

Talk to your friend about planet Earth and how it gives you all the things you need.

You are an astronaut!

You are going to write a science report to say what it is like on planet Earth.

Complete the sentences below.

These words may help you: ball, birds, play, trees, fish, grass, swim, people

Planet Earth is like a ball.

On Earth we have many plants like...

Planet Earth is home to animals like...

I love to see...

Pretend that your friend is from another planet.

Tell them about planet Earth.

Draw pictures to help them learn about planet Earth.

How do pictures help you learn about science?

With a friend, draw a picture of a tree and an animal.

Now draw the Sun in the sky.

Why do the tree and the animal need the Sun?

Without the Sun, planet Earth would be dark all the time.

Look at the pictures.

Could you do these things without light from the Sun?

Plants need sunlight to grow.

Look at the picture.

What would happen to plants without light from the Sun?

What would happen to animals without light from the Sun?

Draw the picture but without the light from the Sun that keeps us warm.

Talk about your drawing with a friend.

Without the Sun, the Earth would be very cold.

Water would freeze.

Plants and animals would die.

Talk to a friend about what would happen to these living things without the light from the Sun keeping the Earth warm.

Make a model of the Sun and the Earth.

You will need: a globe of planet Earth, a flashlight

Marcus and Arun have a globe of planet Earth.

The flashlight shows how light from the Sun gives daylight.

Be careful not to shine the flashlight in someone's eyes. It could hurt their eyes.

Talk about the light from the Sun.

What questions do you have?

How does the model help you answer them?

Say what you do during the day.

Say what you do at night.

Tell your friend about how the Sun can hurt you.

Ask your friend to tell you why you need the Sun.