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Engage your Year 5 Science Class in a captivating exploration of Earth’s rotation, day, and night with this interactive and self-marking digital lesson! This comprehensive resource is designed to make learning about Earth and space both fun and educational.

Key Features:

1. Interactive Lessons: Dive into the science of Earth’s rotation through engaging multimedia presentations and interactive slides. Students will discover why day and night occur and how the Earth’s rotation affects our daily lives.
2. Self-Marking Activities: Reinforce learning with self-marking activities that provide instant feedback to students. These activities include quizzes, drag-and-drop exercises, and interactive simulations to deepen understanding.
3. Visual Demonstrations: Explore stunning visuals and animations that illustrate the concept of Earth’s rotation and its impact on the appearance of the Sun’s movement across the sky.
4. Hands-On Exploration: Encourage hands-on exploration with virtual experiments and observations. Students will interactively explore concepts related to day length, time zones, and the Sun’s path throughout the day.
5. Assessment Tools: Assess student progress with built-in assessment tools, including quizzes and comprehension checks. Teachers can monitor individual performance and track overall class understanding.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the relationship between Earth’s rotation and the occurrence of day and night.
• Explain why the Sun appears to move across the sky.
• Identify how different regions of the Earth experience day and night at different times.
• Explore the concept of time zones and their significance.

Ideal for Distance Learning and Classroom Use:
Whether used for remote learning or in-class instruction, this interactive digital lesson offers flexibility and engagement for KS2 science students. The self-marking activities allow for independent learning while providing valuable feedback to guide students’ understanding.

Note to Teachers:
Enhance your science curriculum with this dynamic Earth’s rotation lesson! Empower your students to become curious learners as they unravel the mysteries of day and night through this interactive and educational digital resource.

By the end of this unit, children will be able to:

• explore the concept of night and day;
• understand how they occur as a result of the rotation of Earth around its axis;
• understand that it takes the Earth 24 hours to rotate around its axis.
• understand that when the Earth rotates, it is day on the side facing the Sun and night on the side facing away from the Sun.

What’s Included

• Three-part Lesson
• Self-marking Activities
• Fluency, Reasoning and Problem-solving Questions.
• Engaging Drag and Drop Activities
• Interactive Self-marking Worksheet
• Printable Worksheets to Consolidate Learning