THEME: INVESTIGATING THE EARTH AND THE UNIVERSE LEARNING AREA: Investigating the earth and the...
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THEME: INVESTIGATING THE EARTH AND THE UNIVERSE
LEARNING AREA:Investigating the earth and the Universe
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:2.1 Understanding the movements of the Earth, the Moon and The Sun.2.2 Understanding the occurrence of Day and Night
* Earth rotates on it axis from west to east
* The rotation of the earth is tilted at an angle
* It Takes 24 hours or one day to complete
one rotation
* We cannot feel the rotation of the earth because
the earth is very big compare to us
* The rotation of the earth on its axis cause :
a) the occurrence of day and night
b) the sun rises in the east and sets in the west
* As the earth rotates on its axis, it is also moving
around the sun
* It moves around the sun from west to east
* The earth takes about 365¼ days to complete
one round in one orbit
ROTATION AND MOVEMENT OF THE MOON
* The moon also rotates on its own axis
* As the moon rotates on its axis it is also moving
around the earth
* The moon moves around the earth from west
to east
* The moon takes about 271/3 days to move
around the earth
Day Day and Night
EARTH FACESTHE SUN
Night
Understanding occurrence of Day and Night
EARTH FACINGAWAY FROM
THE SUN
DUE TO ROTATIONOF EARTH ON
ITS AXIS
Light
DAYNIGHT
Light
Light
Light