Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 5 Term 4: Planet Earth and Beyond Planet Earth (PPT 2)

Topic 1 Planet Earth The earth moves Gr 5 Natural Sciences and Technology – Term 4, Topic 1

The solar system Gr 5 Natural Sciences and Technology – Term 4, Topic 1 Make Very Easy Mash. Just Squash Up New Potatoes.

Remember the order of the planets Gr 5 Natural Sciences and Technology – Term 4, Topic 1 Make – Mercury Very – Venus Easy – Earth Mash – Mars Just - Jupiter Squash – Saturn Up - Uranus New Potatoes – Neptune

The sun Gr 5 Natural Sciences and Technology – Term 4, Topic 1 It is our closest star. It is a very big star. It is very hot. It is the largest object in our solar system. All the planets revolve around the sun. Dark spots on the sun are called sunspots.

Planet earth Gr 5 Natural Sciences and Technology – Term 4, Topic 1 Third planet from the Sun Round like a ball / sphere A thin layer of air around it From Earth, we can see the sun, moon and stars.

Interesting facts about earth Gr 5 Natural Sciences and Technology – Term 4, Topic 1 Earth is about 5 billion years old. The word “Earth” means soil / ground. The earth has water in all three phases: solid (ice), liquid (water) and gas (clouds) Earth is the only known planet to support life. 70% of earth is just water.