This Year 5 Orbiting Moon Activity Worksheet gives pupils an opportunity to create a model of the Sun, Earth and Moon. Children will explore their orbital relationships in this practical, fun activity. This follows on perfectly from our Year 5 How do Planets Move around the Sun? Teaching PowerPoint. Download now!

National Curriculum Objectives:

• To describe the movement of the Earth and other planets relative to the Sun in the Solar System.

• To describe the movement of the moon relative to the Earth.

• To describe the sun, Earth and moon as approximately spherical bodies.

• To use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky.