How The World Works
Year 2
"The earth's movement within the solar system follows a pattern."
Let's explore these videos to find out about the sun, the moon, the earth and the solar system...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2prtmPEjOc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAdSSIVF6Xo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXasopxAFoM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvkrC4HSLkM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa2Aw5dbS7I
What can you find out from books or online? Try some of the links below.
Have you searched Orbit?
Click here to look for books we have in the library about the solar system. You can also find lots of great books in your classroom that have been borrowed from the library for this unit.
If Orbit does not appear immediately, select Peak School, then Orbit on the top right next to the log in.
Search "solar system" or "space" or "sun" or "moon" and don't forget to select "non-fiction" and then "target".
Click here to do a safe search on Kiddle
Choose your search words carefully. Try "solar system for kids" or "patterns of the sun (or moon) for kids" or "forces in the solar system for kids"
Space on Brainpop
Click on the picture to find all of the great information about space. You will need to be logged into Planet Peak to get into Brainpop without a password.
There is a Year 2 "How The World Works" bookshelf on Big Universe
Click on the picture to find some great books about the sun, the moon, the earth, the seasons and many more. You will need to log in (hint - your Planet Peak username and the password is ps1234 and the group name is peakschool)
Did you know that the Chinese Zodiac is based on the cycles of the moon, but the western calendar is based on the cycle of the sun?
What does the earth's place in the solar system have to do with time?
Do you know how to tell the time? Why not try one of these games below...
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