Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to support understanding of key facts about space for the class to identify technical vocabulary and a worksheet to identify and record a range of different true and false facts about space and the Solar System.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to devise questions for a class quiz to test general knowledge about different concepts related to space.

This lesson is part of a science scheme of work to get the children to describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in the Solar System by using practical models and researching information. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.