Year 5 War of the Worlds Autumn 2
Key Vocabulary Asteroid- A small rocky body orbiting the sun. Axis- An imaginary line about which a body rotates Celestial - Positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space. Day - A 24 hour period, from one midnight to the next. One rotation of the Earth on its axis. Geocentric - Where people believed the earth was at the centre of the solar system. Heliocentric- Representing the sun as the centre of the solar system. Moon - Natural satellite of Earth. Orbit - The regularly repeated oval course of a celestial object around a star or planet. Planet - A celestial body moving in orbit around a star. Rotation - The action of rotating about an axis or centre Solar System - The collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun. Star - A fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote body like the sun. Sun - The star which planets orbit. Representing the sun as the centre of the solar system. Moon - Natural satellite of Earth. Orbit - The regularly repeated oval course of a celestial object around a star or planet. Planet - A celestial body moving in orbit around a star. Rotation - The action of rotating about an axis or centre Solar System - The collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun. Star - A fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote body like the sun. Sun - The star which planets orbit.	Key Questions Why do we have day and night ? Why do we have different seasons ? What planets make up our solar system ? What are the famous explorations of space? Humans in space Yuri Gagarin - First human in space 1961, aboard the Vostok 1. Neil Armstrong - First person on the moon in 1969 aboard Apollo 11. ISS (international Space Station) - Collaboration launched in 1998
Heliocentric- Representing the sun as the centre of the solar system. Moon - Natural satellite of Earth. Orbit - The regularly repeated oval course of a celestial object around a star or planet. Planet - A celestial body moving in orbit around a star. Rotation - The action of rotating about an axis or centre Solar System - The collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun. Star - A fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote body like the sun. Sun - The star which planets orbit.	Key Vocabulary Asteroid- A small rocky body orbiting the sun. Axis- An imaginary line about which a body rotates Celestial - Positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space. Day - A 24 hour period, from one midnight to the next. One rotation of the Earth on its axis. Geocentric - Where people believed the earth was at the centre of the solar system. Heliocentric- Representing the sun as the centre of the solar system. Moon - Natural satellite of Earth. Orbit - The regularly repeated oval course of a celestial object around a star or planet. Planet - A celestial body moving in orbit around a star. Rotation - The action of rotating about an axis or centre Solar System - The collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun. Star - A fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote body like the sun. Sun - The star which planets orbit. Representing the sun as the centre of the solar system. Moon - Natural satellite of Earth. Orbit - The regularly repeated oval course of a celestial object around a star or planet. Planet - A celestial body moving in orbit around a star. Rotation - The action of rotating about an axis or centre Solar System - The collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun. Star - A fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote body like the sun. Sun - The star which planets orbit.