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Observe different shapes shifting and changing in the clouds. |
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Feel where the wind is coming from (e.g. lick a finger and hold it up) try this on different days and in different places. |
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Play with shadows and see how they change over a day. |
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Be outdoors playing in all weathers (including the wind and rain). |
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Visualise an imaginary journey into space - experiencing weightlessness and the silence of space, seeing the Earth and moon from outer space, and feeling the immensity of the universe. |
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Stars, Sun, Moon, Planets |
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Read a compass to find North, South, East and West |
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Use a torch and orange (or ball/globe) to demonstrate how the tilting of the Earth on its axis creates different seasons. See how this explains why it is summer in the Northern hemisphere when it is winter in the Southern hemisphere. |
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Observe the path of the sun at different times of the year and draw a plan showing the height (or angle) of it. |
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Learn how to tell the difference between a star and a planet in the night sky by using the song 'twinkle twinkle little star' as stars twinkle and planets do not |
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Stars, Sun, Moon, Planets |
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Make a sundial by drawing a circle on the ground with two footprints in the centre indicating the place where the child will stand to cast their shadow. On a sunny day one child stands in the footprints at each hour on the hour. The others mark on the circle where the shadow falls. Then the children will be able to use the sundial to tell the time. |
