- Ask pupils to imagine that they are visitors to Earth from a planet in another part of the universe, which orbits and spins more slowly. How would their world be different from Earth? Ask them to write a scientific report to their home planet describing some of the new phenomena observed on their mission,
eg day length, year length, seasons, phases of the Moon and eclipses.
- This could be extended by telling pupils that this other planet is not tilted and that its moon is much further from the planet. Help pupils to model the system and extend their account to seasons, eclipse and phases of the Moon.
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- describe how differences in orbit and rotation time affect phenomena,
eg day length, year length
- write an organised, continuous explanatory text of about 250 words
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