For the Teacher

This teacher resource includes the first three phases of the Primary
Connections of the 5Es framework of Engage, Explore and Explain. The
Digital Task Card is to be implemented in the commencement of the Explain
Phase.
Science Understanding
sub strand and content
descriptor

Earth and Space Science

Science Inquiry skills

Sub strand and content
descriptor

Questioning and predicting

The Earth is part of a system of planets orbiting

around a star (the Sun) (ACSSU078)
With guidance, pose questions and clarify practical problems or
inform a scientific investigation, and predict what the findings of
an investigation might be (ACSIS231)

Planning and conducting

With guidance, plan appropriate investigation methods to
answer your questions or solve problems (ACSIS086)

Processing and analysing data and information

Compare data with predictions and use as evidence in
developing explanations (ACSIS218)

Communicating
Communicating ideas, explanations and processes in a variety
of ways, including multi-modal texts (ACSIS093)

Science as a Human
Endeavour Sub strand
and content descriptor
Declarative
Knowledge

Nature and developing Science

Science involves testing production by gathering data and using
evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomenon

(ACSHE081)
The learner will know that:
The rotational movement of the Sun, Moon and
Earth
The Earth orbits the Sun in a year, the moon
orbits the Earth in a month and the Earth rotates
on its axis in a day
The Earths place in space
Planets in the solar system orbit the sun and the
moon orbit the planets
Identify the planets in the solar system
Space objects features in the solar system such
as comets, asteroids, milky way, sun, moon and
planets

Procedural
Knowledge

The learner will be able to:

Generate questions that may help in an
investigation
Solve problems through investigation
Analyse and evaluate information
Use reasoning to develop questions for inquiry
Formulate, pose and respond to questions
Work collaboratively in teams

ENGAGE
PHASE

During the Engage Phase of the Primary Connections 5Es

framework
Lesson 1
Session 1
Discuss a historical debate about whether the Earth is
flat
Identify the way scientists use claims and evidence to
test their theories
Discuss different theories about the movements of the
Earth, Sun and Moon
Class discussion after students read a cartoon text that
provide students with a view of historical debate between
Eratosthenes and a member of public who argues that
the earth is not flat but is a sphere.
Teacher poses questions
How did the characters use information in their
world to form their ideas?
Why did the characters disagree?
What did Eratosthenes suggest when they had
different views> Why?
What evidence do we have now that would
further support Eratosthenes ideas that the sun is
a sphere?
Students begin a science journal to record what they
see, hear, feel and think to help with their claims and
evidence. Students will record dates and times, written
text, drawings, diagrams, photographs, tables and
graphs.
Class discussion- students will know that scientific
knowledge is a set of claims made by scientists based
on observations and evidence.
Class discussion about the major debate hundreds of
years ago about whether the sun orbited the Earth
Or
Whether the Earth orbited the Sun.
Students review a resource sheet with three different

Lesson 1

claims.
CLAIM 1: The Moon and the Sun both circle the Earth
CLAIM 2: The Moon circles the Earth while the Sun
circles them both
CLAIM 3: The Moon circles the Earth while the Earth
circles the Sun.
Students decide which claim they agree with.
Conduct a TWLH chart (The 3 claims are written in the T in
chart)on board
Begin the T section - What the students think they know
Students write on sticky notes and put on the T section of
the chart
All ideas are discussed and each student is given
opportunity to explain what they think they know
Organise students responses to T in the chart into
categories: claim 1,claim 2, claim 3, sun, moon, earth
Students begin to fill in W- section- What we want to
learn
Teacher Asks: What questions would you need to
ask that would help you gather evidence to clarify
your claims?
Encourage students to ask questions of what they
want to learn
Record questions on TWHL chart
Introduce a word wall - to learn definitions of technical
terminology
Students work in small group to create an orrery (3D model with
moving parts) to show how they think the sun, earth and moon
all move in relation to each other.
Teacher demonstrates two techniques for making the moving
parts of the orrery
Each group will share their model with explanations
using scientific terminology and explain the time each
space object takes to complete one orbit
Photos are taken and glued into Science Journal
Students to conduct a sky viewing project in an
observation chart (at home) to record the position of the
sun and moon at certain times.

EXPLORE
PHASE
Lesson 2

During the EXPLORE phase of the Primary Connections 5Es

framework:
Review previous lesson-explain how different people
have different ideas over time about how the sun,
moon and earth move.
Remind students how Eratosthenes and companion
used evidence to support their claims.
Ask students to look outside at the position of the Moon
or the Sun

EXPLAIN
PHASE
Lesson 4
(Digital Task Card to be
implemented in this
Lesson)

Ask questions:
Will it be in the same position in an hours time?
Will it be in the same position in a day?
Students record ideas in science journal
Students view a chart that shows the different phases of
the moon
Set up a camera to record the positions and record in an hour
and a days time to confirm assumptions.
Students work on a FLOW CHART of the evidence collected
on how the Sun, Moon appear over a period of time.
Review TWLH Chart Record and discuss what students have
learned
Students create a revolving role-play that demonstrates the
relation between earth, sun, and moon
Students review their orreries created in Lesson 1
Ask Questions:
Does this still reflect what you think? Why or why not?
What would you like to change?
What observation and evidence supports your claim
Students instructed to go online to complete digital task card 2
For Earth and Space Science Year 5.
Teacher hands out the Scavenger Hunt Question Sheet that
accompanies the Digital Task Card.