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The activities will enable the teacher to: position the nine planets interactively demonstrate the phases of the moon show that the moon orbits the Earth roughly every 28 days illustrate to pupils that the Earth spins on its own axis show that day and night are related to the Earth's rotation

This interactive presentation consists of the following animations: the rotation of the Earth in space through 24 hours, showing day and night the orbit of the Earth around the sun explaining the different seasons the orbit of the moon around the Earth illustrating the phases of the moon By carrying out the activities in this lesson pupils will understand: why we have day time and night time on planet Earth why we have the different seasons why the moon appears a different shape over the month