A Primary School

1. Page under construction 19 October.  Revision per 31.
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3. Now we have had the initial meeting, I venture that we go into the empty classroom.
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5. You have suggested that the solar system could be a topic.
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7. I could see the approach you are using and your teaching aids.
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9. That will enable me to decide what I can bring along to link to 7.
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11. There are some links to the solar system on the children's website here.
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13. I imagine the class knows the order of the planets - MVEMJSUN
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15. Have pupils access to foam balls of various sizes?  They could have painted them.
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17. What is a planet?
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19. In groups of eight they could hold one planet each and arrange themselves in order.
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21. They could draw a picture such as
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25. It is a child's drawing.  More at the foot of this page.  More about rockets here.
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27. Each group could use an A4 (best A3 etc) sheet to depict  sizes and interplanetary distances. 
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29. (This could lead to a fair-weather field exercise to include distance scale.  Much later.)
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31.  I look forward to discussing how best to make a session interesting and useful for the children.

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