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Approach:  One to one Level: Year 4
Focus: Solar system 
Resources: Diagram of solar system
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Questions/instructions:

Here is a diagram which shows our solar system.

Give student diagram.

 
% responses
2003 ('99)
y4
1. What do you think would happen if planet Earth was the furthest planet from the sun?



darker
14 (20)
colder
80 (79)
longer years
1 (1)
uninhabitable (without above reasons)
6 (9)
2. Is there something you can tell me that is true for all of these planets?

Prompt: Is there something that is the same for all of these planets?


share (rotate around) same sun
14 (12)
are in same solar system and galaxy
4 (2)
are mainly solid bodies
0 (1)
are approximately round/spheres
17 (27)
all have some gravity
1 (1)
3. On planet Earth we have gravity.
What do you think gravity is?

an attractive force which objects exert on other objects
0 (1)
a force which pulls people/things down to earth
55 (55)
4. What would it be like if there was no gravity on Earth?
people/objects would not weigh anything
2 (1)
people/objects would fly off into space
68 (64)
Earth would lose its atmosphere/water
7 (7)
Total score:
5–14
7 (14)
4
21 (21)
3
33 (25)
2
17 (13)
1
15 (21)
0
7 (6)
Commentary
Overall, there is very little change between 1999 and 2003.
 
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