An activity set I would love to use in my class next year is The Planets. I feel that this has a great opportunity for cross curricular linking. Also some of the activities outlined seem like activities my class for next year would love.
I would begin the lesson with a KWL chart or group discussions to assess what the children already know and use this to guide my teaching of the lesson.
I would use the song ‘Family of the Sun’ to teach the children some facts about the sun and the planets.
I would also feel the children would love playing the Planet Game. If I had time to set up properly I would prefer to use some rope such as skipping ropes to make the ‘planets’ This way I could make the planets roughly to scale so that the children could understand that some planets are much bigger than others.
There are lots of great ideas in the planets activity set and I think they would hugely enhance great lesson on the topic.