The spherical nature of the earth – Sourced from PDST website.
Read the children the story, ’The small and mighty book of Planet Earth’ . Ask the children to describe what they think the earth must look like from space. Then, get the children to record their thoughts pictorially. Show children actual images of the earth, the moon and the sun from space. Show the children a ball and a circular disc cut from card. Ask them which they think best represents the earth. Introduce the word spherical and relate this to how our world is represented with a globe.(will have introduced the globe as a model of our world in Infant graphicacy work) Make spherical models of the earth using balloons and papier máche. The Size of the balloons should vary depending on the size of the planet. Paint to differentiate between land and water.
Questions
What does The Earth look like?
What shape is it?
Which colours is it made up of?