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Hi Marie,
I love the demonstration of the three ways the earth moves in relation to the sun. It is very visual using the balls. I also love the art element of the lesson.
4th/5th Class lesson
Following on from exploring the theme of the sun, I would engage the children in a group activity where they have to observe and record the positions of the sun when rising and setting at different times of the day. I would ask the children to collaborate and discuss the varying ways we could record this using shadows eg, using the trees in the yard, using a meter stick, using their bodies ect. I would encourage different methods for each group for variety and motivation for the project. I would use tools like chalks to draw around shadows and rulers to record length and width of shadows at the varying times of day. We would discuss safety when observing the sun. We would choose a certain location within the school yard and three specific times within the school day to record. We could incorporate the use of an Ipad to take pictures of the position of the sun. Each group could use bookcreator to input their findings and record the things they noticed about the position of the sun. The sun is lower in the sky in the morning and higher in the sky during the day time. We would link the movement of the sun’s position with how the earth rotates.
Following on from the observation we would create a project to showcase our findings through art or media presentation we would share with other classes.