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Did you know that the earth orbits round the sun, and that it rotates on itself while the moon orbits the earth?

Oh wait! This is a soooooooo confusing!

Watch this video to understand how this happens. What are some of the things that happen because of all this?

Next, create your own simple model of the Sun, Earth and Moon to really understand the relationship between them. The link below will help you.

When your model is ready, create a post in this padlet. Tell us how you made your model and post a picture.

See the example.

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Supplies needed:

A yellow paper plate (or a white one plus yellow paint) for the Sun

Scissors

Three brads (metal paper connectors)

White cardstock

A compass for drawing circles, or print a template.

Crayons or markers

Cut out three circles (small, medium, and large) from cardstock or cardboard from a cereal box. [If available, a yellow paper plate makes a nice Sun.]

You'll need a large circle for the Sun, a medium one for the Earth, and a small one for the Moon.

For a black-and-white template, click here. For a color template, click here. Note: Use the margins of the template for the strips connecting the Sun, Earth, and Moon.

Cut out two strips of cardstock (any color) about 1 inch thick (you can use the marked margins of the templates above). One strip should be aboout 8 inches long and one should be about 5 inches long.

Give the student the three circles. Let them figure out which represents the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon. On each circle, write the name of the celestial object (Sun, Moon, or Earth) on its back.

Color the Sun yellow, color the Earth blue and green, and color the Moon white.

Connect one end of the short (roughly 4-5" long) strip of paper to the center of the back of the Moon using a brad.

Connect the other end of that strip of paper to the center of the Earth (but don't close the second brad yet).

Connect one end of the long (roughly 8" long) strip of paper to the center of the back of the Earth with the already-open brad.

Connect the other end of that short strip of paper to the center of the sun.

Half moon (also called quarter moon): The moon appears as a half circle.

You now have a model of the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon. Note that although the relative sizes of the Earth and the Moon are roughly accurate (about 3:1), the Sun should be much, much larger (the Sun is over 100 times bigger than the Earth).

Also, the Earth is over 370 times farther from the Sun than it is from the Moon. If this model were accurate, the Earth and the Sun should be over 90 feet apart (given that the Earth-Moon distance in the model is about 3 inches).

You can use this model to demonstrate how the Earth orbits around the Sun, and how the Moon orbits around the Earth.

You can demonstrate how the phases of the Moon are determined by the relative positions of the Moon, Earth, and the Sun. To help do this, color half the moon dark and keep the light side facing the sun.

Solar eclipses (see diagram on the left) and lunar eclipses (see diagram on the right) can be demonstrated using this model.

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Sun, Earth, and Moon Model - EnchantedLearning.com

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This is an example of how you should upload your work.

Put your name and class at the top of the post so that the teachers know who is posting.

Put the information requested here. Tell us how you made your model and post a picture.You should also upload picture  by click on the upload icon with the arrow facing up.

Remember to write full sentences, with correct punctuation.

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First I did the sun,I choose a yellow paper and cut it in a circle.For the Earth I used light blue paper that reflects the sea.Then I added some green pieces for the lands.For the moon I choose grey.
I attached them to each other in a way that the moon can go around the Earth,while the Earth can go around the sun.

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First i used yellow paper to make the sun. Then i used blue paper to make the earth, i coloured some green on the blue paper. For the moon i used cardboard because i didn t have any grey paper. I cut out the paper strips one of the strips was eight inches and the other one was five inches. I used glue and glued the short strip between the moon and the earth . I put glue on the long strip and glued it between the earth and the sun. This is how it turned out.

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First I had a paper plate. I coloured it yellow and  cut the plate to make the sun.Then i got a card stock paper and i did a meduim circle i coloured it blu and after i had a green card stock paper to do the lands.finally i did the third circle i colured it half grey .In. each circle i did a hole in the middle to put the butterfly stich.I cut 2 pieces rectangle pieces 8inches and 5 inches to attached them with sun earth and moon.
And this is my result .

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Elizah seguna class 5.5

First I started by drawing the sun. For the sun I used a white paper and grabbed a glass cup to make the circle of the sun then I made the eyes and mouth for the sun I used a pencil to make the eyes and the mouth when I was done from drawing the eyes and the mouth with the pencil. I traced them with a black marker then I used a yellow pencil colour to colour the sun. For the Earth I used a white paper and a cup too and I used a pencil for the eyes and the mouth then I traced them with a black marker I used a cup to make the circle of the Earth. I tried to make continents. I coloured the continents with a green pencil colour and for the sea with a blue pencil colour. For the moon I used a pencil to colour the mouth and eyes. Then I used a black marker to trace the eyes and the mouth. Then I used the bottom of a cup to make the moon smaller. I used a grey marker to colour the moon. I used yellow foam paper to make them look like stars. I hope you like it!

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First I cut the sun with yellow cardboard, earth from blue and green and the moon from white cardboard
I connected the sun to earth and earth to the moon

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I started the project by printing the template. I drew the earth sun and moon with pencil colors. I cut them on a cardboard and after I used the leftover cardboard to make strips to stick them on but apart of each other.

BELOW IS MY MODEL.

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i took  some ideas from the internet and cut out 3 different sizes of circles for the sun,  moon and earth. I drew them and stuck them on a paper. I made some lines around them to create the orbit.

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First I drew the sun .After I drew a paper in grey and a paper in green for the land and blue for the ocean then I attached them together and I made the model of the sun earth and moon

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I started my project by drawing, colouring and cutting the sun, earth and moon from a cereal box. I did not have butterfly clips so I used tape instead. I decided to do a blue plastic bag as back ground.

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First  i  did the lentgh with a coumpass.Then i cut them and glued them on a cereal box .After i glued them i cut them agin.Then i pantied them in the  meantime i cut  two strips, one of them  was 8 inches and the other one was 5 inches.When they dryed  i put a hole in the middle of the sun, earth and moon . Then i put butterfly pin in the sun  hole and in the 8 inches strip ,in the hole of the moon i put the butterfly pin in the moon hole and in the 5 inchees strip then attached them together

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Ylenia Scicluna 5.1
The sun , earth and moon model.
First I used orange play dough for the sun .Then for the earth I used blue play dough and made it into a ball. After I put green and yellow play dough on top. For the moon I used yellow play dough.

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Shaneizia Vella Bianco class 5.5

First I cut out three circles one was big one was small and one was medium I coloured the big one yellow like the sun the small one light grey with patches of dark grey for the moon and the medium one blue with patches of green for the earth Then I glued them on a black  cardboard and drew some stars with a silver gelpen
This is the result

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I searched on the internet for the sun, the earth and the moon. Printed them and cut them in circles. I cut the strips from the leftover paper to attach them together. And this is the result.

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First I cut three circles to make the Sun,Earth and the Moon.I coloured the paper blu and then I sticked them with the glue on the paper.And this is my result.

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Riana Axiak 5.5
First I drew a big circle on a paper for the sun, then I drew a smaller circle on a blue paper for the earth and  the smallest circle on a grey paper for the moon. Then I drew the sun earth and moon and cut them.i also cut two stripes and glued them on the middle of the sun ,earth and moon by making them diagonal.Then I added a paper for the background.

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Sun Earth and moon
Nathan Balzan 5.1

First I cut a card board box into three circles. Then I began to colour the sun earth and moon. After that I cut two lines one from the sun to the earth and the other was from earth to the moon

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First I cut out the moon and I used a plastic cup then I cut out the sun and I used a small plate after the sun I did the world I used a cup to make the shape. After I started to draw the colours then I sticked them to a white paper and then I added some stars. I coloured the stars and it turned out like this.

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First i cut the sun after i cut the earth and moon.I color them and put them together with the glue.

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First I watched the you tube video. I searched on the internet for the pictures and I have printed them the same size as the template. After I glued them on the cardboard and cut them. Last I used 3 butterfly pins to attach the Sun, Moon and Earth with the strips of cardboard. Hope you like my results.

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Sun , Moon and Earth model
I started out by cutting out the Sun,Moon and Earth out of cereal boxes. Then I covered them with yellow paper for the Sun, blue paper for the Earth and white paper for the moon. After I drew orange stripes on the Sun and shaded the moon grey . Also I drew some craters on the moon. Then I got two pieces of cardboard and cut them in two straight lines. I used butterfly clips to join the Sun, Earth and Moon together. I experimented by moving them so I can see how Earth rotates around the Sun.

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First I found 3 plastic baiis;1 blue as like the Earth.1 yellow as like the sun and the other one it was orange,but I fold it with the silver foil.The blue one I piant it with green marker for look like Lands.After I pin to each other with the toothpicks. And this is my result.

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First I paint the blank paper blue ,I drew the out line of the sun , earth and moon. Then I paint the sun with the yellow water colour and decorat it with red flakes ,then i mixed yellow and blue water colour to paint the earth ,finally I use the white water colour to paint the moon.

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First I did the earth,I started off by grabbing some blue paper and traced it into a circle.After in the blue circle.After I got some green paper I traced some pieces of land on the earth.After I got some with

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First I did the earth,I started off by grabbing some blue paper.Then I grabbed the blue paper and traced it into a circle.After in the blue circle I got some green paper.Then with the green paper I traced some land on the earth.After I got some white paper and I cut some pieces of it,like snow.Then I did the sun,I started off with grabbing some yellow paper,and I traced circle.For the moon,I picked some grey paper and I traced and cut a small circle.After to join up all the planets I grabbed some blue cardboard A4 paper and cut two strips.Then I got some butterfly clips and attached all the planets.For the space I placed some stars,white like pieces of astroids.Then I put an astronaut and I put everything on a black file.

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I have to confess that checking this padlet made my day today! Thank you all of you!

I am impressed with your effort and your work! Well done! I promise you that what you are doing here is something that you will find extremely useful later on in life. So keep it up!

I also have an added challenge for you. The models you made are great but you also need to understand what happens when the earth orbits the sun, and the moon orbits the earth! Make sure you watch that video because we will be posting a quiz for you!

PS This is part of the science syllabus but who cares really?

Have fun learning!

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I had a yellow, Green, light blue and white papers, with the compass I cut 3 different sizes of circles, the big one for the sun, the medium for the earth and the small one for the moon, I cuted some shapes from the green paper to replace the places on the light blu circle to form the earth. I cuted two stripes to stick them together  so I can rotate in any direction.

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I went on this website and printed the coloured template, https://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/astronomy/sunearthmoon/
Then I cut the shapes of the Sun, Earth and Moon and the strips of paper to stick them between the circles. Then I coloured the moon half grey and stuck the paper strip between the Sun and the Earth with a brad. The other paper strip was stuck between the Earth and Moon. The brads are helpful to move the moon around to show how the phases of the moon are seen.

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First I found three different sizes of  circles for the Sun, Earth and Moon.I cut the cardstock and then I sticked the coloured papers on.Then I cut the two strips and attached the Sun and Moon to the Earth with the butterfly clips so the sun and the moon can rotate around the Earth .

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First I searched on Google the pictures and cut them Nicely. Then I stuck them to the black cardboard to show the orbit of the sun Earth and moon

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Frist i did the circle with the plates and cutting the sun;earth and moon. i used cardboard.i did a full moon.

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I started this model by cutting 3 different sized circles. With a compass, I drew a large circle on a yellow cardboard paper to make the Sun. To make the Earth, I drew a medium sized circle on a blue paper and to make the land, I coloured in a few spots with green and brown. For the Moon, I drew a small circle with a compass and coloured it grey with a pencil. With the leftover cardboard, I cut 2 different strips. After making small holes for the butterfly clips, I put everything together in order. This is my end result.

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Jeanclaude Gerada year 5.5
First i saw the video and searched on internet about what is the orbit. I bought a white paper and i decided to draw the orbit because i love to draw! First i drew the sun and outlined the planets. Then after i drew the lines so the planets can go around the sun. I coloured the planets and the sun. After i did a sign that says next stop is to dwarf planet, because next were the dwarf planets. I also shaded the lines so they would look like actually space.
Fact: Did you know that the sun is a star and not a planet?

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First I sketched the earth,moon and sun.After I coloured it.I coloured the sun yellow,I coloured the earth blu and green and the moon grey.This is how it came out.

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Maria 5.1                         First   I used a  paper plates and painted  the  plate  yellow then  trimmed  the  sides  in ziczac.After  I took a smaller plate  and  painted  blue and  some green.Then I used the same paper  plate I used grey paint

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Maria 5.1                         First   I used a  paper plates and painted  the  plate  yellow then  trimmed  the  sides  in ziczac.After  I took a smaller plate  and  painted  blue and  some green.Then I used the same paper  plate I used grey paint

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The Earth Moon and the Sun Elisa Bonici 5.1

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The Earth Moon and the Sun Elisa Bonici 5.1

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I used a small clothes hanger so you can hold it ,then i used two tall wooden lolipop sticks , then i made the sun  i used  yellow glittery pompom then for the earth i used a blue pompom and for the grass i used green pompom that i cut in half and stick some on it and on the moon i used white pompom and finally i used  clear strings and then i tied them withe the wooden sticks thank you

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Martina Muscat yr5.5

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First I cut the sun I decorated the sun by shading it with a red colour and it became a sun.
Then I cut the earth, then I decorated it by getting some green pieces of paper to look like land
and it became an earth.
Now the moon I cut a small grey paper, then I decorate it with black colour and it became a moon
Then finally I got two sticks and I glued them together

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Today 22nd April 2020 is Earth Day and Google Doodle made a fun game. Have a look what it's about!

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50th anniversary of EarthDay  - Google Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of Earth  GoogleDoodles

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sun earth moon

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First I drew the outline of the Sun, Earth and Moon. Then I painted them with water colour. After the water colour dried I cut out the shapes. After I cut holes in the middle of the shapes and I put butterfly clips to show the rotation of the Earth, the Sun and the Moon.

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Isaac Enright 5.4
The sun, the earth and moon. 🌞🌎🌛
First, I got a blank sheet of paper.
Then, I got different circle sizes, a CD, a bottle cap and a school bottle tap to draw the planets.
I used a CD to draw the outline of the sun,  after I coloured it.
I used a bottle cap as the outline of the moon.
After that, I used the school bottle tap for the outline of earth and coloured it.
Finally, I drew the arrows to show the planets and how they rotate.

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Caitlin Enright 5.4😘
The sun the earth and moon.☀🌎🌝
First I saw the video then I started the project.
Then I got a DVD for the sun then I got a bottle cap for the earth and a water bottle tap for the moon.
I wrote the title, coloured the planets in and did the arrows to show the moon, earth and sun are moving