Four pages of Year 5 space vocabulary, including an answer page. Pupils unscramble twelve words with letter-count hints, from ONOM to MONSTAROY. Three sentences then use the answers: the Earth's 24-hour spin, the spherical Sun, Earth and Moon, and the orbit of 365 and a quarter days. A mystery word puzzle takes one letter from nine answers to spell a space term, with the clue that it orbits a planet. It follows the England National Curriculum for science.
Earth and space
“Describe the Sun, Earth and Moon as approximately spherical bodies”
SPHERE is word 7, and sentence 14 says the Sun, Earth and Moon are approximately spherical.
Earth and space
“Describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in the solar system”
ORBIT, PLANET and REVOLVE cover this, with sentence 15 on the orbit of 365 and a quarter days.
Earth and space
“Describe the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth”
Word 1 defines the Moon as a natural satellite that orbits the Earth. No other question is about the Moon's movement.
Earth and space
“Use the idea of the Earth's rotation to explain day and night and the apparent movement of the sun across the sky.”
ROTATE, AXIS, DAYLIGHT and sentence 13 on the 24-hour spin link rotation to day and night. The Sun's movement across the sky is not mentioned.
Twelve anagrams, such as XASI, BROTI, TETARO and LEVERVO, each with a hint and a letter count.
Questions 13 to 15 use rotate, axis, sphere and orbit in sentences about day and night and the year.
Pupils collect nine letters, such as the 4th letter of AXIS, to find a word for an object that orbits a planet.
Unit starter
Give pupils the scramble with the hints covered, then show the hints one at a time.
Torch and globe
After sentence 13, shine a torch on a globe and turn it slowly to show day and night.
Early finishers
The mystery word suits early finishers. Pupils need every answer right to spell it.
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