Lesson video

Hi, everyone, and welcome back to another science lesson with me, Miss Emms. Now, I'm really excited about this lesson because we're going to be learning all about the planets that are in our solar system.

But if you haven't watched the first lesson all about space, it's really important that you watch that one first before you do this lesson.

Because that comes before this lesson, that's lesson one.

This is lesson two of our science learning, and we're going to be learning all about the planets.

So let's get started.

Here's our slideshow for today.

And you'll see our key question today that we're going to have a think about is, what are the planets in our solar system? You might already know about some of them, but today we're going to learn about all of the planets.

We're going to learn a fun fact, an interesting fact, about each of the planets, and a special way that you can remember them.

This is what the structure that the lesson's going to follow.

You should already have done your start of lesson quiz, because that was before the video.

If you haven't done that, you need to pause the video now, go back to the start of lesson quiz and see what you remember from our last lesson all about our introduction to space.

Pause the video now if you need to do that.

Okay, now everyone is ready to move on.

And the next part of the lesson is going to be an introduction to what the universe is.

And you might have heard people talking about the universe.

We're going to look at its definition and see what that means.

Next, we're going to have a think about the planets in the solar system before moving on to thinking of a way that we can remember the planets.

And that's going to be an exciting part of the lesson.

And finally, you are going to have a go at your end of lesson quiz as a chance to see what you remember from the lesson and what you perhaps need to practise before next time.

So, you're going to need only three things in this lesson.

And one of these things, your brain, is already there and it's already working.

So you just need to go and get your pencil and your exercise book or piece of paper.

Can you pause the video now? Make sure you've got everything that you need for the lesson and get ready to play when you're ready.

Pause the video now.

Okay, super, well done, everybody.

Time for us to start.

So, let's have a little of a recap of last week's learning.

What I'd like you to do, and you might recognise this slide from last time.

We're going to recap.

That means we think about something that we learned last time and check that we remember it carefully for this time.

So I would like you to draw or write the names of the following things on your piece of paper.

Can you draw or write the sun, plants, buildings, the moon, aliens and other children.

Off you go, pause the video now.

Excellent, now, what I'd like you to do is as a recap, I would like you to put a tick next to the things that you would be able to find in space and a cross next to the things you would not find in space.

Pause the video now and have a go.

Okay, amazing.

And to correct, I wonder, can you say yes or no to me as I say the sun? Yes.

Plants? No, why not? Because there's no there's no air in space.

Buildings.

The moon.

Aliens.

You're right, there's no evidence of any life in space.

So it should have been a cross for that one.

And other children? Okay, excellent recap, well done.

Now, I just want you to answer the following questions verbally, that means you just say the answers to your screen.

You can write or draw the answer if you'd like to, but you don't need to because it's just a recap.

So I would like you to tell your screen, what is space/ Pause the video and tell your screen, how can you describe space? You're right, everything beyond the Earth's atmosphere.

Everything beyond the Earth's atmosphere.

What can you find in space? Can you just tell me one or two things that you know that you can find in space? Tell your screen.

Amazing.

Well done.

And finally, where does outer space or space begin? This is a bit trickier.

Can you remember roughly how many kilometres from the Earth outer space or space begins? Don't worry if you can't remember.

If you can, can you tell your screen? It's 100 kilometres.

So 100 kilometres from the Earth, that's where space begins.

Finally what do scientists use to find out about space? At the end of our last lesson, we thought about two things that scientists can use to find out more about space.

Can you remember what one of them was or maybe both of them? Tell your screen.

Telescopes and space probes.

Good job everybody.

Okay, let's move on.

We're going to do some star words now.

So you're going to copy my action, ready, star words, start words, star words.

Amazing, so to recap from last week, we've got space, your turn.

Everything beyond the Earth's atmosphere.

Outer space means the same as space.

You can call space space, or you can call space outer space.

They have the same meaning.

Today we're going to learn about the universe.

We're going to learn about the solar system.

Can you say solar system? And we're going to learn about the planets about the, great.

So our key words for today are universe, solar system, planets, your turn.

Excellent, well done everyone.

Okay, let's move on.

So let's have a think about the universe now.

this is a picture of somebody looking up at the universe.

I just want you to have a little look at the picture and have a think about what you can see.

Well done.

So the universe, I'm going to read this passage about the university, you need to listen really carefully.

You can point under the word as I read it, and then we'll have a look at the picture again.

The universe is everything that we can touch, feel, sense, measure or detect.

It includes living things, planets, stars, galaxies, dust clouds, light, and even time.

Before the birth of the universe, time, space and matter did not exist.

So that's quite a tricky definition for us to understand, but the universe is everything so we can touch, feel, sense, measure or detect.

I want you as a quick recap, how much of that definition can you remember? Can you tell your screen, what is the universe? The universe is, tell your screen.

Okay, it's everything that we can touch, feel, sense, measure or detect.

It includes all the living things, the planets, the stars, the galaxies, dust clouds, light, and time.

I want you now to tell your screen,` based on that definition, what is something that you can find in the universe? What, from the list of things that I've said that you can find in the universe, can you remember? In the universe, you can find.

Tell your screen Well done, everybody.

You could have had living things, planets, stars, galaxies, dust clouds, light and time.

Okay, we're going to read the next part together.

This time, I wonder if you can have a go at reading it with me.

So point your fingers underneath the first word, the.

And we're going to read it together.

The universe is huge.

Give me a really big action.

But it has not always been the same size.

Scientists believe it began in something called a big bang.

Can you all say big bang? Your turn.

which took place nearly 14 billion years ago.

Can you point underneath to where it says 14 billion.

That is an extremely long time.

Since then the universe continues to grow at a very high speed.

So to recap, it hasn't always been the same size and it began with something called a big.

One more time, a big.

Which took place 14 billion years ago.

How many billion years ago? Amazing.

And since then it continues to grow at a high speed.

Let's see what you can remember from that.

How do scientists believe the universe began? With a.

You're right, with a big bang.

And how long ago, when do scientists believe the Universe began? How long ago was this big bang? Roughly, you can say roughly 'cause we don't know for sure or about.

And how long ago? Tell your screen if you remember.

Great job, roughly 14 billion years ago, 14 billion years ago.

Okay, fantastic.

And this is an interesting fact.

One of my favourite facts from this lesson.

Did you know it would take a modern jet fighter.

So think how fast a jet fighter is.

More than 1,000,000 years to reach the nearest star to the sun.

So if a modern jet fighter, a very speedy jet fighter, was to go to the nearest star to the sun, it would take the more than a million years.

And think how long a million years is.

Think how long it feels even to live for one year.

It's more than a million years to reach the nearest star to the sun.

So we're going to have a read now of a text about the solar system.

Can you say the key word solar system? Your turn.

Our solar system is located, that means it's found, in a galaxy known as the Milky Way galaxy.

What's it called? It's called the, great.

So the solar system is in a galaxy called the Milky Way galaxy.

So what's in our solar system? Our solar system consists of the sun.

You're going to repeat them after me.

It consists, it's made up of the sun, the moon, the planets.

Dwarf planets such as Pluto.

That means really small planets.

So Pluto is a very.

It's not, it's too small to be a planet.

It's called a dwarf planet.

As well as asteroids, comets and meteoroids.

So lots of different things that make up our solar system.

Let's say them one more time so we don't forget.

The sun, the moon, planets, dwarf planets, asteroids, comets, and meteoroids.

We are going to move on now to thinking specifically about the planets.

We've had a think about how the solar system is in a galaxy called the Milky Way galaxy.

So the solar system is in the Milky Way galaxy.

We thought about what our solar system contains.

One of these things is planets.

So now we're going to move on to our planets.

And I'm going to be telling you a fun fact and showing you an action for each of the planets.

Bur fist, it's your turn to do something now.

You are going to write down, you're going to draw this table and you're going to write down the names of the planets at the top.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

You might not have heard of some of these.

That's okay, because we're going to learn about them in turn now, But you need to draw this table, make it quite a big so that you've got enough space to write or draw a fact for each planet as you listen to me.

So underneath, you're going to write or draw a fact for each planet as you listen.

So can you pause the video? And can you draw this table please? Off you go.

Well done, super, everybody.

Now you're ready to learn about the planets.

So we're going to start with Mercury, your turn.

Can you shout it really loudly, Mercury.

And now can you whisper it, Mercury? Mercury.

Mercury is known for being very hot.

Mercury is known for being very.

So we're going to say Mercury, your turn.

It's known for being very hot.

Mercury, well done.

Try and remember that one.

The next one is Venus.

Your turn.

And our action for Venus is going to be Venus, your turn.

And we're doing this because Venus is the brightest planet.

It's a very, very bright planet.

And sometimes you can see Venus at nighttime, Venus.

Okay, the next one is Earth, your turn, And Earth, right, is the planet we live on.

So we're going to say, Earth, your turn.

Because we live on Earth.

Should we recap? Should we see if we can do them all? Ready, Mercury is very, so we go Mercury, Venus, Earth.

One more time, Mercury, Venus, Earth.

Well done, okay, what's next? Mars, Mars is red, Mars is red.

So I'm cheating a little bit for this action.

I'm going to get something red, this red pen.

And I'm going to say Mars because it's red.

Maybe you've got something red around you that you could point to for Mars.

Should we do it from the beginning? Ready for Mercury.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars.

One more time.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars.

Well done, the next planet is Jupiter.

Jupiter is the biggest planet.

So we're going to do a wide action, like this.

Jupiter, it's so wide, you can't even see my hands anymore.

Jupiter, your turn.

Okay, let's see if we can do it from Mercury.

You ready? You ready? Okay, ready? Three, two, one, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter.

Well done.

The next one is Saturn.

Now Saturn has lots of rings around it.

So for Saturn, we're going to go like this.

I wonder if your body can do a ring as well.

Saturn, your turn, amazing.

Let's go from Mercury again.

You're getting good at remembering these.

Ready, let's see if Miss Emms can do it, too.

Three, two, one, go, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn.

This is fun, isn't it? Well done, everybody.

The next one is Uranus.

Uranus spins on his side.

Uranus spins on its, on its side.

So we're going to spin on our sides for Uranus.

Let's see if we can do it all from the top.

Are you ready? Three, two, one, go.

Oh dear, Miss Emms got confused there.

I bet you were able to do it.

Let's do it again, and Mercury's hot.

Three, two, one, go.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus.

It's getting a bit tricky.

Thank goodness there's only one more planet, which is Neptune.

And Neptune is very, very windy.

So we're going to go like this.

We're going to blow because Neptune is very, very windy.

Neptune, your turn.

Amazing, right.

Are you ready to have a go at doing it all? I bet you can, I bet you can do this.

Okay, Mercury's very hot, remember? Let's slow it down a bit.

One, two, three, go.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

Wow, that was fun, wasn't it? Can you pause the video and have a go again? I wonder, can you get even speedier? Pause the video and have a go again.

Off you go.

Okay, now I'm going to say a fact and you're going to point to the planet that's the answer.

Are you ready? Point to the really hot planet.

You get mercury? Point to the really windy planet.

Did you get Neptune? Well done.

Point to the planet that we live on.

Speedy fingers, well done.

Point to the planet with lots of rings around it.

Well done.

Point to the planet that's red, that we know is red.

Mars, well done.

Point to the planet that spins on its side.

Uranus, wow, you are so good at that.

Well done everybody.

The last thing we're going to do is I'm going to teach you a fun way of remembering the names of the planets.

Because it's quite hard to remember them in order if we don't have a way of helping us.

This is one way.

We're going to take the beginning sound from each letter, from each word, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

You could remember it by saying my very easy method just summed up now.

Your turn.

My very easy method just summed up now.

Mercury, my.

Very, Venus.

Easy, Earth.

Method, Mars Jupiter, just.

Just, Jupiter.

Summed, Saturn.

Up, Uranus.

Now, Neptune.

My very easy method just summed up now.

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

I've taken the beginning letter from each one.

And that helps you to remember the order of the planets.

I wonder, maybe you can think up your own clever way of remembering the names of the planets.

If not, don't worry, but it might be quite fun to pause the video now and see if you can think of a way of remembering, a clever and sticky way of remembering the order of the planets.

I wish I could know what you'd come up.

Pause the video now.

And have a go at seeing if you can come up with your own way, off you go.

Okay, well done everybody.

And now, it's time for you to do end of lesson quiz after you finished the video to see what you can remember from our learning today.

Really amazing job today.

And if you'd like to share what you've learned, you can ask your parents or carer to share your work on Twitter @OakNational with #LearnWithOak.

Most importantly, I want you to give yourself a really big, awesome cheer.

Three, two, one, awesome.

Amazing job, and I will see you next time for our next science lesson, bye.