In Science this term we will be learning about:

• Earth & Space
• Properties and Changes of Materials

Within Earth & Space we will:

• Describe the Sun, Earth and Moon as approximately spherical bodies.
• Find out about the size of the Earth, Sun and Moon and how far away from each other they are.
• Use the idea of the Earth’s rotation to explain day and night and the apparent movement of the Sun across the sky.
• Use data to draw conclusions about the Sun at different times of the year.
• Describe the movement of the Earth, and other planets, relative to the Sun in the Solar System.
• Describe the movement of the Moon relative to the Earth.

Within Properties and Changes of Materials we will:

• Learn that some materials will dissolve in liquid to form a solution and describe how to recover a substance from a solution.
• Learn that some changes of state and dissolving and mixing processes can be reversed through filtering, sieving and evaporating.
• Explain that some changes form new materials, and that these changes are not usually reversible.
• Explain that some changes, caused by heating or cooling form new materials, and that these changes are often not reversible
• Explain that changes caused by burning form new materials, and that these changes are not reversible.
• Compare and group together everyday materials on the basis of their properties.