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Secondary Science
Year: 7
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| Strand 4: Earth and beyond
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Substrand: "7.11 Earth and the solar system"
(12 periods)
This sub-strand deals with the Earth and the solar system. The solar system consists of the Sun, Planets
and their Moons. Numerous comets, asteroids and meteoroids are also found in the solar system.
The Sun is the centre of the solar system. It is the source of energy in the form of heat and light being supplied to the Planets. Our Earth is one of those planets. Each Planet move or orbit in their own paths around the sun. The Earth’s orbit lasts for a year-365 days for one revolution. The Planets also spin, as if a ball on a stick. The Earth’s spin lasts for a day-24 hours. The earth has one body moving around it,
the Moon. The moon’s orbit around the earth lasts for a month-28, 30, 31 days. It also influences the high
tide and low tide of the Earth’s ocean.
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7.11.1 know the solar system is made of Sun, Moon and the Planets (k)
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7.11.1.1 describe the theory of the solar system
7.11.1.2 list down the Planets in order of their distance from the Sun
7.11.1.3 describe characteristic of the nine Planets
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7.11.2 know your planets in the solar system (k)
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7.11.2.1 state the mass, diameter, surface, atmosphere, gravity, surface temperature, period of rotation, tilt axis, distance from the sun, time to orbit the sun and their moon(s) of the Planets in the solar system
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7.11.3 know that the planets move around the Sun while the moon moves around planets (k)
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7.11.3.1 describe the movement of the planets around the sun
7.11.3.2 identify planets that have Moons
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7.11.4 know the properties and importance of the Sun to life on Earth (k)
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7.11.4.1 state the properties of the Sun; mass, diameter, gravity, surface temperature, period of rotation, tilt of axis
7.11.4.2 list the importance of Sun to life on Earth
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7.11.5 understand the different types of solar eclipses (u)
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7.11.5.1 describe the different solar eclipses; total solar eclipse, partial solar eclipse and annual solar eclipse
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7.11.6 be able to show that the earth tilts as it revolves around the Sun (s)
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7.11.6.1 model the earth’s spin on its axis
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7.11.7 know that the earth spins on its axis as it revolves around the Sun (k)
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7.11.7.1 state that it takes 24 hours for the earth to make one complete spin on its axis
7.11.7.2 demonstrate day and night, using the globe of the earth
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7.11.8 know that our planet has its own moon (k)
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7.11.8.1 state that our moon takes 28 days to orbit the earth
7.11.8.2 state the properties of the moon; mass, diameter, gravity, surface temperature, period of rotation, tilt of axis
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7.11.9 be able to draw the phases of the moon (s)
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7.11.9.1 draw the different phases of the moon
7.11.9.2 record the phases of the moon at this time of the year at your school
7.11.9.3 explain how the phases of the moon affects low tide and high tide on planet earth
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7.11.10 know the eclipse of the moon (k)
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7.11.10.1 describe and draw the phase of lunar eclipses
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