In Class 5 science this week we have been exploring the Earth! We looked at different scientific evidence relating to the shape of the Earth and proved that sometimes our eyes can be fooled (using a science trick that “bends” pencils using water).
We then compared the sizes of the Earth, sun and moon. We found that if Earth was the size of a pea then the sun would be a football and the moon a peppercorn! We measured out the scale distance and found that the Earth and moon would be 2.5cm away then the sun would be 9.3m away from them! In the photo the Earth and moon are on the white paper at the top of the image.
