Knowledge Organiser Year 1 - Summer 1 - Moon Zoom Why is Neil Armstrong an important part of history? What planets are in our solar system? How does the sun affect the seasons?

The Moon Guest Spot: Neil Armstrong Vocabulary The brightest and largest object in our night Solar System – the sun and everything that orbits, or sky, the Moon enables us to live on earth. It Born – 5th August 1930 travels around, the sun. affects our climate and the tides of the seas. From – Ohio, USA Orbit – the path that an object takes in space when The Moon is classified as a natural satellite. It it goes around a star, a planet, or a moon. has a thick rocky crust and on the inside of Died – 25th August 2012 the moon is a solid iron core. Lunar –an adjective to describe something related to the moon. Like Earth, the Moon has gravity (the force that pulls things towards the ground). But the Astronaut – a person who is trained to travel into Moon’s gravity is weaker, only one sixth of the outer space. Earth’s gravity, in fact. That means you’d weigh much less if you were to stand on the Star – huge, glowing balls of gases. Moon! NASA - stands for 'National Aeronautics and Space There have been 12 astronauts Administration'. that have walked on the moon. Neil Armstrong was an astronaut and was the first man to walk on the moon. He walked on the moon for 3 hours Season - a season is a division of the year marked with another astronaut Buzz Aldrin. by changes in weather.

Tide – the rise and fall of sea levels.

Climate – the average weather condition for about 30 years.

The Solar System Important Key Dates The sun is at the centre of the solar system and all Solar System created Approximately 4.6 the planets orbit around the sun. There are 8 planets billion years ago in the solar system. There were 9 planets but Pluto th was classified as a dwarf planet as it is very small. First rocket into space 4 October 1957 Earth is the only planet in the solar system to have life on it. NASA established 29th July 1958

The Earth travels around the sun once a year or every 365 days. As the Earth orbits the sun, the amount First person on the moon 20th July 1969 of sunlight each location on the planet gets every (Neil Armstrong) day changes slightly. This change causes the seasons. First British person in 18th May 1991 space (Helen Sharman)

Most recent British person 15th December 2015 in space (Tim Peake)