Earth, Sun and Moon: Our Place in Space

Categories: Key Stage 2, Science
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About Course

Why do we have day and night? How does the Moon move? In this Year 5 course you will find out how the Earth, Sun and Moon move, meet the eight planets of our solar system and learn how people’s ideas about space changed over time.

Tutwoo Kids is an independent learning service. This course is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Department for Education, Ofqual or any exam board, and Tutwoo Kids certificates are not qualifications. Content was checked against the national curriculum for England in October 2026.

What Will You Learn?

  • Explain day and night using the Earth's rotation Describe how the Earth moves around the Sun and the Moon around the Earth Name the eight planets in order from the Sun Understand how ideas about the solar system changed

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • The Sun, the Earth and the Moon
  • Why we have day and night
  • The solar system and changing ideas

For grown-ups
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