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    1) This document describes an activity where students role-play the motions of the Earth, Sun, and Moon to understand their relative positions and movements. 2) Students are assigned to role-play the Earth, Sun, or Moon, with props like a globe or ball representing the Earth and a torch or ball for the Sun and Moon. 3) The activity involves taking turns role-playing different scenarios and having the "Earth" observer record the directions of rising and setting for the Sun and Moon in Australia.

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    1) This document describes an activity where students role-play the motions of the Earth, Sun, and Moon to understand their relative positions and movements. 2) Students are assigned to role-play the Earth, Sun, or Moon, with props like a globe or ball representing the Earth and a torch or ball for the Sun and Moon. 3) The activity involves taking turns role-playing different scenarios and having the "Earth" observer record the directions of rising and setting for the Sun and Moon in Australia.

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    1) This document describes an activity where students role-play the motions of the Earth, Sun, and Moon to understand their relative positions and movements. 2) Students are assigned to role-play the Earth, Sun, or Moon, with props like a globe or ball representing the Earth and a torch or ball for the Sun and Moon. 3) The activity involves taking turns role-playing different scenarios and having the "Earth" observer record the directions of rising and setting for the Sun and Moon in Australia.

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    Resource Sheet 5

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    1) This document describes an activity where students role-play the motions of the Earth, Sun, and Moon to understand their relative positions and movements. 2) Students are assigned to role-play the Earth, Sun, or Moon, with props like a globe or ball representing the Earth and a torch or ball for the Sun and Moon. 3) The activity involves taking turns role-playing different scenarios and having the "Earth" observer record the directions of rising and setting for the Sun and Moon in Australia.

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    Earth’s place in space

    Revolving role-plays
    Description
    In this activity you are role-playing what an observer on the Earth might see based on how the Sun,
    Moon and Earth move.

    Equipment
    • 1 torch • 1 softball or tennis ball
    • 1 world globe or soccer ball with map of • 1 clipboard with pen
    Australia attached
    • ‘Role-play observations’ (Resource sheet 5)

    Preparation
    • Manager: Collect a torch for the Director, a world globe/soccer ball, a clipboard, a pen and
    ‘Role-play observations’ (Resource sheet 5) for the Speaker, and a softball or tennis ball for
    yourself. You will role-play the Moon.
    • Director: Find an area for the group with enough room for the ‘Moon’ and ‘Sun’ to walk around
    the ‘Earth’. You will role-play the Sun.
    • Speaker: You will role-play the Earth and observe which direction the Sun and Moon appear
    from in Australia.

    Steps
    1. Role-play the claim ‘The Earth stays still while the Sun and the Moon move around clockwise
    remaining on opposite sides of the Earth’ (see diagram).
    2. Continue the role-play until the Speaker (‘Earth’) has observed which direction the ‘Sun’ and
    ‘Moon’ rose and set in Australia.
    3. Swap roles and repeat the role-play until everyone has had a turn.
    4. Discuss the observations and record them in ‘Role-play observations’ (Resource sheet 5).
    5. Repeat steps 1–4 for the next claim.
    If there is time, make up your own claims to role-play, for example, ‘The Earth stays still, the Sun
    moves anticlockwise and the Moon moves clockwise’.

    Starting the role-play for the claim — ‘The Earth stays still while the
    Sun and Moon move clockwise around it’
    Resource sheet 4
    Earth’s place in space

    Role-play observations

    Team members:__________________________________ Date:________________

    Claim role-played Observations

    Earth: Sun: Moon: The Sun rose in the _________________________


    Still Moves Moves
    clockwise clockwise and set in the ______________________________.

    The Moon rose in the ________________________

    and set in the ______________________________.

    Earth: Sun: Moon:


    Rotates anti- Still Moves anti-
    clockwise clockwise

    Earth: Sun: Moon:

    Earth: Sun: Moon:

    Resource sheet 5

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