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Earth and sky

Science

Earth and sky

An AR classroom game for Grade 3. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.

This set has 6 questions in an interactive multiple choice activity.

Curriculum indicatorว 3.1 ป.3/1

PlayHost a classroom

A look before you play

Sample questions

A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.

  1. What causes day and night?

    • the earth turning on its axis
    • the sun going round the earth
    • clouds covering the sun
    Read the explanation

    The earth takes about twenty-four hours to turn once on its axis.

  2. What makes a year?

    • the moon orbiting the earth
    • the earth orbiting the sun
    • the earth turning on its axis
    Read the explanation

    The earth takes about three hundred and sixty-five days to orbit the sun once.

  3. What does the moon orbit?

    • the sun
    • mars
    • the earth
    Read the explanation

    The moon is the earth's satellite, so it orbits the earth.

Before you play

Game teaching guide

What children will practise

Explains Earth and sky: day and night from Earth's spin, a year from its orbit, the Moon orbiting Earth, the Moon's changing shape, and what kind of body the Sun and Earth are. Fits ว 3.1 ป.3/2 (day and night with a model) and links to ป.3/1.

What's in the worksheet

6 questions, multiple choice with three options each - Day and night come from Earth turning on its axis - A year comes from Earth orbiting the Sun - The Moon seems to change shape because the angle of sunlight we see changes (distractor: Earth's shadow covers it) - The Sun is a star; Earth is a planet

How to use it in class

Play it after a globe-and-torch demonstration, about 5-6 minutes, solo. Questions 1 and 2 have similar options, so have children stand up and spin once (a day), then walk once around the teacher's desk (a year). For question 4, use a white ball and a torch in a darkened room to show the lit side changing. You can link it to a class and record it in the gradebook. Question 4, on the Moon's phases, is Grade 4 content; treat it as enrichment rather than expecting a full explanation from Grade 3.

Common sticking points

- Question 1: choosing the Sun goes round Earth, because they watch it rise and set. Accept that it looks that way, then demonstrate by spinning. - Question 2: answering Earth turning on its axis, mixing it up with question 1. Repeat the spin and the walk around the desk. - Question 4: choosing Earth's shadow covers part of the Moon, a very common misconception. Explain that Earth's shadow causes a lunar eclipse, not the phases.

Play together first, then build on it with a worksheet for the same level.

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