
Vocabulary Heliocentric, geocentric, spherical, solar system, astrology, enquiry, evidence, star, moon, planet, sun, Earth, Galileo, Copernicus (Problem solving,, Analysing secondary sources) Year 5 - Match enquiry questions and possible scientific approaches to investigate these, for a series of statements about the Earth, sun & moon Year 6 - Suggest enquiry questions and possible scientific approaches to investigate these, for a series of statements about the Earth, sun & moon Years 5&6 - Know that Galileo’s heliocentric view of the solar system was radical for its time and research the key facts/evidence about scientific statements about space Can you help him? Develop enquiry questions and suggest the ways you could go about working scientifically to answer them.

Galileo Galilei, one the greatest astrologists the world has ever know, needs help convincing the Roman Inquisition that our solar system is heliocentric… but he needs hard evidence to present to The Inquisition. Investigation Helio vs Geo centricity - The Roman Inquisition.

Explore the concepts of a heliocentric and geocentric solar system (Y5&6).
