Okido – July 2019

How to:

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Activity

How does the Moon orbit Earth?

You will need:

Make a paper Earth

What is an orbit?

Marble or

small ball

Draw around

a bottle cap.

Colour it blue

and green then

cut it out.

Bottle caps

Paper Glue stick Felt tips

A cake tin

Roll the marble around the edge

of the baking tin to make it travel

around the Earth. Try it in both

directions.

Test your hand-eye co-ordination and learn how the Moon orbits around the Earth.

The Moon travels around the Earth

like a satellite.

This pathway is called an ‘orbit’.

Make it harder! Stick some

paper dots around the edge.

Now try to make the moon stop

on the dots.