What’s on the Sun, Moon and Stars poster
A definition and 6 facts worth remembering.
Three very different things share our sky. Only one of them makes its own light.
- The Sun is a star — the closest one to us.
- The Sun makes its own light and heat.
- The Moon makes no light; it reflects the Sun's.
- The Moon changes shape over a month — that is its phases.
- Stars look tiny only because they are enormously far away.
- Never look straight at the Sun, not even for a second.
- A steady point of light is a planet. A twinkling one is a star.
One Earth spin gives us day and night. One Moon trip round us gives a month.
Questions about the Sun, Moon and Stars poster
- What’s on the Sun, Moon and Stars poster?
- A definition and 6 facts worth remembering. Three very different things share our sky. Only one of them makes its own light. The Sun is a star — the closest one to us.; The Sun makes its own light and heat.; The Moon makes no light; it reflects the Sun's.; The Moon changes shape over a month — that is its phases.; Stars look tiny only because they are enormously far away.; Never look straight at the Sun, not even for a second.; A steady point of light is a planet. A twinkling one is a star.. One Earth spin gives us day and night. One Moon trip round us gives a month.
- Who is the Sun, Moon and Stars poster for?
- Sun, Moon and Stars is filed under 1st Grade (ages 6–7), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting science, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
- When should you use the Sun, Moon and Stars poster?
- Look up after tea in winter. You can often see the Moon while it is still light. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Sun, Moon and Stars belongs on the wall where that science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Sun, Moon and Stars?
- Animal Groups, What Things Are Made Of and Parts of a Plant sit alongside Sun, Moon and Stars in the 1st Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Animal GroupsWhat Things Are Made OfParts of a Plant
- Is the Sun, Moon and Stars poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Sun, Moon and Stars downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 1st Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Sun, Moon and Stars poster print at?
- Sun, Moon and Stars is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Sun, Moon and Stars loses nothing.Printing guide
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