Science Year 7 Space Homework
Background Information
Many years ago people did not know that the Earth orbits the Sun. They believed Ptolemy’s idea that the Earth was the centre of the Universe. A man called Copernicus challenged the theory. About a hundred years later Galileo was put on trial for believing Copernicus.
What you have to do
Produce a project that will tell the story of how we now know how the Sun and the Moon move across the sky. Use pictures to help tell the story
Useful Website
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliocentrism



