Kinder students will understand that:

  • Satellites orbit around other objects in space.
  • The moon is a natural satellite of the Earth.
  • Shadows on the Moon make phases that we see from Earth.
  • The Moon moves around the Earth.
  • The Sun supplies us with heat and light.
  • The Sun is a star.
  • Planets are satellites and move around the Sun.
  • Earth has air and water.
  • The Sun heats the air and causes our weather.
  • Because space has no air it has no weather.