How can you tell they’ve got it: Sun, Moon & Stars?

If they’ve got it, you’ll see things like: Name the Sun, Moon, and stars as objects in the sky; State that the Sun appears during the day and gives us light and heat; State that stars appear at night and the Moon can sometimes be seen during the day too. Or just try it together: Can your child point out the Sun, Moon, and stars and tell you something simple about each one — like that the Sun gives us light and heat?

Science Space Exploration Ages 5–7

Sun, Moon & Stars

Your child can point out the Sun, Moon, and stars. The Sun gives light and heat in the day. Stars shine at night, and the Moon can show up day or night.

In curriculum terms

Identify the Sun, Moon, and stars as objects in the sky and describe basic differences: the Sun gives light and heat during the day, stars are tiny points of light at night, and the Moon can appear in both the day and night sky

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How to tell they’ve got it

Tick these off as you see them — no test required.

Name the Sun, Moon, and stars as objects in the sky
State that the Sun appears during the day and gives us light and heat
State that stars appear at night and the Moon can sometimes be seen during the day too

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Try this together

Can your child point out the Sun, Moon, and stars and tell you something simple about each one — like that the Sun gives us light and heat?

Where this sits on the map

Stuck here? Check the skills it builds on first. Confident? Here’s what it unlocks.

Builds on

Why seasons changeages 5–7Curriculum daylight/seasons observation supports exploratory Sun/Moon/stars identification

Sun, Moon & Starsthis skill · ages 5–7

Unlocks

Moon Phasesages 5–7Must know the Moon is a sky object before observing its phases

Our Solar Systemages 5–7Must know the Sun and stars before learning about planets and the solar system

Spotting Constellationsages 5–7Must know stars are sky objects before recognising patterns among them

The Sun is a starages 7–9Must know the Sun is a sky object before learning it is a star

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 ACARA · 1 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9S2U01medium confidenceYear 2 · Science understanding

recognise Earth is a planet in the solar system and identify patterns in the changing position of the sun, moon, planets and stars in the sky

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2S2U08low confidenceScience · Foundation to Level 2 · Science Understanding strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

Nearby on the map

Moon Phasesages 5–7 Our Solar Systemages 5–7 Spotting Constellationsages 5–7 What Astronauts Doages 5–7

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