Georgia Science Standards for Second Grade

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Georgia Science Standards for Second Grade

• S2CS5 Students will communicate scientific ideas
  and activities clearly.
  
• S2E1 Students will understand that stars have
  different sizes, brightness, and patterns.
  
• S2E2 Students will investigate the position of
  the sun and moon to show patterns throughout the
  year.
  

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Table of Contents

• The Earth
• The Planets in the Solar System
• Mercury
• Venus
• Mars
• Mars website
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune
• Pluto
• Inner planets/Outer planets
• Asteroid Belt website
• Bar chart to show number of moons for each plan
• Pie chart to compare number of moons
• The Moon revolves around the earth
• Moon videoclip
• Special code for planets
• Check answers

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We live on the planet Earth.Earth belongs to a
family of planets called the solar system.
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The Sun is in the middle of the solar system.
Click to go back to
code.
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Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. It is
very hot.The Earths moon and Mercury are about
the same size.
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Venus is the second planet from the sun.It is
the hottest planet in our solar system.The Earth
and Venus are about the same size.
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Mars is called the red planet.It is the fourth
planet from the sun.
Mars website Click here to learn more
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• The fifth planet from the sun is Jupiter.
• It has orange and white clouds that make it look
  like it has stripes.
  
• Jupiter has a Great Red Spot.
• The spot is a storm like a
• hurricane.

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Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun. It
has thousands of rings.Saturn revolves around
the sun once every 29 years.

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Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun. It
has a greenish color.Uranus is four times the
size of earth.
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Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun. It
is blue. Uranus and Neptune are about the same
size.
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The smallest planet in our solar system is
Pluto.It would take a space ship 15 years to
reach this planet.
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The Solar System is divided into two kinds of
planets.

• An Asteroid Belt divides the inner and outer
  planets.
  
• Click on the line below to learn about the
  Asteroid Belt.
  
• Asteroid Belt website

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Use the chart below to identify the number of
moons for each planet.
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Compare the number of moons.
What planet has the greatest number of moons?

Pluto, Mercury, and Mars do not have a moon.
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The moon revolves around the earth. It take
about 27.3 days to go all the way around.

• moon video clip

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Can you name all of the planets in order? Use
the code below to help you.

• My
• Very
• Eager
• Mother
• Just
• Served
• Us
• Nine
• Pickles.

Click here to check your answers.
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The Milky Way

• A bright line of stars stretching across the sky
  is the Milky Way Galaxy.
  
• Our sun and the
• solar system are a
• small part of this
• galaxy.

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To learn more about space check out these
websites.

• Solar System Quiz
• See photographs of all of the planets.
• Click here for more facts about the solar system.
  This is really neat!