Sherry Lynne Julio PreService Teacher University of Houston

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Sherry Lynne JulioPre-Service TeacherUniversity
of Houston

• TEKS objectives
• 3.11 Science concepts.
• (C) identify the planets in our solar system and
  their position in relation to the sun and
• (D) Describe the characteristics of the sun.

• Grade level 3rd
• Content Area Science
• Purpose
• To educate students about the planets in our
  Solar System and through the means of interactive
  technology.

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Out of Space!

• A View Into Our Solar System

The Sun Mercury Mars Uranus Venus Jupiter
Neptune Earth Saturn Pluto Sources
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Our Solar System...

• Contains 9 planets and other smaller objects.
• Contains objects, including the planets, that
  orbit the Sun.
• Scientists believe that our Solar System is over
  4.6 billion years old.

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THE SUN
Solar Prominences are gigantic flaming tongues of
hot hydrogen.They reach temperatures of 18,000
deg. F.

• The sun measures 864,948 miles across-100 times
  the diameter of the earth!
• The sun is made mostly of hydrogen and helium
  gasses.
• The heat and light we feel and see on Earth are
  from the suns layer called the photosphere.
• Above the photosphere is the chromosphere, a thin
  layer which makes the sun look like a flaming
  forest.
• The suns fiery cover is called the corona.

Sunspots are dark spots on the Suns photosphere
that are also storms in the sun.
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Mercury

• Mercury is the closest planet to the sun-36
  million miles from the sun.
• Mercury is also the 2nd smallest planet in our
  solar system.
• It takes 88 days for mercury to rotate the sun.
• Mercurys crust is made of rock, but the core is
  solid iron.

Mercury is a planet of yellow dust. It also has
craters similar to the moon.
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• Venus is the second planet from the sun.-67
  million miles
• It is also known to be Earths closest neighbor.
• Venuss thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide and
  sulfuric acid makes it the brightest star in the
  sky after the sun and moon.
• Venus can be seen from earth after sunset and
  before sunrise.

VENUS
Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system
with temperatures more than 878 degrees F.
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EARTH

• The Earth is the 3rd planet from the sun-93
  million miles away.
• Earth is the 5th largest planet in the solar
  system.
• 70 of the Earths surface is water. The only
  planet that has water on its surface.
• It takes 365 and ¼ days for Earth to rotate the
  sun.

The Earth was formed 4.65 billion years ago from
clouds of space dust. Planet Earth is the only
planet known to support life.
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Mars

• Mars is the fourth planet from the sun.-142
  million miles from the sun.
• Mars reddish color is caused by rust in the soil.
• It is the nearest planet near the Earth and
  Venus.
• Mars is the only planet that has either an
  atmosphere or a daytime temperature similar to
  Earth.

Scientists have found no life on Mars, but they
have discovered a fossil on a Mars rock. Future
missions to Mars hunt for life below its surface.
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JUPITER

• Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sun-483 miles
  away.
• It is the biggest planet in the solar system.
• Jupiter has no surface. It is made mostly from
  helium gas and hydrogen making it impossible for
  spacecrafts to land.

Jupiters surface is a swirling mass of red,
brown, and yellow clouds of Ammonia.
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SATURN

• Saturn is the 6th planet from the sun.-888
  million miles
• It is the 2nd largest planet in the solar system
  with a diameter of 74,898 miles.
• Saturn is made up of liquid hydrogen and helium.
• Saturns rings are made of ice and rock particles
  as big as mini-vans.

Saturns density is less than water.If you have a
tub big enough to put Saturn in, the planet would
float to the top.
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Uranus

• Uranus is the 7th planet from the Sun.-1,784
  million miles
• It is the 3rd largest planet in the Solar System.
• Uranus is a planet that is tilted on its side.
• Uranus surface is an ice cold ocean of liquid
  methane.

Uranus surface is so ice cold, that if you fell
into the surface, you would freeze so hard and
shatter like glass.
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NEPTUNE

• Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun.-2,794
  million miles.
• It is the 4th largest planet. (smaller but
  heavier than Uranus)
• Neptune has a surface of icy cold liquid methane
  making it look shiny blue.
• Neptunes white clouds are created by heat inside
  the planet.

Neptune has the strongest winds in the Solar
System.
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PLUTO

• Pluto is the 9th planet from the Sun.-3,647
  million miles.
• Pluto is the smallest planet in the solar system.
• Pluto is made from rock covered in water, ice,
  and a thin layer of frozen methane.

A picture of Pluto and its large moon Charon.
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Credits

• Farndon, John.1,000 Facts of Space.U.K. Backpack
  Books, 2002
• Windows to The Universe http//www.windows.uc
  ar.edu/
• Starchild
  http//starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov
• NASA Kids
  http//www.nasakids.com
• Views of the Solar System http//www.solarviews.co
  m/eng/sun.htm
• Texas Education Agency
  http//www.tea.state.tx.us/