The Mystery of

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The Mystery of

• By Mr. Lofink

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MARS
STOP!
The Roman God of War
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The Planet

• Basic Facts
• In Our Solar System
• Fourth Planet From the Sun
• Red Planet
• Terrestrial Planet
• Exploration
• Three Orbiting Spacecrafts
• Two rovers and a Lander

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What do you know about Mars?

• Partner Talk
• How does Marss climate differ from Earths?
• Marss climate differs from Earths because
  __________________.

Model, Choral Response, Echo
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What do you know about Mars?

• Partner Talk
• When you read Galileo, what were some of the
  important discoveries about the solar system?
• One important discovery about the solar system I
  remember from Galileo is _______________.

Model, Choral Response, Echo
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What do you know about Mars?

• Partner Talk
• How does Mars climate differ from Earths?

Partner Talk How do you think this selection
will relate to the theme of astronomy? I think
this selection will relate to the theme of
astronomy because ___________________.
Model, Choral Response, Echo
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Understanding the Selection

• Mars is a little over one-half the size of Earth.
  
• Mercury Neptune Earth
  Mars

Diameter
Diameter
7,920 miles 4,200 miles
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Understanding the Selection

• FACT
• Mars is 141 million miles away from the sun, 48
  million miles farther than Earth is.
• QUESTION
• How far away from the sun is the Earth?

141
?
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Understanding the Selection

• It takes 687 days for Mars to orbit the sun.

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Understanding the Selection

• It takes 24 hours and 24 minutes for Mars to
  rotate on its axis.

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Genre Expository Text

• Purpose To share information with or explain
  something to the reader.
• Facts about real people or events are often
  included.
• Information is usually presented in the order in
  which they occur.
• It may be organized by topics.

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Genre Expository Text

• It may include diagrams, photographs, maps, or
  illustrations to help the reader understand the
  subject better.
• The factual information can be checked my
  referring to other sources.