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Title: The Mystery of


1
The Mystery of
  • By Mr. Lofink

2
MARS
STOP!
The Roman God of War
3
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

4
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
5
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
6
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
7
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
8
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
?
9
Understanding the Selection
  • It takes 687 days for Mars to orbit the sun.

10
Understanding the Selection
  • It takes 24 hours and 24 minutes for Mars to
    rotate on its axis.

11
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.

12
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.
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