A Journey Through Our Solar System

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A Journey Through Our Solar System

• By Mary Dennis

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Launching into learning The Essential Question

• AreWE
• the only
• planet in town?

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The Milky Way Galaxy

• Our planet is located in The Milky Way Galaxy
• Nine planets make up this galaxy
• The earth is just one of those planets
• The earth has one Moon, which we have explored

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Earth is considered the Third Rock from the
Sun
http//www.bnsc.gov.uk/assets/

• This is because we are the third planet from
  the sun, and our earth is rocky

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Nine Planets

Http//afpstudio.com/cms/images/stories/

• In order from the sun, the planets are Mercury,
  Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
  Neptune, Pluto

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The Inner Planets

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are
• Closer to the Sun
• Warmer and rocky

http//motivate.mat
hs.org/conferences/
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The Outer Planets

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto are
• Farther from the Sun
• Colder and made of gas
• Pluto is a dwarf planet and not shown

http//motivate.maths.org/conferences/
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YouAn Astronaut?

• Astronaut space sailor in Latin
• Years and years of schooling
• Training Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas

http//starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/spac
e_level2/mercury
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Space Gear

• Hubble space craft
• Space probe
• Telescope

http//www.stevenorton.com/shop/media/Space.Travel

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Spacey words

• Constellation
• Star
• Axis
• Rotate
• Revolve

http//www.nasa.gov/images/
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Fun Facts

• Theres a lot of traffic in space

http//www.kozykidscompany.com/images/
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Comprehension

• Name our Galaxy?
• How many planets?
• One fact about inner planets?
• One fact about outer planets?

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Works Cited

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  ery/Solar_system.jpg
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  load-01_OurSolarSystem_FC-520.jpg
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  e.jpg
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  ay_med.jpg
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  .jpg
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  load-01_OurSolarSystem_FC-520.jpg
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  ay_med.jpg
• http//www.mybambino.com/media/th-392-W1-DIthesola
  rsystem.jpg

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http//solarsystem.
nasa.gov/multimedia/images/