Our Solar System

ScienceGrade 3

Essential Standard 3.E.1Jamie Dodson

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Our Solar System includes:

Photo credit: NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory and AIA Consortium

PlanetsPhoto credit: http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/wallpaper/Moons

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Moon

The Sun

The sun is a star.

The sun

It is the center of our solar system.

All planets and their moons revolve around the sun.

PlanetsOur solar system consists of 8 planetsSun

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

UranusNeptune

(closest to the sun)

(furthest from the sun)

“My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos”

Moons

•Also known as satellites •Solid, whole objects •Orbit around a planet•Different shapes and sizes

Earth

Mars http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/jonathan-swift-predicted-the-moons-of-mars/

http://nineplanets.org/luna.html

Saturnhttp://dewoody.net/astronomy/saturn.html

•Moons orbit around planets

• Planets orbit around the sun

• The sun is the center of the solar system

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Which is the third planet from the sun?

A) VenusB) JupiterC) SaturnD) Earth

Earth is the third planet from the sun.

3rd planet

http://nineplanets.org/

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Earth is the third planet from the Sun.Remember:“My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos”

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http://nineplanets.org/

Credits

North Carolina Essential Standards 3-5 Sciencehttp://nineplanets.org/sol.htmlhttp://amazing-space.stsci.edu/eds/astronomy-basic

s.phphttp://

space.about.com/od/solarsystem/a/What-Is-A-Moon.htm

http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/earth-sun/?ref=search