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Science
Grade 3
Essential Standard 3.E.1
Jamie Dodson

The Sun
Photo credit: NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory and AIA Consortium
Moons http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Moon
Planets
Photo credit: http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/wallpaper/

The sun is a star.
All planets and their moons revolve around the sun.
It is the center of our solar system.

Sun
Our solar system consists of 8 planets
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
(closest to the sun)
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
“My Very Educated Mother
Just Served Us Nachos”
(furthest from the sun)

Earth http://nineplanets.org/luna.html
• Also known as satellites
• Solid, whole objects
• Orbit around a planet
• Different shapes and sizes
Mars http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/jonathanswift-predicted-the-moons-of-mars/
Saturn http://dewoody.net/astronomy/saturn.html

• Moons orbit around planets
• Planets orbit around the sun
• The sun is the center of the solar system
Sun, Moon, Earth Animation
Posttest

Which is the third planet from the sun?
A) Venus
B) Jupiter
C) Saturn
D) Earth

Earth is the third planet from the sun.
3 rd planet http://nineplanets.org/

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

 North Carolina Essential Standards 3-5 Science
 http://nineplanets.org/sol.html
 http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/eds/astronomybasics.php
 http://space.about.com/od/solarsystem/a/What-Is-
A-Moon.htm
 http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/earthsun/?ref=search