Study Hall: working.
Assigned Seats.
See if you can determine what the following magnified photos
are. Number your paper to 5.
The Answers:
Interactive Notebook Q3
Label Next Available Page:
 6.E.1.2 The Planet Earth and the
Solar System
Number page to match Table of
Contents entry
Circle the number
Interactive Notebook Q3
Add entry to Table of Contents
 6.E.1.2 The Planet Earth and
the Solar System
Assign the next number
OUR MISSION THIS
WEEK…
You will become an expert at the solar
system and be able to explain how the
Earth can sustain life while other planets
can not
Solar System Worksheet
Tape this into your notebook now!
Add entry to table of contents
Call it “Solar System Worksheet”
Solar System Song
Mr. Parr Solar System
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH61v4_e
VNA
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NOTES:
Astronomical Unit (AU)=
The Earth’s average distance from
the sun
Approximately 93 million miles
away
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The Solar System consists of:
The Sun and 8 Planets
Multiple moons
Asteroids, Meteors and Comets
Dust, gases and empty space.
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Mnemonic for the 8 Planets:
My Very Enthusiastic Mom Just
Sent Us Nachos
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
DISCOVERY ED VIDEO
The Inner and Outer Planets
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 4 Terrestrial Planets: inner planets
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
 4 Gas Giants: outer planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
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 Moons: orbit alongside planets
 Many planets have moons.
 Earth has 1 moon, Jupiter has 63
moons!
Moons of Jupiter
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 RINGS:
 cosmic, space dust and other small particles
orbiting around a planet.
 The four gas giants (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
and Neptune) all have rings.
 SATURN = Planet most known for its
rings
JUPITER & ITS RINGS
SATURN AND ITS RINGS
DISCOVERY ED VIDEO
 Comets, Asteroids, and
Meteorites
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 Asteroids: chunks of rock left over
from when the planets formed
 Largest of the solar system bodies
Most common in the ASTEROID
BELT (located between the orbits of
Mars and Jupiter)
ASTEROIDS
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Comets: asteroid-like objects covered in dust,
ice, gases, and metals that develop a fuzzy,
cloud-like shell called a coma
 when they orbit close to the sun, the ice
instantly melts, creating a long, visible tail
(sometimes called a dirty snowball)
 Form far away from the Sun
HALEYS COMET
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Meteoroid:
 Large pieces from an asteroid or
comet
 Most burn up and never reach Earth
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Meteor:
A meteoroid that burns up as it passes through
our atmosphere.
Creates a flash of light, known as ‘shooting
stars’
Smallest of the solar system bodies
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Meteorite:
A meteoroid that does not burn up as it
travels through the Earth’s atmosphere
It lands and crashes onto the Earth.
METEORITE ON EARTH
http://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=dpmXyJrs7iU
VIDEO IN RUSSIA
“I am” Activity
Directions:
1. Each statement gives you a hint for which
one it is.
2. The words can be used more than once.
3. Use your notes to help you fill in the blanks
Review Solar System
Worksheet
Follow along as I project the
information onto the whiteboard
Bill Nye the Science Guy—5 minutes
Bill Nye and the distance between
the planets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
97Ob0xR0Ut8
DISCOVERY ED VIDEO
EARTH SCIENCE:
SOLAR SYSTEM
Intro of Solar System
Planets of Solar System