Transcript EDCI 270 Project III

Review of Cool Facts!
Learners
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Elementary School Children approximately
grades 3-5
Environment
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Classroom setting, meant to be used as a
learning and testing resource.
Objectives
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Students should be able to score a 70% or
higher on the quiz given after the material is
reviewed
Given the information and learning materials,
students should be able to know and recite
the material (interesting facts about the solar
system) with 70%-80% accuracy
Buckle In.......
And Let's Get Started!!!
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The Sun
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Mercury
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Venus
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Earth
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Mars
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Jupiter
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Saturn
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Uranus
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Neptune
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The Sun
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About 5 billion years old.
Temperature of the surface of the Sun is
10,000 F.
The Sun has sun spots: areas of the sun
that are cooler than other areas and have
an 11 year cycle.
The Sun also has solar winds-Not actual
wind, but atom particles mixed the sun's
radiation.
The Sun makes up 99.86% of the mass in
the entire solar system.
The Sun's light only takes 8.3 minutes to
travel to Earth.
The Sun is expected to shine for another 5
billion years.
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Mercury
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Closest planet to the sun
Mercury has a heavy core, made of iron. It
makes up about 75% of the planet.
In the daytime, Mercury can reach up to
800 F, and at night it can drop to -300 F.
Mercury has no moons
Mercury's orbit is actually egg-shaped, not
a perfect circle.
Because of Mercury's extremely thin
atmosphere, Mercury has many craters,
like the moon.
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Venus
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Second planet from the sun
Venus is nearly the same size and density
as Earth, but that's where the similarities
end...
Venus is the hottest planet in the solar
system. On the surface, it's hot enough to
melt lead (yikes!) Temperatures can reach
900 F
Venus rotates in the opposite direction of
all other planets
Venus atmosphere is 96.5% carbon
dioxide, what we exhale on Earth.
Venus has a very thick atmosphere; since
there's no water vapor, it rains sulfuric
acid.
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Earth
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Third planet from the sun.
Only place in the solar system where life is
known to exist.
About 70% of the planet is covered with
oceans.
Earth has one moon.
There are 10 million species of life and
more to be discovered.
Antarctica is 90% of the total ice on Earth.
Earth is the only place in the solar system
with plate tectonics.
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Mars
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Fourth planet from the sun
Mars has the solar system's biggest
volcano, Olympus Mons.
Mars' red color is due to the iron in the
rocks. They are literally rusting!
Mars has the largest and most violent dust
storms.
Mars has no magnetic field
Evidence shows life may have once
existed on Mars.
Mars has two moons.
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Jupiter
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Fifth planet from sun.
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Largest planet in our solar system.
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Jupiter's Great Red Spot.
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Jupiter does not have a solid surface; in
fact, the atmosphere and surface are not
completely separate and can merge
together sometimes. It's a gas giant
Jupiter's atmosphere is made mostly of
hydrogen and helium, like the sun.
Jupiter has some of the most interesting
moons.
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Saturn
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Sixth planet from the sun
Saturn is the least dense planet. If there
were an ocean big enough, Saturn would
float in it.
Saturn is most known for it's amazing
rings, hundreds of thousands of miles
wide.
Saturn is the farthest planet that can be
seen without the aid of a telescope.
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Uranus
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Pronounced “Yur-Ah-Nus”
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Seventh planet from the sun
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Uranus is the only planet that actually
spins on it's side, so it's poles rather than
the equator face the Sun.
Uranus also has rings, but they are black
and hard to see.
Uranus gets it's color from the methane
gas.
Uranus was the the first planet discovered
in modern times.
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Neptune
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Eighth planet from the Sun
Neptune has some of the strongest winds
in the Solar system, reaching up to 1,200
mi. (woah!)
Neptune also has a storm spot (similar to
Jupiter's), called the Great Dark Spot.
Though it is the farthest planet from the
Sun, Neptune generates twice the amount
of energy it receives from the Sun.
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remembering the
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Practice! (Fuel Stop)
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order of the planets!!
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Quiz!!!!!!
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Which planet is the closest to the Sun?
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Mercury
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Venus
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Saturn
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Which planet has the largest dust storms in
the Solar System?
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Venus
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Mars
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Earth
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How long does it take light to reach Earth
from the Sun?
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20 minutes
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An hour
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8.3 minutes
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Which is the least dense planet in
our Solar System?
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Jupiter
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Mercury
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Saturn
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Which planet spins on it's side?
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Venus
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Uranus
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Saturn
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Which planet is the hottest planet?
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Mercury
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Earth
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Venus
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Which Planet has the strongest winds?
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Neptune
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Earth
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Mercury
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Which planet is the only planet with plate
tectonics?
Mars
Earth
Venus
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How much longer is the sun expected to
shine?
7 billion years
100,000 years
5 billion years
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Which planet is the largest in the solar
system?
Saturn
Jupiter
Earth
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Congratulations!!!!
You Did It!!!!!!!!!
You now know the inter-workings of the Solar System!!!
Good Job!!!
Sources
www.kidsastronomy.com
www.goldenkstar.com
www.universetoday.com
www.gkpet.com
www.facts.randomhistory.com
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