Transcript Sun, Moon and Stars - Mona Shores Public Schools

The Sun, Moon,
and Stars
Original presentation created by Nancy
Woods, a teacher with the Graves County
School District (Kentucky). Modified by
Rachel Kiel, Ross Park Elementary School,
for Mona Shores Public Schools students.
Is the Sun a star?
• The Sun is the closest star to Earth.
• It makes its own heat and light.
• The earth orbits around the sun.
• It gives the earth heat and light.
The Earth rotates once every 24 hours.
Each time the Earth rotates we have one
day and one night. When we are on the
sun side of the earth, we have daylight.
When we rotate away from the sun, we
have night.
The moon rotates around the Earth.
On many nights, we can see it, but it
does not make its own light. The Sun
lights the moon.
The Earth revolves around the Sun.
The path it takes is called the Earth’s
Orbit. It takes one YEAR to go around
the Sun.
Groups of stars seem to make
shapes in the sky. These are
constellations.
The earth is wrapped in the air we
breathe and surrounded by moist
white clouds.
Our atmosphere is made up mostly of two
gases, Nitrogen and oxygen. All living things
need Oxygen to survive.
The earth travels around the sun, our source
of light and heat. The earth also rotates,
or spins during it’s journey. The countries
that are turned toward the sun get daylight.
This is it, our shining star!
So what do you know…
True or False:
The Sun is the closest
star to the Earth.
So what do you know…
How long does it take
for the Earth to
completely rotate?
So what do you know…
What causes the moon
to appear that it is
giving light?
So what do you know…
The path the Earth takes
to revolve around the
Sun is called what?
So what do you know…
What is it called when a
group of stars seem to
make shapes in the sky?
So what do you know…
Our atmosphere is
made most of two
gases. What are they?