Transcript amazing_space - Kennesaw State University

Presented by:
Laura Akers
Earth Science – Grade 4
Table of Contents
• Cover slide
• Our Solar System/
Planets
• Size of Our Planet
• Planets’ Distance from
the Sun
• Length of Time it Takes
the Planet to Revolve
Around the Sun
• Number of Moons Each
Planet Has
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Constellations
The Big Dipper
The Little Dipper
Orion
Constellations for Each
Season
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Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
• Our Future Scientists
Our Solar System
Mercury
Pluto
Venus
Neptune
Earth
Sun
Mars
Uranus
Saturn
Jupiter
There are 9
planets in
our Solar
System
Actual Size of the Planets
How Far is Each Planet from the
Sun?
Planets' Distance from the Sun
1784
3000
Mars
484
Earth
142
Mercury Venus
93
67
58
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887
Million Miles 2000
1000
3674
2794
4000
Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto
Names of Planets
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How Long Does It Take Each Planet to Revolve
Around the Sun?
Mercury
87.9 Earth Days
Pluto
247.7 Earth YEARS
Venus
224.6 Earth Days
Neptune
164.8 Earth YEARS
The
Uranus
84 Earth YEARS
Saturn
29.4 Earth YEARS
Sun
Jupiter
11.8 Earth YEARS
Earth
365.2 Earth Days
Mars
686.9 Earth Days
Which Planet Has the Most Moons?
Number of Moons
Neptune
Venus
2
Pluto
Earth
1
1
Mars
2
Mercury
0
0
Uranus
Jupiter
15
18
Saturn
18
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Constellations
• Constellations are
totally imaginary
objects.
• Made up by poets,
farmers, and
astronomers
• Purpose of
constellations are to
tell which stars are
which
The big dipper
• Scientific name is Ursa Major; commonly
known as Big Bear
• One of the most easily found
constellations in the sky
• The Big Dipper was also a very important
part of the Underground Railroad when
slaves were escaping to the North.
• There were songs spread among the slave
population which included references to
the "Drinking Gourd”.
The Little Dipper
• Scientific name is Ursa Minor;
commonly known as The Lesser
Bear
• Most common star in the Little
Dipper is called Polaris or the
North Star
• If you stood at the north pole,
Polaris would be almost directly
overhead
ORION
• Also known as The Hunter
• He is accompanied by his famous dogs:
Canis Major and Canis Minor
• Hanging down from Orion’s belt is his
sword that is made up of three fainter
stars.
• The central star of the sword is really not
a star at all. It’s called the Great Orion
Nebula.
• It’s the most studied region by
astronomers.
Which constellations can you see in each
season?
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Cancer
Libra
Aquarius
Aries
Gemini
Scorpius
Capricornus
Cassiopeia
Leo
Ursa Major Sagittarius
Pisces
Orion
Virgo
Cepheus
Taurus
Canis Major
and Minor
Hercules
Pegasus
Cetus
Resources
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http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
http://www.artyastro.com/main.htm
http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/
http://school.discovery.com/schooladven
tures/spacestation/
http://fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.ht
ml
http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/efs/
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/
http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/core.s
html.html
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/
http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy/ast
ronauts/wannabe.html
http://www.space.com/
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/Star
Child/StarChild.html
http://school.discovery.com/schooladven
tures/universe/
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/wei
ght/index.html
Check out this video!
Our Future Scientists!
• http://www.kidsastronomy.com/index.htm