The Solar System
- 1. Miss Chyna’s Kindergarten Class THE SOLAR SYSTEM
- 2. • Do you recognize this? Have you ever seen it before? This is the Solar System! • The sun is on the left of the picture! We see that every day right? • The third planet from the sun is us! The earth! We are the blue planet and that’s how you can remember us! • There are 9 planets as you can see and we’ll introduce each one today! INTRODUCING: THE SOLAR SYSTEM!
- 3. • Introducing: Mercury! • The is the first planet in our solar system and is the closest to the sun. • It is the second smallest planet after Pluto, the ninth planet. • It completes its orbit around our home on Earth every 88 days! Wow! • It’s temperature is always changing drastically from cold to hot! Which means us humans could not live there! • What do you think of Mercury? THE FIRST PLANET: MERCURY
- 4. • Introducing: Venus! • This is the second planet from the Sun and our neighbor! Say howdy neighbor! • This planet orbits Earth about every 224 days! That’s a long time isn’t it? • After the moon, it is the brightest object in the sky. • When you’re looking up at the stars, keep an eye out for Venus! She’s bright and beautiful! THE SECOND PLANET: VENUS
- 5. • Introducing: Earth! • This our home and the third planet from the sun! How do you think it looks from space? • Earth is also known as “The World”. • It is the only planet known to have life! • Earth is home to 10 - 14 million species of life, and 7.2 billion humans or people! Wow! • Did you know how many people shared Earth with you as their home? THE THIRD PLANET: EARTH
- 6. • Introducing: Mars! • Mars is the 4th planet from the Sun and our other neighbor! Let’s say howdy again to our new neighbor! • It is the third smallest planet, after Mercury and Pluto. • Mars has a nickname, “The Red Planet” due to iron oxide on its surface that makes the planet look red! Cool huh? THE FOURTH PLANET: MARS
- 7. • Introducing: Jupiter! • Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and is the largest planet in our solar system! Say hey big guy! • Jupiter is two and a half times bigger than all of the other planets combined! THE FIFTH PLANET: JUPITER
- 8. • Introducing: Saturn • Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun! • Remember that Jupiter is the biggest planet? Well Saturn is the second biggest! Like Jupiter’s little brother! • Saturn is nine times bigger than our home, Earth! Isn’t that crazy?! THE SIXTH PLANET: SATURN
- 9. • Introducing: Uranus • Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. • You can tell by its color that it is the coldest planet in the solar system! Brr! • The planet is covered in ice and rocks! THE SEVENTH PLANET: URANUS
- 10. • Introducing: Neptune • Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun! Hold up five fingers on one hand, and three on the other! That makes eight! That’s the number planet that Neptune is! • Neptune is like Uranus in how they are both cool and icy! We can pretend that Neptune and Uranus are brother and sister! THE EIGHTH PLANET: NEPTUNE
- 11. • Introducing: Pluto • Pluto is the smallest planet in our solar system and because it is so small at one point scientists made Pluto not a planet anymore! • Pluto is now considered a planet again and the smallest one and also known as a dwarf planet! THE NINTH AND LAST PLANET: PLUTO
- 12. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM DRAWN BY KIDS JUST LIKE YOU! THEIR NAMES ARE EDEN AND SAMANTHA. HOW WOULD YOU DRAW THE SOLAR SYSTEM?
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- 14. REFRENCES • Neptune Full Disk View. (n.d.). Retrieved February 2, 2015 • Pluto. (n.d.). Retrieved February 2, 2015, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto • Pluto - HST - 270° Longitude. (n.d.). Retrieved February 2, 2015 • 01 The Solar System PIA10231, mod02. (2009, January 20). Retrieved January 26, 2015. • Saturn. (2006, May 14). Retrieved February 2, 2015 • Saturn. (n.d.). Retrieved February 2, 2015, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn • Solar System Map. (2010, December 30). Retrieved January 26, 2015. • Uranus. (n.d.). Retrieved February 2, 2015, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus • Uranus and Ariel Wallpaper. (2014, February 8). Retrieved February 2, 2015 • Venus. (n.d.). Retrieved January 26, 2015, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus • Venus Viewed by Hubble. (2012, May 30). Retrieved January 26, 2015.