Lesson mn The Sah all a Earth orbits the Sun. How do other planets move?How are orbits alike and different? What to Do © Draw the sun in the middle of poster paper. © Measure. Draw an X 6 centimeters to the right of ae the Sun. Measure another ‘ 6 centimeters from that spot. Draw another X. crayons © Mok Model. Draw a path around the Sun for each x. Each path shows an orbit. Which orbit is larger? How do you know? poster paper Explore More Continue drawing Xs until you have 8 Xs. Show which orbit is largest, Ean oieEssential Question How are the planets alike and different? » Vocabulary planet solar system We live on the planet Earth. A planet is a huge object that moves around the Sun. Our solar system is made of planets, moons, and the Sun. Solar means “of the Sun.” The picture below shows the eight planets in our solar system.FEN, oe tae et TAT, RR. RE. OHM, FRAT, GOAT. ETIEIRET. The Sun is at the center of the solar system. The Sun is the strongest and brightest part of the solar system. Like Earth, each of the planets moves around the Sun. Planets closest to the Sun take less time to make one trip around it. @ What is in our solar system? How many planets are closer to the Sun than Earth is? What are they? ea ’ yy) Ws - Je a ee Ut) a - ae : LEAN * a: fh eenMAME OREN, ORT, ONSEN Quick Lab FIA, wes stam ets EAU, I ARR, PAL Pe aL What are the planets like? Each planet in our solar system is different. Look at the pictures Make a model of and captions to learn about the solar system. each planet. cury is the lenus is the arth has ars has two closest planet | hottest planet! | water and moons. It has to the Sun, It is | Thick clouds gir. Ithas one | a red, rocky rocky like our | trap the Sun’s | moon, surface, Moon. heat. is the largest planet. Ithas at least 63 moons!FRSA, esata vets SEAT, PR A HAMM, UFR UNOT NA, Om, oe Tt ) How are Saturn and Uranus different? I. Sequence. List the eight planets in order. Start with the planet closest to the Sun. 2. Which planets have rings? / 3. Essential Question. How are the planets alike and different? Math Link Which has the longer orbit, Saturn or Jupiter? How much longer? Use the chart on page 277. aturn has large rings anus has i eisa around it. The rings are | thin rings blue planet. made of ice and rocks, around it. It | It has at Saturn has at least has at least | least 13 47 moons. 27 moons. moons. Review summaries and qui: online at www.macmillanmh.com __279 EVALUATELook at the starry night sky. How could looking at the stars help you? Thousands of years ago, ancient sailors used the North Star to find out which way was north. This star appears in the sky close to the North Pole. The North Star is also called Polaris. Why are these both good names for the star? 280 EXTENDThe Big Dipper and the Little Dipper are each part of a group of stars. The stars form a pattern called a constellation. They can help people find their way. Big Dipper Today, people still use stars for directions. Astronomers use star charts to guide telescopes in space and on Earth. The charts show millions of stars! Talk About It Sequence. Whot first helped sailors find their way on the ocean? History of Science Saati A Pl) ys 1g Polaris, the North Star How to firdthe yl. North Star 2aj6 Ht Find the Big Dipper 2X Find the 2 stars that form == the outside of the Big Dipper. | RPFollow the line UP to the Little Dipper. The last star ontne handle = of the Little Dipper is Polaris, theNor™® Star. reel ee rare iol at lanPre pha, FALLIN. KRAEMER RTE, WRIT AM A, ORR, OAH Our planet Earth is always moving. It spins every day. It takes all day and all night for Earth to make one full turn. 282PRN roman OTA, FL balsam. = RMS Aedem, Mr AN, ORS MER When Earth has turned part of the way around, we no longer see the Sun. Now we see the Moon and stars shining in the night sky. 283Every day, Earth also moves farther on its trip around the Sun. The whole trip around the Sun takes one year.Along the way Earth has four seasons. When the year is over, the trip around the Sun begins again! 285AeeH Mh FAN 2p, CHAI R8 Re by Use each word once for items |-6. 1. The planets, the Moon, and the Sun make up our 2. The Moon's changing shapes are called 3. We have day and night because Earth _________ once every 24 hours. 4. Our solar system has eight 5. Every year Earth makes one —______ around the Sun. 6. This bright, hot is also known as our Sun. 286 EED- Glossary words and detintions otine.t wv macrillanmh emPREM, wes tae ts UT, RP. UR. POUR, ORR TOL ALM, GOAT TIER ptt Te ete CLT Answer the questions below. 7. What season do you think this photo shows? Why? 8. Draw Conclusions. Describe how Earth and the Moon travel around the Sun. Use balls and a flashlight to help describe what happens. 9. Compare and Contrast. How are day and night different? How are they alike? 10. How do things move in the night sky? ED - Review summaries anc auizzes onine ot wzngemillanm.cam 287AREA, owe CRTAM, ARM TAMRE, P AMHR, CFREIIOTANeD, OORT, EIR Performance Assessment ‘DOK 2 Draw a Diagram b> Draw a diagram that shows the phases of the Moon. ® Be sure to include Earth and the Sun. b> Label each phase of the Moon. pb Underneath your diagram, write the date when each phase would likely occur. Begin the last quarter phase on July |. 287ALook at the picture. What do you know about where you are? A c D Look at the picture. Most likely, what time is it? A B c D How are all of the eight planets alike? A B c D SAMAR CFR IROTNE. ORTE, METER, It is daytime and it is summer. It is nighttime and it is summer. It is daytime and it is winter. It is nighttime and it is winter. BOK 2 8:00 a.m. 12:00 noon 4:00 p.m. 12:00 midnight 0K 2 They are the same size. They travel around the Sun. They have one or more moons. They have rings around them. 0x2 287BARM, weston. GTA, RENTAL, KENSHN. RMA HR, MERA, MR, RWI. Careers in Science , Science Writer Tf you like to read and write about science, you could become a science writer. Science writers talk to scientists about their work. Then the writers tell about the new things that scientists are learning. Many science writers work for newspapers and magazines. They have to write about science ina way that makes it easy for others to understand. More Careers to Think About television reporter science illustrator a8 QD —tareers ot ewwnacmiianns.com