10/25/18 TASKS

I​NDEPENDENT STATION EXPECTATIONS:

1. Working ​SILENTLY​​ AND I​ NDEPENDENTLY(​​ Voice level 0 ​ON YOUR OWN​)​
2. RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION
3. You will complete these​​ “Meet our Solar System” notes in google classroom
4. **Set a timer on Google for each section to stay on track**
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Part 1:​​ Check It! 3-5 min

Directions:
1. Check your grades ​Pinnacle Gradebook
2. Answer the following reflection questions on the boxes below:

A) What is your science grade so far?

B) Did you do Tuesday’s homework? If no, why?

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​Part2:​​ Watch It! (Paredes Class only) 15 min.

Directions:
1. ​Watch the ​Bill Nye the Science Guy S03E01 Planets & Moons
2. As you watch answer the following questions below about the Bill Nye Science Guy Planets and Moons Video.  
 
 Bill Nye the Science Guy: 
Planets & Moons 
1. How many planets do we have today?

2. What is the first planet that is made up of heavy metals in our solar system called?

3. What planet is the hottest in our solar system?

4. What planet has water and an atmosphere?

5. What planet is big, red and dead?

6. What planet is the largest and is mostly a big ball of gas?

7. What planet has rings and 18 moons?

8. What planet is blue and has very thin newly discovered rings?

9. What planet is extremely cold and farthest from the sun?

10. What planet is considered no longer a planet?

11. If a rocket left Pluto traveling 1000 mph, how long would it take it to reach the Sun?

12. How many theories are there about how the moon was formed?

13. What type of pattern does the Earths’ orbit take around the Sun?

14. What happens to the Earths’ orbit speed as it gets closer to the Sun?
15. What are asteroids?

16. Which direction do planets/space particles rotate around the sun?

17. What is considered the glue that holds our Solar System together?

18. How many days does it take Mercury to orbit around the Sun?

19. How long does it take Pluto to orbit around the Sun?

20. In which direction does the Sun rotate?

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Part 3:​​ Read It! 10 min.

Directions:​​ Read “Meet our Solar System”. You will
use this reading to answer the questions for Part 4:
Write it!

Meet Our Solar System

Remember, planets, stars, comets, and
asteroids can’t really talk. But if they could,
here is what they might say! “Hi, Earth
students! My name is the Sun. You see me
almost every day! I am part of a big family
called the solar system. Planets, asteroids,
and comets are also part of the solar system!
You can see some of my planet friends in the
solar system at night—and if you have a
telescope you can see almost all of them.
But how well do you really know us?
Now we (my solar system friends and I)
would like to introduce ourselves. After we
tell you a little bit about us, we are going to
play the Solar System Question Game, and
you can see if you have gotten to know us
better!
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Part 4:​​ Write it! 15 min.

Directions:
1)Fill in the 3 facts for each planet/object and include an image below.

OBJECT 3 facts/notes from the reading above Image

SUN 1. The sun is a star
2. The sun is in the center of the solar system
3. The sun provides light and heat for the solar system

MERCURY 1.
2.
3.
VENUS 1.
2.
3.
EARTH 1.
2.
3.
MARS 1.
2.
3.
ASTEROID 1.
 2.
3.
JUPITER 1.
2.
3.
SATURN 1.
2.
3.
URANUS 1.
2.
3.
NEPTUNE 1.
2.
3.
PLUTO 1.
2.
3.
COMET 1.
2.
3.

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Part 5:​​ Name it! 10 min.
Directions:
1)Use the clues to name the planets or stars!

Question I am...
1. Another name for me is star.

2. I am the fastest planet.

3. I am the hottest planet.

4. You live on me.

5. People wonder if there is life on me.

6. I am a rock floating between Mars and

Jupiter.

7. I am the largest planet.

8. I have more rings than any other planet.

9. I am the only planet tipped on my side.

10. I am now the eighth planet from the Sun.

11. I am now the ninth planet from the Sun.

12. Sometimes you can see my tail. I am not

a planet.

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Part 6:​​ Finished Early? Discover it! 10 min.
Directions:
1)Read and select ONE of the mysteries to explore below:
2) After reading write your responses below according to the mystery you selected

Write your responses below according to the mystery you selected

Mystery # 1
Question Notes/Answer Link of source
you used

a.Why do some planets have no moons, like

Mercury and Venus, and other planets have
many moons, like Jupiter?

b. How were those moons created?

c. For that matter, how did the Sun, planets,
comets, and asteroids form?

d.Why are some moons so strange? Like

Iapetus, for example, which travels around
Saturn. One half of this moon looks really
white, and the other side looks really black!
Why would that be?

Mystery # 2
Question Notes/Answer Link of source
you used

a.Why are some planets so tiny, like Pluto, and

some planets so huge, like Jupiter?

b. Why are some planets solid and rocky and

others are swirling balls of gas?

c. Why do all the planets spin in the same

direction, except for Uranus, which spins in the
opposite direction?