1. THE SOLAR SYSTEM
A LESSON FOR 2ND GRADE
By: Erika Wirth

2. WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THE SKY!
What we will see:
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The Sun
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 Mercury
 Venus
 Earth
The Moon
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Mars
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Jupiter
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•Click on the photo to go to a website
Saturn
 where you can learn facts and play
games!
Uranus
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•Click here to watch a video where you
Neptune
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can sing along and learn the planets!
•Reference Page
Pluto
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3. THE SUN
Size: 863,705 miles

across
 Largest object in the
solar system
 Is the center of the
universe-all planets
rotate around it.
 Is VERY hot, the
surface is about
9980°F!
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4. MERCURY
Size: 3032 miles

across
 Rotates around the sun
very slowly
 Temperatures are very
extreme, range from
297°F to 800°F!
 The surface of mercury
is very bumpy, because
it has many craters.
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5. VENUS
Size: 7520 miles

across
 Brightest object in the
sky except for the sun
and moon
 Has a very slow
rotation
 Known as Earth’s
“sister planet”
 Clouds filled with acid
surround the planet
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6. EARTH
The planet we live on!
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 Size: 7926 miles
across
 Divided into several
layers: crust, mantle,
and core
 71% of surface is water
 Rotates around an axis
around the sun, that’s
why we have seasons
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7. THE MOON
Size: 2159 miles

across
 Rotates around the
Earth
 Has different phases,
depending on how the
sun shines on it that’s
why we see the full
moon and half moon
 Second brightest object
in the sky
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8. MARS
Size: 4221 miles
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across
 Average temperature is
about -67°F
 The surface of Mars
has mountains and
canyons
 Has 2 poles just like we
have on Earth
 Known as the “red
planet”
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9. JUPITER
Size: 88,846 miles
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across
 Jupiter is known as a
gas planet
 Has many moons that
rotate around it
 Winds travel on this
planet at 400 mph!
 Has a spot called the
great red spot which
can fit 2 Earths inside!
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10. SATURN
Size: 74,897 miles

across
 Saturn is less dense
than water!
 The rings around
Saturn are composed
of tiny particles in their
own orbit
 Saturn’s core is very
hot, it is about 1700°F
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11. URANUS
Size: 31,763 miles
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across
 It is made up of mostly
rocks and ice
 Uranus is also made
up of mostly gas
 It also has clouds that
blow very fast
 Uranus also has rings,
but they are very faint
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12. NEPTUNE
Size: 30,772 miles
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across
 There are winds on this
planet that are the
fastest in the solar
system. They travel at
1,242 mph!
 Like Jupiter, Neptune
has a great dark spot
 The atmosphere
changes rapidly on
Neptune
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13. PLUTO
Size: 1412 miles

across
 Not classified as a
planet anymore, now
known as a “dwarf
planet”
 Pluto was discovered
on accident in 1930
 Pluto rotates in the
opposite direction than
the rest of the planets
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14. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Erika Wirth is
a sophomore
at Grand
Valley State
University.
Her major is
integrated
science and
her minors
are:
elementary
education and
art history.
She hopes to
graduate soon
and be able to
teach her
students
everything she
learned in
college.
me an
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e-mail!
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15. REFERENCE PAGE
http://nineplanets.org/
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http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solarsystem.htm
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8eFFnJsCjs&fe
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