Solar System Mission
Just for Students October 17th, 2009
Students:
Did you know that the change in seasons that’s causing this nice, cool weather we’re having is related to our solar system? In our study of the solar system, you’ll not only learn what causes the seasons to change, but many other interesting facts, such as why we have night and day and why the moon seems to change shape.
I invite you to get a head start by reading your choice of online books on the solar system. Login to your pearsonsuccessnet.com account, listen to the audio books, and be sure to post your Reader Response answers here, in complete sentences.
Click Here for a Fun Magic Schoolbus Activity.
Enjoy! –Ms. Neely
October 18th, 2009 at 7:46 am
The title of the story is The Solar System.
1.The moons on each planet as well as other objects.
2. It is a planetlike object discovered March 2004 . It is made up of rock and ice its called a planetoid.
3. It depends on the planets distanc from the sun.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:23 am
The title of the story I read is Space Station Life
1. In 1998,it is put together when one country finishes a part and it gets sent out to space to be attached.
2.They must wear EMUs.
3. They burn candles to see how they burn in space compared to on earth.
Asia Davis
October 20th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
1.The word spoil means food that has gone bad.2.Virginia because it seems like a cool place to live.3.No I like my environment.I read the book called The Colonial Adventure. I loved the book so much!
October 20th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Colonial New, England was the story I read Ms.Neely
I learned that the NewEngland colonists had to make
almost everything needed.
I learned in the story they needed sheep’s wool
to make clothes.
I did not know that the boys’ shorts in New England
were called breeches.
Their houses were made of wooden boards and
thatched roofs.
The rooms they slept in are called
keeping rooms.
They grew corn and other vegetables.There were no refrigerators in 1650’s.
Wow this story was great!
It also told me important facts about the colonists.
I hope the whole class gets a chance to do the mission.
October 20th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Astroides also orbit the sun. Sedna is made out of ice and rocks and is also a planet.It takes so long for planets to go around the sun,because they are far away ,and others arn’t so far away. thats why it doesn’t take so long.Nobody lives on other planets.Inner planets are closer to the sun,and the outer planets are not close to the sun.
October 20th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
We really enjoyed reading the story The Sun and its Planets!
Jordan and Mom
October 20th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Answers to questions:
1. The sun’s gravitational pull is what keeps the planets moving around the sun.
2. The orbit of Pluto is unusual because it takes 248 Earth years to make a complete orbit around the sun.
3. Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is a constant storm of swirling winds on Jupiter’s surface.
October 21st, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Hi Ms.Neely I read all the stories and anwered the quesiots!
October 21st, 2009 at 5:31 pm
The title of the story is Colonal Adventure.
1. The things that were different were the weather, the land, and customs .
2.
Elizabeth:
What do you do for fun?
What is school like?
Sarah:
Where do you think I should live? I like to have fun. Do you have lots of fun?
Do you have lots of friends?
4. I don’t think so, because I would miss my friends, and it doesn’t seem like there is much to do.
October 21st, 2009 at 5:49 pm
The story that i read was Colonial New England.
1.I wonder if the children go to school. I saw that they learn to read and write, but do they learn other subjects?
2.I think that it means to remove everything from the land. This is done to prepare for other crops to be planted.
3. They did everything in one room. We have many rooms in our house. Kitchen for cooking, Dining room for eating, and bedroom for sleeping. We even have a play room for fun.
October 21st, 2009 at 7:04 pm
The story I read was called The Solar System. I didnt know hot glowing glowing gases
are called plasma.
Is the sun bigger than 15,000,000 football fields,
Ms.Neely?
The sun’s gravity keeps the planets
in their orbit.
Thousands of heavy rocks called
asteroids orbit the Earth too.
Mercury,Venus,Earth,and Mars
are the inner planets.
Venus has mountains,craters ,and valleys.
October 22nd, 2009 at 5:37 am
William’s House
1. The homes were built differently.
2. They did different things to improve their homes.
3. Clearing was to make space around the house.
Pegs were used as wooden nails. Cellars were built to store food. Steep roofs were for the snow to fall off. Food was stored in barrels to keep the food from spoiling.
October 22nd, 2009 at 2:13 pm
The Solar System
1.The Moon orbits around the Earth. Here is another web site about the moon.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/time/moon/facts.htm
2.Sedna is a planetoid.
3.Some planets are very far from the sun, so their orbits are bigger. Bigger orbits mean longer travel time.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:16 pm
A long time ago people wore different clothes,and we wear better clothes.We all have clothes to wear.It means to clear the fields,so they can grow crops.We don’t have beds made out of straw.