2. http://news.nationalgeographic/ A Journey Through Our Solar System By Mary Dennis

3. Launching into learning – The Essential Question AreWE the only planet in town?

4. The Milky Way Galaxy  Our planet is located in The Milky Way Galaxy  Nine planets make up this galaxy  The earth is just one of those planets  The earth has one Moon, which we have explored http://ncip.nssc.nasa.gov/images/Home/Moon

5. Earth is considered the “Third Rock from the Sun” This is because we are the third planet from the sun, and our earth is rocky http://www.bnsc.gov.uk/assets/

6. Nine Planets In order from the sun, the planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto Http://afpstudio.com/cms/images/stories/

7. The Inner Planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are:  Closer to the Sun  Warmer and rocky http://motivate.maths.org/conferences/

8. The Outer Planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto are:  Farther from the Sun  Colder and made of gas  Pluto is a dwarf planet and not shown http://motivate.maths.org/conferences/

9. You…An Astronaut ? You…An Astronaut ? Astronaut  Astronaut = “space sailor” in Latin  Years and years of schooling  Training: Johnson Center in Houston, Texas  Training: Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level2/mercury

11. Space Gear Space Gear  Hubble space craft  Space probe  Telescope http://www.stevenorton.com/shop/media/Space.Travel

12. “Spacey” words “Spacey” words  Constellation  Star  Axis  Rotate  Revolve http://www.nasa.gov/images /

13.  There’s a lot of “traffic” in space Fun Facts http://www.kozykidscompany.com/images /

14. Comprehension Name our Galaxy? How many planets? One fact about inner planets? One fact about outer planets? http://www.mybambino.com/media/th-392-W1-DIthesolarsystem.jpg

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16. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/