How The World Works
In this unit, we will be focusing on Space (Solar Systems)
Videos
1. Solar systems at a glance
Questions:
1. How many regions is the Solar System split up into?
2. What temperature can the surface of Mercury reach?
3. Which planet is considered a failed star?
4. Which planet was originally called George's star?
Add your answers into your blog page (don't forget to add categories).
Questions:
1. How many regions is the Solar System split up into?
2. What temperature can the surface of Mercury reach?
3. Which planet is considered a failed star?
4. Which planet was originally called George's star?
Add your answers into your blog page (don't forget to add categories).
2. Solar Systems - Part 1
1. What was the names for the planets given to them by early astronomers?
2. Who was the first person to realise that the sun was in the centre of the universe?
3. How long ago did our Solar System form?
4. What was believed to be on Venus under it's thick clouds?
1. What was the names for the planets given to them by early astronomers?
2. Who was the first person to realise that the sun was in the centre of the universe?
3. How long ago did our Solar System form?
4. What was believed to be on Venus under it's thick clouds?
3. Solar Systems
Your homework today is to watch the solar system video on BrainPop and answer the online quiz. At the end of the quiz you should put your answers on your weebly.
Remember the username and password to brainpop is hkabp.
Well done for all the correct answers the last two days!
Here is a fun student made lego solar system presentation
Your homework today is to watch the solar system video on BrainPop and answer the online quiz. At the end of the quiz you should put your answers on your weebly.
Remember the username and password to brainpop is hkabp.
Well done for all the correct answers the last two days!
Here is a fun student made lego solar system presentation
4. Solar Systems
Q1. What did the Ancient Greeks call the sun god?
Q2. How many times greater is the sun's diameter than the earth's?
Q3. What percentage of the sun is hydrogen?
Q4. What do some scientists believe that solar winds could replace?
Q2. How many times greater is the sun's diameter than the earth's?
Q3. What percentage of the sun is hydrogen?
Q4. What do some scientists believe that solar winds could replace?
5. Solar System - Mercury
Q1. How many moons does Mercury have?
Q2. If you weighed 150 pounds on Earth, how many pounds would you weigh on Mercury?
Q3. What colour would Mercury's skies be?
Q4. What guards Earth like a force field?
Q1. How many moons does Mercury have?
Q2. If you weighed 150 pounds on Earth, how many pounds would you weigh on Mercury?
Q3. What colour would Mercury's skies be?
Q4. What guards Earth like a force field?
Solar System Video 6 - Venus
Take a moment to visit Inspirations the new Art blog that Ms. Regina has set up. You can see many great art projects from the school and click on the grade 5 category to see just our grade.
Venus Video Questions
Q1. How far is Venus from Earth?
Q2. What is special about Venus's spin?
Q3. If you weigh 150lbs on Earth, how much would you weigh on Venus?
Q4. Why is Venus so hot?
Take a moment to visit Inspirations the new Art blog that Ms. Regina has set up. You can see many great art projects from the school and click on the grade 5 category to see just our grade.
Venus Video Questions
Q1. How far is Venus from Earth?
Q2. What is special about Venus's spin?
Q3. If you weigh 150lbs on Earth, how much would you weigh on Venus?
Q4. Why is Venus so hot?
Solar System Video 7 - Mars
Mars
Q1. What is temperature does Mars reach in the summer?
Q2. What did the Ancient Greeks call Mars?
Q3. Why are Mar's seasons not all the same length?
Q4. What mission sent robotic cars to the surface of Mars?
Mars
Q1. What is temperature does Mars reach in the summer?
Q2. What did the Ancient Greeks call Mars?
Q3. Why are Mar's seasons not all the same length?
Q4. What mission sent robotic cars to the surface of Mars?
Solar Storms
Q1. What are Solar Storms?
Q2. How often do Solar storms occur?
Q3. Where do Solar Storms come from?
Q4. What impact does a solar storm have on the Earth?
Q2. How often do Solar storms occur?
Q3. Where do Solar Storms come from?
Q4. What impact does a solar storm have on the Earth?
Solar System Video 8 - Jupiter
Q1. How many Earth's would it take to fill Jupiter?
Q2. What do spaceships usually use Jupiter gravity for?
Q3. How many moons does Jupiter's gravity well hold in orbit?
Q4. What moon orbits a little more that half a million miles from Jupiter?
Q2. What do spaceships usually use Jupiter gravity for?
Q3. How many moons does Jupiter's gravity well hold in orbit?
Q4. What moon orbits a little more that half a million miles from Jupiter?
Solar System video 9 - Saturn
After watching this video please email me with a good question.
Solar System Video 10 - Lights In The Sky
Q1. What is the name of the lights in the Southern sky?
Q2 How old is the oldest picture of the lights?
Q3. What did Galileo think the lights were caused by?
Q2 How old is the oldest picture of the lights?
Q3. What did Galileo think the lights were caused by?
Solar System Video 11 - Neptune
- What was the biggest challenge of flying to Neptune?
- Why are the winds on Neptune so fast?
- How are Uranus and Neptune different from the other gas giants?
- Which planet is the Moon "Titan" about the same size as?
Solar System Video 12 part 1- Pluto
- Q1. What year was Pluto discovered in?
- Q2. How many Miles is the estimated diameter of Pluto?
- Q3. How far is the estimated distance from Pluto to the sun?
- Q4. What date did Pluto enter Neptunes orbit?
- Q5. When did Pluto leave Neptunes Orbit?
- Q1. What makes Pluto's orbit strange?
- Q2. What type of planet is Pluto.
- Q3. What year did scientists come to a assumption that pluto is a Dwarf Planet?
Solar System Video 13 - Solar Storms
Q1. What are Solar Storms?
Q2. How often do Solar storms occur?
Q3. Where do Solar Storms come from?
Q4. What impact does a solar storm have on the Earth?
Q1. What are Solar Storms?
Q2. How often do Solar storms occur?
Q3. Where do Solar Storms come from?
Q4. What impact does a solar storm have on the Earth?
