5/7 & 5/8 - 8th Grade Agenda Learning Objective: Learn about the outer planets Collect HW: Reading & Notetaking p.249– 250 California Standards Practice Test Video: When we left Earth Textbook Reading: p.568 - 573 HW: Reading & Notetaking p.251– 253
Daily Reflection Prompt: Write 3 facts about Jupiter
What do we know about Jupiter? 5th Planet from the Sun Largest Planet (300X more massive than Earth) Many moons (20 + moons)
Jupiter’s Storm System
Jupiter’s Structure
What is the Great Red Spot of Jupiter? Its like a giant hurricane This hurricane is bigger than the Earth Galileo first observed it in 1600s Its been around for at least 400 years
Size of the Earth compared to Jupiter
What do we know about Jupiter’s four largest moons? 4 largest moons bigger than our moon Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto Io has volcanoes Europa covered in ice and may have oceans underneath
Io’s Volcano
Io and Europa
Close up of Europa
Possible Oceans under Europa
What do we know about Saturn? 6th Planet from the Sun 2nd largest planet in the solar system Has rings made of chunks of ice Many moons (40+ moons)
More pictures on Saturn & Titan
What do we know about Saturn’s moon Titan Larger than Mercury Thick atmosphere Liquid Methane Oceans
Hydrocarbon Lakes and clouds on Titan
More Pictures of Titan