2. My Planet Report By Sarah Engebretsen http://www.solarviews.com/cap/mars/vmars3.htm

3. The Solar System has nine planets http://images.goggle.com

4. They appear in this order from the Sun Mercury My Venus Very Earth Educated Mars Mother Jupiter Just Saturn Served Uranus Us Neptune Nine Pluto Pizzas http://images.goggle.com

5. Mars is 4 th planet from the Sun. Its distance from the Sun is 227,940,000 kilometers (142 million miles). http://www.solarviews.com/cap/mars/vmars3.htm Mars

6. The diameter of Mars is 6,794 kilometers (4,186 miles). The temperature on Mars ranges from -220 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit. http://www.solarviews.com/cap/mars/marssystem.htm Diameter / Temperature

7. Mars has 2 Moons! http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/mars/moons.html PhobosDeimos Click the arrow to go to the Web site!

8. Mars travels around the Sun in an oval shaped pattern. Mars is called The Red Planet because of its bright red color! The first visit to Mars was in 1965 by the spacecraft Mariner 4. One day on Mars is 24 hrs. 37 min. One year on Mars is 687 Earth days! http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/mars/moons.html Unique / Interesting Facts

9. QUESTIONS Where is Mars in the Solar System? How many moons does Mars have? Give me one unique/interesting fact about Mars.

10. ANSWERS 1.Mars is the fourth planet in the Solar System. 2.Mars has 2 moons – Phobos and Deimos. 3.Any of the last 5 unique / interesting facts.

11. Work Cited http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/scgrade3.asp http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/Mars.html http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/mars/moons.html http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/ http://www.the-solar-system.net/ http://images.google.com http://www.solarviews.com/cap/mars/marssystem.htm http://warrensburg.k12.mo.us/ew/solarsystem/solar1.jpeg