1. SPACE!

2. Definitions
Universe: everything that exists including all matter and energy everywhere.
Astronomy: the study of what is beyond Earth.
Constellations: groups of stars that form shapes or patterns.
Solar System: our sun and all of the objects (moons, planets) that travel around it.

3. Definitions Star: matter that emits a huge amount of energy
Planet: matter that revolves around a star

4. Our Solar System Consists of:
Sun
8 planets
Satellites (i.e. moons )
3 dwarf planets
Comets and asteroids
Planets orbit around the sun (revolution)

5. Inner Solar System
Sun
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars

6. Outer Solar System
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune

7. LOOK AT ALL THE SPACE!

8. Size of planets

9. Current Abbreviated Theory of Solar System Origin
An immense cloud of gas and dust called the solar nebula started rotating.
The sun’s nuclear reaction began at the centre of the nebula.
The planets formed by accumulating material within the rotating cloud.
solar system

10. Star Maps and Constellations
Star maps show the constellations in the sky that your should see at different times of year.
Leo

12. The Big Dipper

13. The Big Dipper

14. The Little Dipper
The Big Dipper

15. The Little Dipper
Polaris
The Big Dipper

16. The Little Dipper
Polaris
The Big Dipper

17. Cassiopeia
The Little Dipper
Polaris
The Big Dipper

18. p.407
Cassiopeia
The Little Dipper
Polaris
The Big Dipper

19. p.407 Bootes Orion Leo Canis Major Cassiopeia The Little Dipper
Polaris
The Big Dipper
Orion
Leo
Canis Major

20. Constellations Little Dipper Orion Leo Bootes Polaris Rigel Betelgeuse
Regulus
Bootes
Arcturus