2. Our Solar System Science Grade 3 Essential Standard 3.E.1 Jamie Dodson  Content Content  Posttest Posttest  Credits Credits  Exit Exit

3. Our Solar System includes: Photo credit: NASA/Solar Dynamics Observatory and AIA Consortium Planets Photo credit: http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/wallpaper/ Moons http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Moon The Sun

4. The sun is a star. The sun It is the center of our solar system. All planets and their moons revolve around the sun.

5. Planets Our solar system consists of 8 planets Sun Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune (closest to the sun) (furthest from the sun) “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos”

6. Moons Also known as satellites Solid, whole objects Orbit around a planet Different shapes and sizes Earth Mars http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/jonathan- swift-predicted-the-moons-of-mars/ http://nineplanets.org/luna.html Saturn http://dewoody.net/astronomy/saturn.html

7. Moons orbit around planets Planets orbit around the sun The sun is the center of the solar system Sun, Moon, Earth Animation Posttest

8. Which is the third planet from the sun? A)VenusVenus B)JupiterJupiter C)SaturnSaturn D)EarthEarth Which is the third planet from the sun? A)VenusVenus B)JupiterJupiter C)SaturnSaturn D)EarthEarth

9. Earth is the third planet from the sun. 3 rd planet http://nineplanets.org/

10. Earth is the third planet from the Sun. Remember: “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos” http://nineplanets.org/

11. Credits  North Carolina Essential Standards 3-5 Science North Carolina Essential Standards 3-5 Science  http://nineplanets.org/sol.html http://nineplanets.org/sol.html  http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/eds/astronomy- basics.php http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/eds/astronomy- basics.php  http://space.about.com/od/solarsystem/a/What-Is- A-Moon.htm http://space.about.com/od/solarsystem/a/What-Is- A-Moon.htm  http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/earth- sun/?ref=search http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/earth- sun/?ref=search