Happy Holidays Mission 1

25/9/2010

Hi Auburn North,

I hope you are all having a wonderful holiday.
Stage 2 will be learning about the Solar System next term so I have set up a research challenge for students to complete during the holidays!

Mission 1 Level1
Your mission is to memorise the order of the planets by using a mnemonic.
Use this link to help you.
Explore the Planets
Post in your mnemonic.

Mission 1 Level 2

Use the link above to help you answer the questions below. Click on the planet to find the answers.
Answer in sentences.

Who am I?
a) I am known as the 'Earth's Twin'. Why?
b) I am known as 'The Giant Planet'.
c) I am a giant ball of gas and liquid.
d) I am the second largest planet in the solar system.
e) I move around the sun faster than any other planet.
f) I am home to all known life.

Post in your answers and good luck!

Mrs Clift

11 Comments

Gulalay 4/3V

25/9/2010 06:09:27 am

Hello Mrs Clift

Mrs Clift as you said to use the link explore the planets it's order was like this:

My Very Easy Method Just Speeds
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn

Up Naming Planets
Uranus Neptune Pluto

Gulalay 4/3V

25/9/2010 06:16:48 am

Hello Mrs Clift

Mrs Clift after you put back the planets in the correct order in explore the planets than you will need to try using the mnemonic way by using your memory which had to be like this:

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter ,Saturn, Uranus ,Neptune, Pluto.

Gulalay 4/3V

25/9/2010 06:39:01 am

Hello Mrs Clift

Mrs Clift these are the answers of the questions

A.The twin of the earth is Venus because it has similarity's which are of it's size, mass, and density.

B.I think it's Jupiter

C. Uranus is the giant ball of gas and liquid.

D.The second giant planet is Saturn

E.Mercury moves around the sun faster than any other planet.

F.Earth is home to all known life.

Mrs Clift

25/9/2010 10:14:11 am

Hi Gulalay,
What a clever girl you are. Well done! Your answers are correct.

Such a fantastic effort certainly deserves a 'Blog Comment of the Week' certificate.

I'll post up a new challenge towards the end of the week.

Bye for now,
Mrs Clift

thanuluxy

28/9/2010 06:15:59 am

Hi Mrs Clift

Have a nice holiday Mrs Clift and I can't wait to see you on monday 11th october see you soon

zeinab

1/10/2010 11:35:17 am

hello mrs clift,
the order of planets that you told us to find out is mercury, venus, earth,mars,jupiter,saturn,uranus, neptune and pluto.the way to remember it is using mnemonic like this: My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets.

zeinab

1/10/2010 12:50:30 pm

hello again mrs clift,
i also answered your questions:

1. venus is earths twin because they are similar in size and mass.

2. the most largest planet is jupiter. did you know that it would take more than 1,000 earths to fill the volume of jupiter!

3.uranus is the giant ball of gas and liquid.

4.saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system.

5.mercury is the fastest planet that goes around the sun.

6.earth is home to all known life.

houda4/3k

1/10/2010 01:26:21 pm

hi mrs clift
i think i know some of them i will try my best.
1.Venus because it is similer to the earth.
2.Jupiter is a biggest planet of all.

3.Uranus is made out of gas and ice.

4.saturn because Jupiter is bigger and saturn is a bit smaller.
5.MURCURY i think becuase the sun moves fast and murcury is near the sun so it moves fast.
6.Earth because it has more countrys

p.s i have some more pages to submint!

houda4/3k

1/10/2010 07:25:56 pm

hi mrs clift is it okay that i talk about the solar system.

The Solar System is made up of the Sun and all the things that travel around it.SOLAR System is so big that it is hard to imajine.But compard to the rest the Universe,it is just a tiny speck.The times it takes a planet to go round the sun is equal to one year on that planet.It takes around 365 Earth days for the Earth to go around the Sun.A year on Murcury, the planet nearest the sun. is just 88 EARTH days.
A year on pluto, the planet nearest the Sun, is mor than 90,000 EARTH days.Our star The Sun is the largest body in the solar system. like all stars, it gives off huge amounts of heat and light.The Sun produces a strong pulling force called gravity. The pull of gravity stops all the planets from flying off into outer space.

Alysha 54M

7/10/2010 05:18:26 pm

Hi Mrs Clift =)
Mercury, Venus, Earth,Mars,Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. These are the Planets in our Solar System, remember these by remembering this sentence : My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets.

a) I am Venus, I am called 'Earth's Twin' because, I am the same size as Earth.
b) I am Jupiter, I am the largest of the planets and have recieved the name 'The Giant Planet'.
c) I am Uranas, a planet made of Gas and liquids.
d) I am Saturn, almost as big as Jupiter.
e) I am Mercury, I orbit around the sun faster than other planets.
f) I am Earth, I have trees and animals. People and water.

Almost back to school !!

nazdona 4/3v

20/10/2010 09:40:42 am

i really dont want to learn about space

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