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The Milky Way Galaxy

The Milky Way Galaxy. By Daphne Pickett Grade Level 1-2. WHERE DO WE LIVE?. We live… -in Oregon…. Which is in the United States of America…. Which is on the planet Earth…. Which is in the… MILKY WAY GALAXY http://www.nasaimages.org/luna. Not the candy bar, the galaxy in space!. YES!.

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The Milky Way Galaxy

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  1. The Milky Way Galaxy By Daphne Pickett Grade Level 1-2

  2. WHERE DO WE LIVE?

  3. We live… -in Oregon…

  4. Which is in the United States of America…

  5. Which is on the planet Earth…

  6. Which is in the… MILKY WAY GALAXY http://www.nasaimages.org/luna

  7. Not the candy bar, the galaxy in space! YES! NO!

  8. Milky Way • The Milky Way Galaxy has: • A center • A central bulge • 5 arms spiraling around the central bulge • We live on the Orion arm We can’t see through the center, so we don’t really know what is here http://www.discoverykids.ca/shows/zula/ http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~flack/images/milkyway.jpg

  9. But what is the Milky Way Galaxy? • Made up of stars and suns • Planets, moons, and planetoids • Comets and asteroids http://www.discoverykids.ca/shows/zula/ http://www.nss.org/PlanetsNASA.jpg http://www.solstation.com/stars/sol1.jpg http://wmatem.eis.uva.es/~marsan/discover/comets/comet-west.gif http://www.phys.ncku.edu.tw/~astrolab/mirrors/apod/image/0206/idadactyl_galileo.jpg

  10. We are not alone! • The Milky Way is only one galaxy of many more galaxies • more galaxies than you could count even if you started today! • Galaxies come in different shapes and sizes http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/screen/opo0428b.jpg http://www.discoverykids.ca/shows/zula/

  11. Other Galaxies • They can look more like our galaxy • Or blurry • Or really weird! Tadpole Galaxy http://www.kidsfirst.org/addenda/uploaded_images/ZP-cast-on-planet-791428.jpg http://www.hdwallpapers.com/photo/albums/Space_pictures/Spiral_Galaxy_M81.jpg http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/Astronomy/TheGalaxies/Galaxies/EllipticalGalaxies/m87.gif http://www.discoverykids.ca/shows/zula/ http://www.ing.iac.es/PR/AR2000/ugc10214.jpg

  12. Milky Way Galaxy • Our galaxy shape is a barred spiral galaxy Barred Spiral http://www.kidsfirst.org/addenda/uploaded_images/ZP-cast-on-planet-791428.jpg http://www.geocities.com/attunement.geo/milky_way_barred_spiral_galaxy_spitzer.jpg

  13. Why is it called the Milky Way? • The Milky Way galaxy got its name because we can see some parts of it at night, and it looks like a big band of milky white light. • But there are other stories and thoughts about how our galaxy came about… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Deathvalleysky_nps_big.jpg

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