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Midnight on the Moon By Mary Pope Osborne. There are many planets in space. http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/astronomy/solar-system/planets-scale.jpg. Earth. Earth is a planet in space. We live on the planet Earth. http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect16/Sect16_1.html. The Moon.
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There are many planets in space. http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/astronomy/solar-system/planets-scale.jpg
Earth • Earth is a planet in space. • We live on the planet Earth. http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect16/Sect16_1.html
The Moon • The moon is very far away from Earth. • The moon looks like it is shining, but it is not. • The moon is reflecting the light from the sun. http://www.schoolforchampions.com/astronomy/images/moon_motion-phase.jpg
A view of Earth from the Moon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise.jpg
The surface of the moon has many craters where meteors have hit the surface. science.howstuffworks.com/moon1.htm
While astronauts are on the moon, they live in a moon base. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Entering_a_Lunar_Outpost.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Inflated_lunar_habitat_outside.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Inflated_lunar_habitat_outside.jpg
Astronauts wear space suits to protect them.They wear air tanks to help them breathe. http://www.fanboy.com/2007/09/apollo-era-space-suit-replicas.html
http://ssoar.org/research/space-suits/history/space-suit-breakdown-front.jpghttp://ssoar.org/research/space-suits/history/space-suit-breakdown-front.jpg
Astronauts use jet packs to help them move around in space. http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts092/001018eva4/
Footprint on the Moon • When astronauts stepped on the Moon they left footprints. • The Moon has no wind or rain to blow the dust around, so these footprints • will never wear away naturally. http://files.posterous.com/fechnerk/X0FNaQjQHjGf36V2zFlXirGJsAwDXuzVE97UnFi4pEBYiKhOpASPZ0JszsIZ/13_-Footprint-on-the-Moon-Luna.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=1C9REJR1EMRZ83Q7QRG2&Expires=1265917410&Signature=eMuTI3GeWdtsIAjj%2F%2BvsxTguzKM%3D
Astronauts from Apollo 11 put a U.S. flag on the moon. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/html/object_page/a11_h_40_5875.html
They also left a message on the moon that said: • HERE MEN FROM THE PLANET EARTH FIRST SET FOOT UPON THE MOON JULY 1969 A.D. WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND.
Meteorites • Meteorites are pieces of rock or metal that fall to the Earth from space. • Most meteorites come from the break-up of small asteroids that never formed a planet. http://www.tqnyc.org/2006/NYC063368/chesakperater.jpg
Constellations • Constellations are groupings of stars in the sky.
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Elkonin boxes Moon Rocket Planets
Teacher resources • http://www.mscd.edu/extendedcampus/toolsofthemind/ Tools of the Mind resources for Midnight on the Moon • www.learningpage.com Free to sign up. Go to “Theme pages” many resources there for space. • http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/11863-solar-system-the-planets-of-our-solar-system-video.htm • http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/15-science/102-star-a-constellations.html • http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/spacesuits/home/index.html
Virtual Telescope • http://library.thinkquest.org/3645/constellations.html