Exploring Space 1-3

Exploring Space covers these concepts:

• Earth is part of a solar system in the Milky Way galaxy
• stars are huge balls of hot, glowing gases
• our sun is a star
• groups of stars seen together are called constellations
• each planet in our solar system has unique characteristics
• Earth has one satellite called the moon
• Earth’s movements through space cause day and night and the seasons
• scientists study space in many ways

A variety of engaging activities present the concepts in ways that students can understand. Each concept presented includes:

• teacher directions for lessons
• reproducible resource pages such as sets of picture cards, minibooks, and lab sheets to record the results of hands-on investigations