Organizing My Thoughts…
What’s the BIG Idea?
Planets and a variety of other bodies form a system of objects orbiting the sun.
The Solar System(GU2PRT)
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Lesson 1
Historical Models of the Solar
System
Early Astronomers
Historical Models of the Solar
System
Lesson 4
The Terrestrial Planets
Characteristics of the Terrestrial
Planets
Lesson 2
Gravity and the Solar System
Lesson 3
The Sun
Kepler's Laws/Newton's Laws
Gravity/Magnetic Field
The Formation of the Solar System
The Structure of the Sun
Hydrogen Fusion
Lesson 5
The Gas Giant Planets
Lesson 6
Small Bodies in the Solar
System
Characteristics of the Gas Giant
Planets
Characteristics of Other Objects
found in the Solar System
My plan for Mastery of this content is…
Essential Questions
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Lesson 1
Historical Models of the Solar
System
Essential Question:
How have people modeled the
solar system?
IDK
Kind of?
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Lesson 2
Gravity and the Solar System
Lesson 3
The Sun
Essential Question:
Essential Question:
Why is gravity important in
the solar system?
What are the properties of
the sun?
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IDK
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Lesson 4
The Terrestrial Planets
Lesson 5
The Gas Giant Planets
Essential Question:
Essential Question:
What is known about the
terrestrial planets?
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What is known about the gas
giant planets?
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Lesson 6
Small Bodies in the Solar
System
Essential Question:
What is found in the solar
system besides the sun, planets
and moons?
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Learning the Language of Science!
HighLight the words you have “No Clue” about!!!
Lesson 1
Historical Models of the Solar
System
Lesson 2
Gravity and the Solar System
Lesson 3
The Sun
Gravity
Solar System
Orbit
Nuclear Fusion
Aphelion
Heliocentric
Geocentric
Perihelion
Centripetal Force
Parallax
Sunspot
Solar Flare
Solar Nebula
Prominence
Planetismal
Lesson 4
The Terrestrial Planets
Lesson 5
The Gas Giant Planets
Terrestrial Planet
Gas Giant
Astronomical Unit
Planetary Ring
My plan for Mastery of the vocabulary in this unit is…
Lesson 6
Small Bodies in the Solar
System
Dwarf Planet
Kuiper Belt
Kuiper Belt Object
Comet
Oort Cloud
Asteroid
Meteoroid
Meteor
Meteorite
What’s the BIG Idea?
Planets and a variety of other bodies form a system of objects orbiting the sun.
The Solar System(GU2PT)
Using the questions on the Pretest you missed, Highlight the content you need to study
more closely. My Pretest Score: ______%
Lesson 1
Historical Models of the Solar
System
Early Astronomers
Historical Models of the Solar
System
Lesson 2
Gravity and the Solar System
Lesson 3
The Sun
Kepler's Laws/Newton's Laws
Gravity/Magnetic Field
The Formation of the Solar System
Lesson 4
The Terrestrial Planets
Characteristics of the Terrestrial
Planets
The Structure of the Sun
Hydrogen Fusion
Lesson 5
The Gas Giant Planets
Lesson 6
Small Bodies in the Solar
System
Characteristics of the Gas Giant
Planets
Characteristics of Other Objects
found in the Solar System
My plan for Mastery of this content is…
Essential Questions
Read each essential question below and HighLight how well you could explain this to a friend.
Lesson 1
Historical Models of the Solar
System
Essential Question:
How have people modeled the
solar system?
IDK
Kind of?
I got this!
Lesson 2
Gravity and the Solar System
Lesson 3
The Sun
Essential Question:
Essential Question:
Why is gravity important in
the solar system?
What are the properties of
the sun?
IDK
IDK
Kind of?
I got this!
Lesson 4
The Terrestrial Planets
Lesson 5
The Gas Giant Planets
Essential Question:
Essential Question:
What is known about the
terrestrial planets?
IDK
Kind of?
I got this!
What is known about the gas
giant planets?
IDK
Kind of?
I got this!
Kind of?
I got this!
Lesson 6
Small Bodies in the Solar
System
Essential Question:
What is found in the solar
system besides the sun, planets
and moons?
IDK
Kind of?
I got this!
Learning the Language of Science!
HighLight the words you have “No Clue” about!!!
Lesson 1
Historical Models of the Solar
System
Lesson 2
Gravity and the Solar System
Lesson 3
The Sun
Gravity
Solar System
Orbit
Nuclear Fusion
Aphelion
Heliocentric
Geocentric
Perihelion
Centripetal Force
Parallax
Sunspot
Solar Flare
Solar Nebula
Prominence
Planetismal
Lesson 4
The Terrestrial Planets
Lesson 5
The Gas Giant Planets
Terrestrial Planet
Gas Giant
Astronomical Unit
Planetary Ring
My plan for Mastery of the vocabulary in this unit is…
In Summary, this is what I have learned in this unit……
Lesson 6
Small Bodies in the Solar
System
Dwarf Planet
Kuiper Belt
Kuiper Belt Object
Comet
Oort Cloud
Asteroid
Meteoroid
Meteor
Meteorite