2. Learning Intention
• To understand what the universe is made of
• To research planets, stars planetoids and other outer space
phenomenon
• To produce and share a fact sheet about my given space
phenomenon
Success Criteria
• I have researched all the required facts about my topic
• I have shared my 5 facts with the class
• I understand that the universe is vast and filled with many
interesting phenomenon
3. What is it made up of?
• Star
• Planets
• Moons
• Asteroid Belt
• Comets
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5. Stars
• What is a Star?
– A star is a massive, luminous ball of reacting
gas
– All stars have a life cycle which takes billions
of years
– Our Sun is a star, but just one of many
millions in our galaxy
• The closet star to our solar system, apart
from the Sun, is called Alpha Centauri
6. Stars Life Cycle
• Stars look different at different stages of their
life cycle
• Some names for the stages of stars are,
– White dwarf
– Red Giant
– Supernova
– Black Hole
• Scientist know they are different by using a
special diagram which relates temperature to
the type of star
11. Galaxies
• Our solar system is contained within a
galaxy called the Milky way
• Each galaxy is made up of several star
systems
• The universe itself is made up of many
billions of galaxies
• Scientists are able to photograph them
from Earth and in space using the Hubble
Space Telescope
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15. Planets
• Our solar system contains eight planets,
with each one orbiting the Sun
• Many of the planets have moons which
orbit around them
• Planets were named after Romans and
Greek gods
• Other galaxies have planets, but they are
very hard to find
16. • The planets have an order worked out
from the closeness of their orbit to the Sun
• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
• BUT WHAT ABOUT PLUTO?
• Eris was a planet discovered in 2003 in
the solar system that is larger than Pluto
17. Moons
• Moons are satellites that orbit planets
• The Earths Moon is simply known as the
moon – but other planets have moons with
proper names
• Jupiter has lots of Moons – we know lots
of details about the inner four – Callisto,
Io, Ganymede and Europa at this stage.
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19. Asteroid Belt
• Between the orbits
of Mars and Jupiter
there is an asteroid
belt
• the asteroids that
make it up are large
irregularly shaped
pieces of rock
20. Comets
• A comet is a
small object
in the Solar
System that
orbits the Sun
• Occasionally
they are visible
from Earth as they pass by
