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Tuesday, May 30, 2017 Page 3 C LASSIFIEDS E ASTERN O REGON M ARKETPLACE • 1-800-962-2819 • FAX 278-2680 © 2017 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 33, No. 26 This activity from T N A explains how NASA to o use beads and string to o make a model that sh hows the relative shows di istances between the distances sun su un and planets in our solar so olar system. system For the fu ull directions go to: full jp pl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/ jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/ a activity/solar-system- ctivity/solar -system- b bead-activity/ ead-activity/ You don’t have to leave town to explore space this summer. You can blast off for fun all summer long as Kid Scoop takes readers on a trip through the Solar System with our mascot, Woodword! Mercury P Pluto lut o Sun Earth Moon Uranus Neptune Mars Venus Jupiter Jupit er S Saturn a One way to remembe remember er the order of the planets in i our solar system is to make up a sente ence with each word startin ng with the first sentence starting starting letter of a planet, star rting with the one closest to o the sun. This example worked whe en Pluto was still considere ed a planet: when considered Our Sol Solar lar System formed in M W a ay galaxy about the Milky Way 4.6 billion years ago. Th he sun is at the center The of the solar system. Eight plan nets and their natural planets satellites satel t l lites lit which hi h i include l d Earth’ s moon, dwarf planets, Earth’s me eteoroids orbit or revolve asteroids, comets and meteoroids around the sun because of its gravitational pull. Can you make up a new n sentence without a word wo rd starting with P? S tart your scale model Start by y cutting a 5.0 meter pi iece of string and piece tying ty ying the largest lar gest “sun” bead be ead to one end using g a double knot. Using the distances in U centimeters, ce entimeters, measure the th he distance from the su un on the string to sun each ea ach planet. Tie T ie a colored bead in place pl lace for each planet u using sing i a double d bl knot. k N Note: The bead colors co olors are ar e rough r ough o approximations ap ppr oximations of the colors co olors of the planets and an nd the sun. However, Howeverr , you yo ou can use whatever color co olor of beads you have ha ave handy. handy . S Sun un 0 cm Y Yellow e ello w M er cur y Mercury 4 cm S Solid olid R Red ed There are billions of other r solar systems in our galaxy and there are billions of f galaxies in the Universe. Spac e junk is Space i a major pr problem. oblem. S Some ome of f it is v very er y lar large, ge , such as bur burnt-out n t - out r rocket ocket stages stages, , spac p ec r af t , and a f few ew t tools ools lost dur r ing g spac p ew alks . W or k ing g satellites sa t ellit es can cr ash in t o dead spacecraft, during spacewalks. Working crash into the spac unk , cr ea ting mor nk . S Sometimes ometimes spac lls back t to o the Ear th. space e ju junk, creating more e spac space e jun junk. space e junk fa falls Earth. Venus V enus 7 cm Cream C r eam Earth E Ear th 1 10 0 cm C Clear Blue Our solar system has 8 planets. p (Pluto is now consid considered dered a dwarf planet.) Scientists continue to stu udy our fellow planets, even n though they are far, far , far away. awa ay . study Do the math to fi find ou ut how long i it would take to o get fr f from r om o Earth to each out system. planet in ourr solarr syst tem. Mars M ars 1 15 5 cm C Clear R Red ed Number N u m b e r G Game a me Each player n needs a page from the sports s section. In one minute, each player circles as many numb bers as they can. numbers Who can circle circl le the most? Who can circle th he most over 50? the numb bers add up to the Whose numbers largest lar gest sum? Whose numbers add up to th he lowest sum? the NOTE: This is not an easy ea asy question to answer answer. . The length of f time depends upon many dif ff ferent factors, fac ctors, including different the spacecraft used and the location of each planet in its orbit. orbi it. The time approximated periods here are approxi imated and spacecraft refer to the previous spa acecraft that flew to or near each plan planet. net net. Standards Link: Lan Language nguage Arts: Follow simple written n directions. directions If you wanted to approx approximate ximate the size differences difff ferences of f the planets in c ould use these foods to do it. it . Unscramble our solar system, you could the letters below each h food to reveal which planet plane et is which. lemon grape g r ape pea CURRYEM CURR Y EM SUNRUA SUNRU A pumpkin p pu umpk p in SEVUN SE VUN ca cantaloupe an taloupe cherry cher r y PIT TRUJE PITRUJE THERA THER A NUR N A T S NURATS blueber r y blueberry plum SRM A SRMA PE TENUN PETENUN Standards Link: Reading g Comprehension: Follow simple written n directions. SP SPACECRAFT P ACE A ECRAFT MERC UR R Y MERCURY NEPTU UNE NEPTUNE SYSTE EM SYSTEM URAN US URANUS SA A TUR T RN SATURN PLANET PLANE ET VENUS S EARTH EAR R TH T H ORBIT T SPACE SP P ACE A E PLUT O PLUTO SOLAR R JUNK MARS Jupiter Ju upit er 5 52 2 cm O Or ange Orange S Saturn a tur n 9 cm 96 C Clear G old Gold Ur U anus Uranus 1 192 92 cm D Dar Dark k Blue Neptune N 3 300 00 cm L Light igh t Blue A R K U V O E S O Y A A E N R N R G E O F L C D U A I B S C P O A T M J N O I O L S P V V E N U S T A E S N R U T A S U N H T R A E E S R L E Y M E R C U R Y P T F A R C E C A P S This week’ week’s s word: APPROXIMATE APPROXIMA A TE T The verb approximate T appr oximatee means t come close to something in to quality, , size or nature. quality The astronaut had to appr oximate i t the h distance di approximate to the planet. Try T r ry to use the word appr oximate in a sentence approximate today when talking with your friends and family family. . Package from E Earth Pretend you are sending a package into space that, if life on othe er planets exists, other Earth. will tell about life on Ear rth. Find newspaper pictures and articles that you would put into Tell you the package. T ell e why yo ou selected each. Standards Link: Research: Use the ne newspaper ewspaper to locate information. Tell other kids about a book you think they should read this summer. Have fun describing the details but don’t give away the ending!
