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Circle all the aliens from the
planet Zott using these clues:
Aliens from Zott each have
at least three eyes, but no more
than six. They have antennas,
but never curly or wavy ones.
Their clothes have stripes, but
only vertical ones.
© 2022 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 38, No. 4
Earth is a “Goldilocks” planet. It's neither too hot nor too cold
for liquid water, which is a key ingredient for life. Part of
what makes Earth just right is its distance from the sun!
Because of my
well-known story,
scientists use the
name Goldilocks to
describe a planet
that is just right
for life as we know
it on Earth!
Source: nationalgeographic.com/astrobiology/goldilocks-worlds/
Hey there!
I’m Goldilocks!
You probably have
heard my story:
I went into the home
of the Three Bears
and found a bowl of
porridge that was not
too hot, not too cold,
but just right!
If a planet is too close to its sun, it’s too hot
for life. But if a planet is too far away from
its sun, everything is frozen. Around many
stars there’s a Goldilocks Zone where there
is the potential for water on a planet’s surface.
Goldilocks planets have habitats that are healthy for life.
A
B
Choose a spacecraft and race
against a friend to see who gets
st.
to the Goldilocks planet first.
A habitat is a place where an animal lives. It provides the animal with food, water and shelter. Different habitats are home to different animals.
C
Which Goldilocks
cks
astronaut
astrona is different
fferent
all the others?
from al
thers?
Are we there yet?
Which Goldilocks planet is the closest to Earth? Proxima
Centauri b (also called Proxima b) is a planet orbiting in the
“Goldilocks” zone of the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri.
Discovered in 2016, it is about 4.2 light years from Earth.
Until faster ways of traveling through space are discovered, it
would take you a long time to reach Proxima Centauri b from
Earth using current spacecraft. How long? Circle every other
letter to find the answer.
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Just Right
Look through the
newspaper for pictures
and
a words that reflect
your
y community. What t
kinds of things make
your community a
place that is “just right” ”
for living there?
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Standards Link: Students
describe the physical and
human geography of their
local community.
Kepler-16b is a distant planet that exists just outside a Goldilocks zone.
It was first discovered in 2011.
Some scientists have given it the nickname Tatooine, Luke Skywalker’s
home planet in Star Wars. Why does Kepler-16b remind them of Tatooine?
Use the secret code!
1=B 2=I 3=N 4=O 5=R 6=S 7=T 8=U 9=W
7
4
5
9
4
2
7
1
2
7
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GOLDILOCKS
POTENTIAL
PORRIDGE
E S J P A R P F E S
DISTANCE
C C E U E R O A T A
PLANET
N C T T S O R O E C
EARTH
RIGHT
A E A O D T R F O R
STORY
T W N O H Y I L B I
WATER
S K C O L I D L O G
JUST
I R W A Z T G E W H
ZONE
D R P L A N E T L T
COLD
BOWL
S L A I T N E T O P
FOOD
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical
HOT
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Make It Better
ANSWER: Night-bears.
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POTENTIAL
The adjective potential
means something that might
happen someday, a possibility.
Noah had the potential to
be a great soccer player.
Try to use the word
potential in a sentence
today when talking with your
friends and family members.
Cold Poems
Newspapers are called watchdogs of the
community, investigating and reporting on things
that need changing or improving. Look for an
article about something that needs to change in
your community and write a letter to the editor.
Standards Link: Language Arts: Students write persuasive
letters citing evidence.
This week’s word:
Write a poem about the cold.
What’s the best part of winter
weather? Do you enjoy cold
weather or do you prefer the
warmer days of spring?