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The Sun & The Solar System HOLIDAY HOMEWORK Reepham C of E Primary Interactive book requires the user to open it in ibooks on an Apple device (iPad, ipod touch, iPhone, MaciBooks is a free app from the app-store). Some of the videos stream from the internet and require the device to have internet access. The PDF version is available to view on any device, if your device has internet access, links to the internet, including links to Youtube education videos should work. The Mini Scientist will only talk on ibooks and are used through permission of learnnewstuff.co.uk This book ebook is not intended for further distribution. Some facts to learn... What is our Solar System? The Solar System is made up of all the planets that orbit our Sun. In addition to planets, the Solar System also consists of moons, comets, asteroids, minor planets, and dust and gas. A very useful video about the Solar System. If you have ibooks click below to play. Everything in the Solar System orbits or revolves around the Sun. The Sun contains around 99% of all the material in the Solar System. The larger an object is, the more gravity it has. Because the Sun is so large, its powerful gravity attracts all the other objects in the Solar System towards it. At the same time, these objects, which are moving very rapidly, try to fly away from the Sun, outward into the emptiness of outer space. The result of the planets trying to fly away, at the same time that the Sun is trying to pull them inward is that they become trapped half-way in between. Balanced between flying towards the Sun, and escaping into space, they spend eternity orbiting around their parent star. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2qf5dsyfGE If your device can’t play the above video go to this web address Study 1: Written Answer! Let’s think about The Sun? DID YOU KNOW- SUN FACTS: 1. The Sun is a Star (a Yellow Dwarf Star). 2. Every Star could, at some point, have supported its own Solar System. 3. The Sun makes life on Earth possible. 4. The Sun’s energy can be ‘harvested’ and used, this is called Solar Energy. 5. All planets move (orbit) around the Sun. 6. It takes the Earth 1 Year to orbit the Sun (well 365 & a quarter days). In your book answer at least 1 of the following questions. Show off your writing skills, using punctuation and neat handwriting. Show off your Scientific thinking by using the correct vocabulary and providing evidence. Aim to write a paragraph: 7. You should never look directly at the Sun even when wearing dark glasses. 8. It takes 8 minutes from the light from the Sun to reach Earth. 1)Why is it day in Australia when it is night here in the UK? 2)Why do we have leap years? 9. The Sun is almost a perfect sphere. 3)Could Aliens exist somewhere in space? 10. The Sun is around 4.5 Billion years old, which is middle aged for a Sun/star. 4)How does a Sun Dial work? 5)Will the Sun last forever? 2 Space Maths Keep your maths sharp over the holiday, Be a Space Ranger complete at least 4 and challenge yourself with number sentences using Column Addition and the 4 operations. Subtraction. Why not try using money or decimals in your problems? Study 2: Present this however you like... A very cute song about our Solar System Click above or If your device can’t play it, watch the video at http:// www.youtube.com/ watch?v=BZqLUIj_A0 Choose a planet in our Solar System and research some facts about it, if your using your book why not add flaps and use different textures, be proud of your work! http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/ How it? big is astronomy.html What is it? e p a sh How ay/ sad i g n lo ? /year week Helpful links: Why e it hav s e o d ame? n t a h t http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/kids/ http://www.planetsforkids.org http://www.spacekids.co.uk/ solarsystem/ Who vered disco it? to What is the phy? pogra Topography means what is the surface like... the key features. Well Done! Good Work Have a great holiday, stay safe and we will see you soon. Asteroids A small rocky body orbiting the sun. Large numbers of these, ranging enormously in size, are found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, though some have more eccentric orbits. Asteroids are minor planets, especially those of the inner Solar System. The larger ones have also been called planetoids. Related Glossary Terms Drag related terms here Index Find Term Chapter 1 - What is our Solar System? Comets A comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, heats up and begins to trail gas, and sometimes also a tail. Related Glossary Terms Drag related terms here Index Find Term Chapter 1 - What is our Solar System? Gas Particles that float around loosely connected. Related Glossary Terms Drag related terms here Index Find Term Chapter 1 - What is our Solar System? Moons Moons are also called Satellites. Related Glossary Terms Drag related terms here Index Find Term Chapter 1 - What is our Solar System? Orbit The curved path which things move. Related Glossary Terms Drag related terms here Index Find Term Chapter 1 - Written Work Sphere A round solid object. 3D. Related Glossary Terms Drag related terms here Index Find Term Chapter 1 - Written Work Topography The arrangement of the surface. How it looks, it might be rocky or smooth etc... Related Glossary Terms Drag related terms here Index Find Term Chapter 3 - Planet Study