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5/7 & 5/8 - 8th Grade Agenda
Learning Objective: Learn about the outer
planets
Collect HW: Reading & Notetaking p.249– 250
California Standards Practice Test
Video: When we left Earth
Textbook Reading: p.568 - 573
HW: Reading & Notetaking p.251– 253
Daily Reflection
• Prompt: Write 3 facts about Jupiter
What do we know about Jupiter?
• 5th Planet from the
Sun
• Largest Planet (300X
more massive than
Earth)
• Many moons (20 +
moons)
Jupiter’s Storm System
Jupiter’s Structure
What is the Great Red Spot of
Jupiter?
• Its like a giant
hurricane
• This hurricane is
bigger than the Earth
• Galileo first observed
it in 1600s
• Its been around for at
least 400 years
Size of the Earth compared to
Jupiter
What do we know about Jupiter’s
four largest moons?
• 4 largest moons
bigger than our moon
• Io, Europa,
Ganymede, Callisto
• Io has volcanoes
• Europa covered in ice
and may have oceans
underneath
Io’s Volcano
Io and Europa
Close up of Europa
Possible Oceans under Europa
What do we know about Saturn?
• 6th Planet from the
Sun
• 2nd largest planet in
the solar system
• Has rings made of
chunks of ice
• Many moons (40+
moons)
More pictures on Saturn & Titan
What do we know about Saturn’s
moon Titan
• Larger than Mercury
• Thick atmosphere
• Liquid Methane
Oceans
Hydrocarbon Lakes and clouds
on Titan
More Pictures of Titan