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Space Challenge
Jessica Runyan
4th grade
Blueprint:
•Identify and order the planets in the solar system by their distance
•Determine the order of the planets according to their distance
•Recognize that the length and position of a shadow are related
•Demonstrate how the earth rotates and revolves.
•Simulate the changing shape of the moon.
•Identify the phases of the moon in the correct sequence.

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Identify that
Order of Planets Shadows The Earth The Moon
Planet
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3. Students Order of Planets for 100 Teachers
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Which planet Mercury to the sun?
is closest

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Which planet is farthest from the
Pluto
sun?

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What is the sixth planet from the
Saturn
sun?

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,
Name all the planets in order from
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune,
the sun.
and Pluto

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What two planets are on either side
Venus and Mars
of the earth.

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What was the first planet that was
Saturn
discovered to have rings?

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What planet is known as the “Blue
Neptune
Planet?”

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What planet is the coldest?
Pluto

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Which planet is known as the “Red
Mars
Planet.”

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What is the brightest planet
Venus

13. Students Shadows for 100 Teachers
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True or False:
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Shadows are formed when light
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traveling from a source is blocked

14. Students Shadows for 200 Teachers
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When the sun is behind you, where
in front of you
would your shadow be?

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False
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True or False:
Many years ago, and still today,
Shadows cannot be used to tell
people use sundials to tell what
what time of the day it is.
time of day it is.

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True or False:
False
Opaque objects/materials allow
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light through and transparent
Opaque objects do not allow light to
pass through them.do not allow
objects/materials Transparent
objects dothrough them.pass.
light allow light to

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The Moon's orbit about the Earth
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causes the Moon to shadow the
Sun's light as viewed from the
A solar eclipse
Earth. What is this called?

18. Students The Earth for 100 Teachers
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What does the earth spin on?
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This is an imaginary line passing
It’s axis
through the North and South
Poles.

19. Students The Earth for 200 Teachers
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The Earth takes how long to make a
complete turn.
An entire day, 24 hours

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True or False:
At any time half of the Earth faces
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the sun. This part has day. The
other half of the Earth faces away
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from the Sun. It receives no light.
It is dark and has night.

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The earth is in the shape a ______?
Sphere

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The earth has how many moon(s)?
1

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During the time it takes the moon to
travel around the earth, the moon
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will change from a crescent shape
Phases stages in
to a full moon. The
between are called ____________?

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Light from the Sun bounces off
the Moon. The Sun is always
shining on the Moon, during
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the day and the moonthe night.
Why does during shine?
Even when we can't see the
Moon. Sometimes we can only
see some of the Moon's surface
which is lit up by the Sun.

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Which phase of the moon is
The first quarter
shown?

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It takes the moon how many days to
28 days
orbit the earth?

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True or False:
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The Moon is not a light source, it
has no light True own. We can
of its
only see the moon because it
reflects light from the sun.

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Write Your
How many earths would it take to
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fill the sun?
Wager
TIME’S
UP!

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