KIDS HOPE AUS. THEMED MENTOR HOUR

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1 KIDS HOPE AUS. THEMED MENTOR HOUR OUTER SPACE SCIENCE Orbiting Planets What better way to learn about space than to make your own Orbiting Planets Solar System! Here's what you'll need... Printed Orbiting Planets* Yellow and black construction paper Paper fastener Glue or double sided tape Scissors Crayons or pencil crayons There is a template for this activity at: Here's how you make it Cut a small yellow circle (the sun), and a large black circle. 2. Insert your paper fastener into the center of the yellow circle and into the center of the black circle.

2 3. Color and cut out your planets. Glue or tape them onto the black circle. You can arrange them from the sun outward: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune (Pluto is also included on the print out, although scientists no longer classify Pluto as a planet, you can decide if you would like to put it on your solar system). 4. Hang onto your Sun, move your planets around and watch them orbit. LITERACY 1.Word Search Find the words about the Solar System, listed below, in the word search grid. Circle each letter one by one. Each letter of the solar system word search grid may be used in more than one word. When the word search puzzle is complete, read the remaining letters left to right, top to bottom, to learn an interesting fact about the solar system.

3 Solar System Word Search Puzzle M M A S O L E N U T P E N A N R E S Y S T E R M L C O N R S I T R S T S A S U O F A U S U N E A C J N N T D H O T B J E C O T S U B O E O U A N D M T O R I S P R T N B S Y U O G R S S A V I I Y A T Y M O M I C D N C L T U D L I N N A G E P I S U N E V L P A S K N R E A O T S M R O O F N E T E S S D R W A R H F P R M L S E A N E E I G H T P L A N E T S M T S T A S T R E K W R U I O I O D S S M E A E T D E R S O R O C A I D S E C O M E E T S E T C SOLAR SYSTEM WORD LIST ASTEROIDS SUN MARS HAUMEA CERES MERCURY COMETS JUPITER METEORS DWARF PLANETS URANUS MOONS EARTH MAKEMAKE NEPTUNE EIGHT PLANETS VENUS PLUTO ERIS SATURN

4 2.Story Writing Use the picture below as the basis for writing a story.

5 BOOKS There s No Place Like Space All About Our Solar System (Cat In The Hat s Learning Library) Check your local library for fiction and non-fiction books on the topic, appropriate to the age of the child. Introduction: GAME Memory game A space memory game can be found at: Games.html CREATIVE PROJECT Make Your Own Spaceship Put your design and building skills to the test by creating one of these objects using an available resource such as K'Nex, Lego or various recycled household objects (including cardboard, tin foil, softdrink bottles, milk cartoons, newspaper and more). Having a picture of a space station, spaceship or satellite to the show the kids is a good idea as it will give them a rough guide to what is possible with their own designs. Instructions: Decide on what equipment you will use to make your space station, spaceship or satellite. Choose which space object you would like to build. Plan the design on paper before you start building.

6 Start building! Try to follow your original design as much as possible but it's ok to make changes as you go. When you've finished, show off your finished creation to others in the class and answer any questions they might have regarding your project. Good questions include: Why did you choose to build this? What does this part do? Do astronauts live in your creation? If yes, where? What was the hardest part of building your space object? How well do you think you followed your original design? What would you do differently next time? CRAFT Astronaut Toilet Paper Roll Craft This is a fun and simple color, cut and paste paper craft that uses a toilet paper roll as a base to give the astronaut a three dimensional effect. Materials: toilet paper tube a printer, a piece of paper some crayons scissors, and glue. Instructions: Print out the template of choice ( Colour (where appropriate) and cut out the template pieces. Glue the large rectangular piece on first to cover the tube. Glue the thin strip around the middle as a belt Glue the oxygen tank onto the back Glue on the head, arms, and boots.

7 Other Outer Space Learning and Craft Activities can be found at:

8 MATHS The astronaut needs to get to the rocket before lift-off. Draw the path for the astronaut starting at 5 and counting by 5s up to

9 How Much Do You Weigh In Outer Space? Gravity is a universal, natural force that attracts objects to each other. Originally defined by Isaac Newton and later redefined by Albert Einstein, gravity is basically the natural force of attraction between two objects. Two factors determine the magnitude of the gravitational force between two objects: 1) their masses and 2) the separation distance between them. Gravity is the pull toward the center of an object, for example a planet or a moon. When you weigh yourself, you are measuring the amount of gravitational attraction exerted on you by Earth. The moon has a weaker gravitational attraction than the Earth, so you should weigh less on the moon. Isaac Newton showed that the planets do not fly off into space because the gravitational attraction between the sun and each planet hold them close to each other. This attracting force exists between objects because of their mass. The greater the mass, the greater the attraction of gravity. Since every planet has mass, every planet exerts a gravitational force on nearby objects. For this activity, we say that planets have gravity, but actually what we really mean is that there is a gravitational force of attraction between the planet and a person standing on that planet's surface. Therefore, people have different weights on different planets. Complete the chart below (show all work) and then answer the questions that follow. PLANET Multiply your Earth weight by: Your "new" weight Mercury 0.4 Venus 0.9 Earth 1 Moon 0.17 Mars 0.4 Jupiter 2.5 Saturn 1.1 Uranus 0.8 Neptune 1.2 Pluto 0.01 You may like to use a calculator for this activity!