Citizen Science Opportunities

Then, students watch a video and a read another informational book about the solar system. ... Each planet in our solar system is unique. Our solar system has ... That's 243 Earth days to rotate once – the longest rotation of any planet in the Solar System – and only 224.7 Earth days to complete an orbit of the Sun. 2. Jupiter is the largest planet of the solar system. Neptune is the furthest planet from the Sun. That means one hungry black hole could be zipping right through our solar system without us knowing, but that's highly unlikely. ... largest known — 6.5 billion ... stars, Earth and the solar system, and the history of planet Earth. Students ... Use informational text to explain that the life span of the Sun over ... Each of the planets in our solar system has an atmosphere, but none of them have the same ratio of gases or layered structure as Earth's atmosphere. Nitrogen ... Feb 22, 2019 ... In a research breakthrough funded by NASA, scientists have synthesized a molecular system that, like DNA, can store and transmit information. The main stumbling block in defining planets in our solar system is that ... But the standards of scientific ethics are also clear: any information used from ... Packed with information, this book opens before us like a tunnel through space, enabling us to make a fascinating tour of the planets in our solar system. Our Solar System is an informational book that compares and contrasts the planets and describes comets, asteroids, and other space features.