Where might you see graphite in home or in your school? What makes Uranus’s rotation different than other planets? If you weighed 85 lbs (pounds) on Earth, how much would you weigh on Saturn? If you weighed 85 lbs on Earth, how much would you weigh on Jupiter? How many Earths could fit in Jupiter’s size? What is the largest planet in the solar system? The volcano on Mars is _ times taller than the tallest Earth volcano. What do we call this effect where the air or atmosphere makes the planet even hotter? What gas on Venus acts like a blanket trapping heat? What color are the clouds on Venus? What are Venus clouds made of? What color are the clouds on Earth? What are Earth clouds made of? What does the sun look like if standing on Mercury? What is the water and air like on the planet Mercury? If someone weighed 85 lbs, how much would they weigh on Mercury? What can you find looking at the surface of the sun? How many Earths could fit inside the Sun? What object or objects does the Moon travel around? The Sun What makes the moon light we see from Earth? Would that make it easier to move around, if you suddenly weighed less? If someone weights 85 lb (85 pounds) on Earth, how much will they weigh on the Moon? What caused craters to form on the Moon’s surface? What are the “holes” or bowls on the Moon’s surface called? How much weight do people have when in outer space? What keeps us and everything else stuck on Earth, while spaceships can blast into outer space?ĭo larger objects (objects with more mass) have more gravity or less gravity? When a planet or moon spins around itself, we say it _.Ī planetarium is a theater, usually rounded, that plays movies and shows about astronomy. (It’s the path you take when spinning ‘in circles’) What does everything in the solar system spin around?Īn orbit is _ Frizzle and class while also giving more up-to-date information.īoth episodes, from Magic School Bus and Magic School Bus Rides Again, are currently available on Netflix.Ĭlick here if you want to jump ahead to Youtube videos about the solar system. The “ The Magic School Bus Gets Lost in Space” book is a perfect pair-along text with either the first-ever Magic School Bus episode, “The Magic School Bus Gets Lost in Space”, or the new Netflix special called “ The Magic School Bus Rides Again: Kids in Space” which pays homage to the original space voyage of Mrs. Our technology has advanced, and little dwarf planet Pluto (you might remember it having a moon that it co-revolves around, it now has five moons.) While that seems like we need to head back to school, it doesn’t affect the overall message of the book, since the book visits the Moon, the Sun, the asteroid belt, and all eight/nine planets. Just don’t trust the moons info to be accurate. The story of journeying to each planet on a class field trip is still worth the read. The book is still rich in information about each planet (and our favorite dwarf planet). Note: Since the book was published in 1992, there has been a lot of discoveries of moons. I really recommend checking this book “ The Magic School Bus Gets Lost in Space“ out in the library or getting yourself a copy if you want to follow along.
This book is the book that launched a thousand adventures.Įvery question listed below in the discussion can be answered by this detailed, accessible science book filled with cartoons! The guide is designed that an upper elementary student can follow along and answer these non-fiction text by themselves, or so that young students in preschool and elementary can answer questions orally after hearing each page read aloud to them. These questions are based around the first of its kind book, The Magic School Bus Gets Lost in Space by Joanna Cole, part of the Magic School Bus book series.
Frizzle.īelow are discussion questions ready for a Space/Solar System Unit Study. Strap on, buckle your seatbelts, the bus is going to take us on a ride with our favorite science teacher, Mrs. Today’s topic is on the Solar System, the many planets, moons, and asteroids that orbit the Sun. Let’s get ready to learn some facts that are out of this world – literally. Clicking on the Amazon links within hours before buying your Amazon purchases does help fund this site. You can get these books from Amazon or elsewhere – from the library, used bookstores, local bookstores. I do receive a very small portion of sales purchased from Amazon after clicking the links to the books.
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