All about Earth
The Earth has many different kinds of environments and climates. What type of climate do we live in?
(Hint: What is the weather like? What does nature look like where we live?)
(The weather is hot, dusty, dry... we have mountains, flat land, sand and rocks, cactus, scorpions, snakes...)
What words can we use to describe the sun?
Some words we might use:
Hot, bright, yellow, big, fiery .... what did you come up with?
What does it mean if someone says...
"out of this world"
It means that something is awesome, cool, amazing, etc... what ideas did you come up with?
What words can we use to describe the moon?
Some words we might use:
Bright, white, silver, dusty, small.... what did you come up with?
What does it mean if someone says...
"shoot for the stars"
It means aim for success, set big goals to accomplish, do the best job you can... what ideas did you come up with?
We can see eclipses from earth.
What 2 types can we see?
(Hint: one is related to the sun -- one is related to the moon)
We can see solar eclipses (the sun is covered) and lunar eclipses (the moon is covered)
The moon orbits around the Earth.
What does the word orbit mean?
Bonus: what else in space orbits other things?
Orbit means to move around something in a circle path, or circle around something.
Bonus: the planets orbit the sun, Saturn's rings orbit the planet... what other ideas did you come up with?What does it mean if someone says...
"faster than the speed of light"
(Hint: not literally! Imagine someone saying it about a racecar, or a runner...)
It means so so sooooo fast (like Sonic the Hedgehog)