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Saturn was the most distant of the five planets known to the ancients. In 1610, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei was the first to gaze at Saturn through a telescope. To his surprise, he saw a pair of objects on either side of the planet. He sketched them as separate spheres, thinking that Saturn was triple-bodied.
25 sty 2012 · Activity 4. Saturn’s Fascinating Features. Overview. During this activity, your youth: Are introduced to several of Saturn’s exciting features that are of par-ticular interest to scientists and that capture the imagination of all! Develop their listening and writing skills.
Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun, is the farthest planet that is visible without a telescope, and so it has a long history of discoveries associated with it. The National Science Education Standards state that students should understand that science is an ongoing, changing enterprise.
Discovering Saturn:The Real Lord of the Rings. Mysterious rings, strange and won-derful moons, and bands of gold, brown, and white, in which storm clouds swirl. This is the sixth planet from the Sun, Saturn! Saturn has been called “The Jewel of the Solar System.”. Look at the pictures on this page.
This lesson introduces students to Saturn and its place in the solar system. Students see Saturn as part of the larger system of the Sun and its orbiting planets. A whole-class read-aloud provides students practice in listening to nonfiction text and a KWL chart supports the discussion of the text. Also in
Science Focus — Creating Saturn Books: Rings, Moons, and Other Features OVERVIEW Students will create a multilayered book with diagrams of Saturn showing its various layers, ring system, and many moons. To enhance background infor mation on Saturn, students will practice listening to informational text. Stu
15 paź 1997 · Download the complete Saturn Educator Guide in one ZIP file by clicking below. Lesson Descriptions. Lesson 1: The Saturn System (3 hrs) Students learn the basic concept of a system and work with a scale model of the Saturn system. Math skills: using a scale model, measurement, computation, estimation, and number sense.
