{"id":516920,"date":"2010-04-05T21:45:12","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T01:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/2643"},"modified":"2010-04-05T21:45:12","modified_gmt":"2010-04-06T01:45:12","slug":"teaching-earth-science-with-children%e2%80%99s-literature-discover-the-planets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/516920","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Earth Science with Children\u2019s Literature: Discover the Planets"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Discover<\/a><\/p>\n

Discover the Planets<\/a>, a Kids Can<\/a> book written by Cynthia Pratt Nicolson<\/a> and illustrated by Bill Slavin<\/a>, introduces kids to the planets in our solar system.\u00a0 This book is written at a level for kids to be able to read on their own.\u00a0 Therefore, it is not as in depth as other books but it is a great resource for introduce students to the basic facts about our solar system and the planets.\u00a0 The beginning answers questions like “What is a planet?” and “How can we compare the sizes of the planets?”\u00a0 Then the book spotlights each planet giving facts like how long it takes to orbit around the sun and information about any moons.\u00a0 A mix of photos and illustrations keeps the pages visually interesting and informative.<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections<\/strong><\/p>\n

Discover the planets can be used to teach students about the organization of the solar system (4.7) including details about the planets (4.7a), their order from the sun (4.7b), and their relative sizes (4.7c).\u00a0 This book also covers information about Earth in relation to the the sun and moon (4.8).<\/p>\n

Additional Resource<\/strong><\/p>\n

Go to the Head of the Solar System<\/a> – a fun trivia game sponsored by NASA.<\/p>\n

Make a mobile<\/a> as a model of the Solar System.<\/p>\n

Make your own Planet<\/a> at KidsAstronomy.<\/p>\n

Listen to kids’ interviews with NASA scientists<\/a> to find out more about space and working for NASA.<\/p>\n

General Information<\/strong><\/p>\n

Book: Discover the Planets<\/a>
\nAuthor: Cynthia Pratt Nicolson<\/a>
\nIllustrator: Bill Slavin<\/a>
\nPublisher: Kids Can Press<\/a>
\nPublication date: 2005
\nPages: 32
\nGrade Range: K-5
\nISBN: 1553378261<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Discover the Planets, a Kids Can book written by Cynthia Pratt Nicolson and illustrated by Bill Slavin, introduces kids to the planets in our solar system.\u00a0 This book is written at a level for kids to be able to read on their own.\u00a0 Therefore, it is not as in depth as other books but it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5481,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-516920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5481"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}