Email From Another Planet

Summary
Students then create an ?email? message that they would send home to family or friends and include a drawing representing a photo they might have taken on their journey.

Objectives
• To teach children characteristics of the various planets.

Suggested Grades
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade

Excerpt
Saturn:
Has thousands of rings made up of tiny ice particles
Has 31 moons
The second largest planet
Atmosphere made of hydrogen and helium
Takes 29.5 years to rotate around the sun
Surface made of liquid and gas

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