Lesson Plan

CyberHunt: Cybervoyage to the Sun

  • Grades: 3–5, 6–8

1. one million
2. Cooler
3. Sun dogs are "mock suns" (parhelia) that appear opposite the sun in the winter sky. They are called sun dogs because they seem to follow the sun across the sky.
4. Sol
5. Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
6. The sun's center is about 15 million degrees Celsius.
7. moon
8. Red supergiants

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  • Subjects:
    Content Area Reading, Reading Comprehension, Research Skills, Planets, Moons, Solar Systems, Sun, Universe and Stars, Heat, Communication and the Internet, Computers, Teaching with Technology
  • Skills:
    Reading Comprehension, Online Sources, Science, Research Skills
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