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Outer Space

Subject Area: Science | Grade Level: 5
Lesson Length: 45 minutes
Keywords/Tags: Milky Way, Solar Systems, Planets, Space
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will learn about space. This includes galaxies and the one we live in, along with discovering what makes up a solar system and determining the differences between planets.

SC.5.E.5.1 Recognize that a galaxy consists of gas, dust, and many stars, including any objects orbiting the stars. Identify our home galaxy as the Milky Way.

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Video : The Milky Way for Children, Galaxies and Space: Astronomy for Kids - FreeSchool

Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.

Description: Learn about the galaxy we live in, The Milky Way!

Quiz : The Milky Way

Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.

Question #1

What is a Galaxy?

A) A huge collection of stars, gas, dust, and other materials.

B) A huge collection of planets and their moons.

C) A large object that orbits a star.

D) A large glowing ball of gases.

Question #2

True or False: Galaxies are held together by gravity.

A) True

B) False

Question #3

Our solar system is located in the Andromeda Galaxy

A) Yes

B) No

Question #4

About how many light-years across is the Milky Way?

A) 200

B) 500,000

C) 100,000

D) 1,000,000

Question #5

Galaxies can be sprial, irregular, and ______ shaped.

A) Elliptical.

B) Rectangular.

C) Cylinder.

D) Coiled

Question #6

True or False: The milkyway is an irregular galaxy.

A) True

B) False

Question #7

What are the four main parts of the Milky Way?

Student Response

Question #8

Which astronomer discovered that the Milky Way was made up of many faint stars.

A) Nicolaus Copernicus.

B) Galileo Galilei.

C) Tycho Brahe.

D) William Herschel.

Question #9

Galaxies may have a few million to over a trillion stars in them.

A) Yes

B) No

Question #10

What is a light-year?

Student Response

Description: This quiz will be based off the video you just watched.

Resources : Learn More About Space!

Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson.

Solar System - Kids

What is a Planet?

Inner and Outter Planets

Standards: SC.5.E.5.1

Video : The Milky Way for Children, Galaxies and Space: Astronomy for Kids - FreeSchool

Quiz : The Milky Way

Resources : Learn More About Space!