The moon

               The moon is a fascinating object in the sky.  The outside of the moon, the surface, is rocky and dusty and has craters, which look dark spots from the earth.  The moon is about ¼ the size of the Earth and it is about 238,857 miles away from Earth.  The moon is a natural satellite that orbits the Earth. It takes 28 days for the moon to orbit, or go around, the Earth.  Together, the moon and the Earth take 365 days to orbit the sun.

                The moon rises in the east and sets in the west like the sun.  The reason for this is that the Earth is spinning.   Sometimes you can see both the sun and the moon in the sky at the same time.  The moon does not make its own light, rather the light of the moon is actually a reflection of the sun shining on it. The moon has different phases, periods of time, where we can either see none of the moon, part of the moon, or the entire moon. The phases are created by where the sun is located compared to where the moon is located around the earth. 

The Sun

The Sun is by far the largest object in the solar system and is at the center of our solar system. The sun is a large star, which is made up of 70% hydrogen and 28% helium gas. The sun is not a solid. The outer layer of the sun is known as the photosphere, and this is the part of the sun that we see from Earth.  The sun has dark spots or sunspots which are cooler than the rest of the sun.  The sun also has a magnetic field that reaches all the way to Pluto! The sun gives off heat, light, and solar winds. The solar winds can affect the earth by disrupting radio waves and causing power line surges.  The inside of the sun is called the core and it much hotter than the photosphere.

                The sun is about 4.5 billion years old.  It is expected to continue to burn for another 5 billion years.  After that, all the hydrogen gas will be used up.  The sun has 7 planets orbiting it and also many other objects such as asteroids and comets. Jupiter is the biggest planet orbiting the sun while Mercury is the smallest.  The sun is not standing still, but rather is moving through the Milky Way, our galaxy. It takes the sun 225-250 million years for the sun to complete on orbit through the Milky Way.

Lesson One Rapid Response Worksheet

The Resurrection of Jesus Vocabulary

Example:  Jesus |    Mary    Jesus   Simon   Peter

1.       Magdalene         |   Magnificent  Maleficent   Magdalene                   Maria

2.       soldiers                |   sandals   soldiers   solidify   softly

3.       angel                     |   angel   antler   angle   anything

4.       followers             |   fellows   falling   followers   fellowship

5.       Peter                     |   Paul   Peter   Petal   Potato

6.       grave                     |   gone   gravy   gave   grave

7.       soldiers                |  solidify  softly  soldiers  sandals

8.       followers             |  falling  followers  fellowship  fellows

9.       Magdalene         |  Maria  Maleficent  Magnificent  Magdalene

10.   angel                     |   antler  angel  anything  angle

11.   grave                     |   gravy  gave  gone  grave

12.   Peter                     |   Petal  Potato  Peter  Paul

13.   followers             |   falling   followers   falling  fellowship

14.   soldiers                |   soldiers  softly  solidify  sandals

15.   Magdalene         |   Maleficent  Magdalene  Maria  Magnificent

16.   grave                     |   grave  gone  gravy  gave

17.   angel                     |   anything  angle  antler  angel

18.   Peter                     |   Potato  Petal  Peter  Paul

19.   Magdalene         |   Magdalene  Maria  Maleficent  Magnificent

20.   soldiers                |   softly  soldiers  solidify  sandals

21.   followers             |   fellowship  falling  followers  fellows

22.   Peter                     |  Petal  Paul  Peter  Potato

23.   grave                     |  gone  grave  gave  gravy

24.   angel                     |  angel  anything  antler  angle

25.   Magdalene         |   Magnificent  Maleficent   Magdalene                   Maria

26.   soldiers                |   sandals   soldiers   solidify   softly

27.   angel                     |   angel   antler   angle   anything

28.   followers             |   fellows   falling   followers   fellowship

29.   Peter                     |   Paul   Peter   Petal   Potato

30.   grave                     |   gone   gravy   gave   grave

31.   soldiers                |  solidify  softly  soldiers  sandals

32.   followers             |  falling  followers  fellowship  fellows

33.   Magdalene         |  Maria  Maleficent  Magnificent  Magdalene

34.   angel                     |   antler  angel  anything  angle

35.   grave                     |   gravy  gave  gone  grave

36.   Peter                     |   Petal  Potato  Peter  Paul

37.   followers             |   falling   followers   falling  fellowship