Learning about space in year two

Jupiter is heavier than all the planets and bigger than the planets.                             Brandon

Pluto’s main moon is called Charon.  Charon is almost half the size of Pluto itself.                    Emily

 Space means an area or extent of a surface filling in the blank spaces.                     Georgia

On one side of Mercury is hot but is is cold on the other.          Bella

 Jupiter is the biggest planet.  Pluto is a dwarf planet.  Saturn is the second biggest planet.                     Olivia

 Space begins about 100 kilometres above the Earth.    Kyla

 I find space has some interesting facts because Jupiter is a big planet.                 Baccara

Without the sun, the solar system would not exist.    Chloe

I didn’t know that Saturn’s rings were made of ice and rock.  I didn’t know that Saturn was a gas planet.        Neve

Saturn’s rocky centre is about the same size a Earth.   Caelum

I did not know that Pluto was a dwarf planet.   Bianca

I never knew Uranus had three sorts of rock inside.   Ashley

We are learning about space.  Neptune has 13 moons and Mars has two moons.                    Millie

Venus is the hottest of all the planets.  Telescopes can’t see through thick clouds of Venus.             James

The moon is Earth’s only natural satellite.  To us the most important object in our sky is the sun.    Ella

 I never know that Jupiter was the forth planet from the sun.  Neptune is the forth biggest planet.              Benjamin

Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.  Pluto is the smallest planet in our solar system                       Brayden

Saturn rotates on its axis once every 10.66 Earth hours.  Saturn is tilted on its axis.                     Laura