The+Solar+System

For the next two weeks, our class will be learning about the solar system. Here is what we know already:
 * Different planets are different colors, shapes, and sizes.
 * Uranus is a blue planet where it is so cold that you could die if you went there.
 * It's cold on Pluto.
 * The Sun is the biggest part of our solar system.
 * The Earth is much smaller than the Sun.
 * The Earth rotates.
 * Some planets are different shapes.
 * Pluto is the smallest planet.
 * The Sun lights half of the Earth at a time.
 * The moon is always out in the sky.
 * Saturn has rings around it.
 * Neptune has rings.
 * The Earth rotates around the Sun and that makes it get dark.
 * The Sun is hot; if you touch it you will burn.
 * There are space rocks in space.
 * If you go to Mars you will die.
 * If you touch the Sun you might die.
 * If you're meters away from the Sun you can die because of the heat.
 * Mercury is a small planet.
 * Jupiter is close to the Earth.
 * If you were an astronaut and you took off your helmet you would suffocate.
 * Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun.
 * Saturn is close to Jupiter.
 * If you go to the moon, there's less gravity.

These are some things we want to know: - Can space rocks kill you? - Can we die on every planet? - Who was the first astronaut? - How much time would it take to get to the moon? - How much time would it take to get to other planets? - What does Mars look like? - Would you freeze to death on Mercury? - How hot is the Sun? - Could you bake an egg on the Sun? - What would happen if you touched the Sun? - What does space look like? - What is it like if you go to Uranus? - How does it look when a rocket ship comes back to Earth? - How does it look when a rocket ship leaves Earth? - How would it look if the moon covered the Sun? - What is it like to be in a rocket ship? - What does the moon feel like? - What if there was no Sun? - How do astronauts eat? - How do astronauts sleep when they go to the moon? - How do they keep things, like food, from floating? - What would it be like if you took off your shoes in space? - What would happen if there was a big space rock coming towards Earth? - How do astronauts keep covers on when they sleep? - How did astronauts put the flag on the moon? - Would it be fun to go in space? - How would it feel to land on the moon? - Is the moon really hard? - When you land on the moon with the rocketship, does it explode (the atmosphere)? - How do astronauts change their clothes? How do they go to the bathroom in the rocket? - Are the astronauts men or women?

What we learned: - Pluto is not classified as a planet anymore. - Pluto is very far away from the Sun. - Pluto is farther from the Sun and it doesn't have very much sunlight. All the other planets have more sunlight than Pluto. - Pluto shares an orbit with Neptune. - Neptune is not close to the Sun. - My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas/My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Noodles. - Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, (Pluto) - The Sun is very, very hot. -