The Milky Way

Hello! Have a great Tuesday. Complete all the steps in this lesson :)

IN your notebook write the title "The Milky Way" and today's date.

Poll

The Milky Way is a popular candy bar. The Milky Way is also a part of space. Select ALL of the statements below that describe the Milky Way in space.

• a faint band of light across the sky that can be seen on a very dark night

• a spiral-shaped group of many stars

• a galaxy

• our home in the universe

• a section of the universe smaller than our solar system

Open Ended

In your own words, what is the Milky Way? How does it appear from Earth? How
would it appear if we could see it from far out in space?

Tomorrow you will create a model of the Milky way. Read the text and create a notes page with information that can help you make a model of the milky way. When finished return the text.

Making a model.

Open Ended

What is at least two pieces of information about the milky way that can help you make your model.

Please return the text to the substitute.

Return notebooks to their basket. The substitute will give you a space themed word search to complete. When finished with that, you can go to legends of learning.