Read About It Galaxies

​Galaxies

By Leslie Carter-Farley

Think-Pair-Share
















What are galaxies made of?

​Complete this section of your annotate boxes.

Multiple Choice

Galaxies are composed of (best answer)

• stars
• stars and gas
• stars, dust, and gas
• stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity

​Complete this section of your annotate boxes.
**Include the age of the stars.

​Discuss with your shoulder partner how you would classify each galaxy.

Multiple Choice

Identify the galaxy in the image.

• irregular

• spiral

• elliptical

• none listed

Multiple Choice

Identify the galaxy in the image.

• irregular

• spiral

• elliptical

• none listed

Multiple Choice

Identify the galaxy in the image.

• irregular

• spiral

• elliptical

• none listed

​Complete this section of your annotate boxes.

Multiple Choice

If you were giving directions to an alien from another galaxy, how would you tell him to locate Earth?

• Tell him to visit the Orion arm

• Tell him to visit the Sagittarius arm

• Tell him to visit the Perseus arm

• Tell him to visit the central bulge

​What is the main idea, or the big idea, of this reading passage?

​What information did we learn that will help us answer the anchor phenomenom question " What can exploding stars tell astronomers about the universe"?

​Choose two recurring themes and concepts that you think apply to galaxies. (look at the posters on the wall).

​Draw these pictures of the galaxies in this section of your annotate boxes.

​Draw BOTH views of our our Milky Way galaxy in this section. Use the full amount of space given.