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What do you know about these two objects in the sky?

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Daylight
J The sun is a star. It is a big ball of fire and gases.

We see the sun during the day.

The sun is too hot for a person to visit*

Venus

Saturn Mars

Earth Mercury Jupiter Uranus

Earth and other planets move around the sun

THINK ABOUT IT! re some ways that the sun helps Eart

The moon is made of rocks and dust. The sun's light bounces off it.

The moon looks bright at night.

People have visited the moon.

The moon moves around Earth.

K ABOUT IT! Would you like to go to the moon? Why or why not?

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COMPARE AND CONTRAST

Sun and Moon

Read or listen to each sentence below. If the sentence is about the sun, circle the word sun. If the sentence is about the moon, circle the word moon.

1. it is a big baii of fire. 2. People have visited it. 3. It mokes light and heat. 4. It is riade of rocl<. 5. it is very hot. TRY^ i Write the word. Which object in the THIS! ' sky does not make its own light?

sun sun sun

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moon moon moon moon moon

sun

Vlants to Know
G-ir^ls and Boys, My friends and I made a model of the scjn and planets. I dropped it and the sun fell off the model. What should I do? Zip
Family Connection: With your child, point out ways that the sun is beneficial. Show a plant to your child, and explain that the sun is needed to help that plant grow. Ask your child to think of some ways that the sun might be hamnful.
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