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8) Planets
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Some people might think of planets as all being pretty similar, but they actually come in vastly different sizes and are made up of many different elements. Some, like Earth, are rocky, while others, such as Jupiter, are made up of gas. Readers will learn about the different planets in our solar system.
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Packed with facts and tantalising anecdotes from experts and bursting with colour photographs, learn all about space in this fresh take on the subject that kids with love. It's time to learn everything about space! Each book in the National Geographic Kids Everything series has more than 100 pictures, an explorer's corner with from-the-field anecdotes and tips, fun facts throughout, maps and infographics, an illustrated diagram, a photo gallery, cool...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A solar system is a complex system containing a star and a group of planets, moons, and other bodies that move around the star. In our solar system, that star is the sun. Readers will learn about many of the wonders of our solar system.
11) The stars
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A simple introduction to the stars, covering the different types, and how they form.
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English
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"In The Sun: Shining Star of the Solar System, the Universe itself explains the relationship between the sun and Earth. Kids ages 5 through 8 discover how the sun's place in the solar system gives us the days, seasons, and years we experience on our planet. They learn alongside funny alien characters how the sun supports life on our planet and how it's related to the weather." -- Amazon.com.
Narrated by the Universe, tells about the sun and how it...
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Arnold's know-it-all cousin Janet drives the whole class crazy when she joins Ms. Frizzle's class on a field trip and The Magic School Bus "Gets Lost in Space" ; After Dorothy Ann sees an asteroid on a crash course toward their school, the class blasts into space. Will they be able to divert the asteroid and save the day? Find out in this "Out of This World" adventure! ; In "Taking Flight," Wanda and the rest of the class discover how wings and moving...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Readers will want to grab a telescope and explore the night skies after finishing this overview of our solar system. Our solar system consists of eight planets, as well as numerous moons, comets, asteroids, and meteoroids. For thousands of years, humans believed that Earth was at the center of the Universe, but all of that changed in the 17th century. Astronomers like Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, and Isaac Newton proposed...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In this creative nonfiction work, just after learning that Earth's scientists no longer consider him a planet, an unhappy Pluto takes a visitor from Earth on a tour of the solar system, sharing facts along the way.
Pluto loves being a planet. That is, until the day he gets a call from some Earth scientists telling him he isn a planet anymore! You probably wanted to meet a real planet, huh? So, Pluto takes the reader on a hilarious and informative...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Author David Aguilar uses brilliant photo-realistic illustration and fascinating up-to-date facts straight from the latest astronomy news to bring you a comprehensive look at our solar system as you've never seen it before.
20) Planet Name Game
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"The Cat in the Hat, Sally, and Nick visit each of the planets in this book based on an episode of the PBS Kids TV show The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!"--
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