Voyage to the Giants

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Book meta-data

Reading Box: Emerald (Levels 25-26)
Year: Three
Fiction/Nonfiction: Non-fiction
Theme/Topic: Exploration, Journeys, Science and technology, Space
Genre: Explanation, Report
Strategy/Skills: Using graphic sources, Asking and answering questions, Using texts as models
Page Count: 16
Reading Level: 25
Item Code: 200128
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Curriculum Codes: ACELA1479, ACELT1594, ACELT1596, ACELT1599, ACELT1600, ACELY1678, ACELY1679, ACELY1680, ACELA1489, ACELA1490, ACELT1602, ACELT1604, ACELT1605, ACELY1690, ACELY1691, ACELY1692, ACELA1504, ACELA1797, ACELA1512, ACELT1795, ACELY1701, ACELY1702, ACELY1703

Reader Description

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are the largest planets in our solar system. Voyager II is a spacecraft that travels to these planets and send back information about them. It is still sending back signals and has travelled farther than any modern spacecraft.

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Voyager II sent a lot of information back to Earth. Draw a space map that shows where Voyager II travelled. Next to each planet, write an interesting fact that scientists discovered.

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