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Mars Book A Printable Book for Fluent Readers

Mars Astronomy Calendar

Print out the following pages to make a Mars Book for fluent readers. Have the students cut out each page, including the tab. Staple the pages together at the left, then you have a short information/activity book.

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Skills practiced: Cutting, coloring, astronomy, writing, reading.

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Cover Page The cover page.	Introduction Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. Answers: 1. two 2. red 3. yes 4. yes.	Size, Mass, Gravity Mars is about half the size of Earth and about 1/9th the mass of Earth. Answers: 1. two times 2. Earth 3. 3.8 pounds.	Surface The surface of Mars is dry, rocky, and mostly covered with iron-rich dust. Answers: 1. yes 2. Olympic Mons 3. yes.
Temperature Mars is much colder than the Earth; it is farther from the Sun than Earth. Answers: 1. cooler 2. yes 3. decrease.	Atmosphere Mars has a very thin atmosphere, composed mosty of carbon dioxide gas. Answers: 1. thin 2. carbon dioxide 3. yes 4. pink/yellow or butterscotch.	Orbit, Year Mars is 1.5 times farther from the Sun than Earth is and a Martian day is 687 Earth days long. Answers: 1. elliptical 2. 687 days 3. 141.6 million miles or 227.9 million km.	Day, Axis, Seasons A day on Mars takes 1.03 Earth days (24.6 hours). Answers: 1. 24.6 hours 2. yes 3. 25.2º.
Interior Mars is a rocky planet that probably has an iron core. Answers: 1. rocky 2. probably 3. mantle.	Moons Mars has two tiny moons, Phobos (meaning fear) and Deimos (meaning terror). Answers: 1. small 2. asteroids 3. Phobos 4. Phobos 5. 1877.	Missions There have been many missions to Mars since the first one in 1965. Answers: 1. 1965 2. 34.6 million miles or 55.8 million km 3. 14 minutes.