Support for long-term classroom planning and professional development. Information covering important topics for today's educators and parents. This book, written for grades 3 to 5 as part of the TRUE BOOK series for young readers, describes the sun, the planets, and the asteroids that make up our solar system. Divided into short chapters, the book begins with an introduction that explains what the solar system is and how it was formed when gravity pulled huge amounts of gases, rocks, and metals together to form the sun and planets. The second chapter explains how the force of gravity pulls planets into orbits and divides the nine planets into rocky planets and gas giants.
Subsequent chapters describe the composition, atmosphere, and orbits of the planets and their moons.
The book is illustrated with color photographs, computer images, and artists' representations. A glossary and resource list of books, organizations, and Internet sites are included. ENC does NOT distribute this resource.