TelescopesTelescopes from from The Way Things WorkThe Way Things Work Story VocabularyStory Vocabulary

galaxygalaxyuniverseuniverse

bodiesbodies

frequencyfrequencyrevolutionirevolutionizeze

Open Court 5th Grade Unit 2 Astronomy

Lesson 2 Telescopes Marco Ruiz and Melissa Lape – Wilson Elementary

galaxy “use context clues”

A telescope gives a close-up view of a distant object, which, in the case of viewing a galaxy, is very distant indeed.

Earth is one of several Earth is one of several planets located in the Milky planets located in the Milky Way Way galaxygalaxy..

galaxygalaxy – a large group of stars, – a large group of stars, dust, and gasdust, and gas

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universe “use context clues”

Many objects in the universe send out radio waves, which radio telescopes detect.

Telescopes allow us to Telescopes allow us to look at stars and look at stars and planets far out in the planets far out in the universeuniverse..

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universeuniverse: all things, including : all things, including stars, planets, and so onstars, planets, and so on

bodies “use context clues”

Radio telescopes have discovered the existence of many previously unknown bodies.

Planets are often called Planets are often called heavenly heavenly bodiesbodies..

bodiesbodies - objects such as stars - objects such as stars and asteroidsand asteroids Marco Ruiz –

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frequency “use context clues”

Differences in frequency of the signals give information about the composition of the source.

Sound waves that are delivered with high frequency are easy to hear.

frequency - how often something happenswithin a set period of time Marco Ruiz –

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revolutionize“use context clues”It promises to revolutionize astronomy because it operates outside the atmosphere.The invention of the

computer will continue to revolutionize how we communicate.revolutionizerevolutionize –to cause dramatic –to cause dramatic

changechange Marco Ruiz – Wilson Elementary

Vocabulary Quiz

_______ a large group of stars,

dust, and gas_________all things, including stars, planets, and so on

__________ objects such as stars

and asteroids_________ how often something happens within a set period of time

__________to cause dramatic change

frequency

bodies

galaxy

revolutionize

universeMelissa Lape – Wilson Elementary

All of these words relate to astronomy.Related Words

satellite

magnify galaxy

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atmosphere

Match the

picture to the word.

teletelescopescope

uniuniversversee

interinterceptscepts

enenableableMarco Ruiz – Wilson Elementary

All the following words begin with prefixes. All the following words begin with prefixes. What does each prefix mean?What does each prefix mean?

“far”

“one”

“between”

“cause to be”

All of these words end with suffixes.

viewviewerer

secondsecondararyyexistexistenceence

astronomastronomicalicalMarco Ruiz – Wilson Elementary

What does each suffix mean?What does each suffix mean?

“one who does something”

“belonging to, connected with”

“action, process”

“related to, dealing with”

Words containing /e/ sound spelled e and ee

peerpeer

degreedegree

previousprevious

reducereduce

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sequencesequence

Can you think of other words with the /e/ sound?

A satellite orbits outside Earth’s atmosphere.

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A telescope will enable you to see far-off planets.

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Which words contain prefixes?

telescope, enabletelescope, enable

There is evidence that There is evidence that some types of insects some types of insects have been in existence have been in existence since prehistoric times. since prehistoric times.

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Which words contain suffixes?Which words contain suffixes?

evidevidenceence, exist, existenceence, prehistor, prehistoricic

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The outside temperature was one degree lower

than it had been on the previous day.

previousdegree

Which word contains the /e/ sound, spelled Which word contains the /e/ sound, spelled ee??

Which word contains the /e/ sound, spelled Which word contains the /e/ sound, spelled eeee??