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5 The solar system consists of planets and other bodies that orbit the Sun in predictable paths.
Over-All Rating: Limited coverage of this concept.
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Coverage of standards 5a and 5b is very limited. In contrast, standard 5c is covered in depth. Since standards 5a and 5b have much more information than 5c, the over-all rating is "Limited coverage of standard." An earlier printing of this text did not list these standards in the correlations in the teacher edition. |
Features that help student learning:
Illustrations and text explain how gravity and inertia work together to keep planets in their orbits rather than crashing into the sun or flying off into outer space.
Features that do not help student learning:
Significant content is missing. Text includes extraneous information.
In the illustration on pages 292-293, the sun looks smaller than some of the planets. The only place that could help reverse that misconception is several pages later.
Ratings for Standards - McGraw Hill:
| 5 The solar system consists of planets and other bodies that orbit the Sun in predictable paths. |
Limited |
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| 5a Students know the Sun, an average star, is the central and largest body in the solar system and is composed primarily of hydrogen and helium. |
Limited |
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| 5b Students know the solar system includes the planet Earth, the Moon, the Sun, eight other planets and their satellites, and smaller objects, such as asteroids and comets. |
Limited |
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| 5c Students know the path of a planet around the Sun is due to the gravitational attraction between the Sun and the planet. |
In-Depth |
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