The problem with Pluto

The Problem with Pluto by David Hill

SJ Level 3 Feb 2012

WALT: Use a cline graphic organiser to order words with similar meanings

WALT: create an acrostic phrase

There are lots of different words that describe the comparative (to compare) size of an object.

Use this cline scale to find the words which indicate size and fit them along the scale (click to edit the image)

People used this acrostic phrase to remember the order of the planets: My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pies. Now that Pluto is no longer an official planet create your own acrostic sentence to remember the order of the planets.

Letter	Planet	Original Phrase	Your Creation
M	Mercury	My	My
V	Venus	Very	very
E	Earth	Excellent	excellent
M	Mars	Mother	Mother
J	Jupiter	Just	Just
S	Saturn	Served	Saved
U	Uranus	Us	Us
N	Neptune	Nine	Ninety
P	Pluto	Pies	hhPies

3. Write a paragraph summary explaining if Pluto is a planet, and why/why not.

Pluto is a dwarf planet because a celestial body resembling a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classed as such. People loves Pluto and there love Pluto because it is alive and well.

Pluto the dwarf planet was adopted in 2006 as part of a three way categorization. A dwarf planet Pluto can orbits the sun like the other planets in the solar system.