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Concept Statement: Show Concept Overview
5 The solar system consists of planets and other bodies that orbit the Sun in predictable paths.
Over-All Rating: In-Depth coverage of this concept.
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Text includes significant amounts of extraneous concepts and terms that are often highlighted and illustrated. |
Features that help student learning:
Text includes many useful illustrations.
Features that do not help student learning:
Text includes extraneous information, especially about the sun, while not conveying the important concept that the sun is an average star (Standard 5a).
Ratings for Standards - Harcourt:
| 5 The solar system consists of planets and other bodies that orbit the Sun in predictable paths. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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