The solar system digital story

STORY TIME WITH DORAAUTHOUR: MONIQUE THOMPSON

The Solar System Adventure!

Listen up Boots. It’s

story time.

Yay Dora! I

love your stories.

One summer day, Kelly and Mandy went on a

adventure in the Solar System Land. As they stroll

along Orbit Boulevard, Kelly saw Mercury and

Venus hiding behind Earth. Kelly said “Look at

the two silly planets hiding behind the big, brave

Earth.” Mandy said “no Kelly, they are not silly,

they are only shy because they do not know us.

Lets go and introduce ourselves to them.”

Kelly laughed quietly to herself as she remembers

Mercury and Venus hiding behind Earth. She said

to herself “cowardly Mercury and Venus,

hiding behind the great, big Earth.”

Kelly ran quickly and stand in front of Earth and

said “Hello, I am Kelly and this is my big sister

Mandy.” Kelly laughed and pointed to the two

planets hiding behind Earth and said “Are you there

mother?” Earth smiled and said “No, they are my

friends. Their names are Mercury and Venus. We

are all apart of the solar system along with five

other planets. I will introduce you to the other

planets later.”

Kelly was intrigued by all the information as she

whisper quietly “can you tell us about the solar

system?”

Kelly turned to Earth and said “Can you

tell us about the solar system. Earth said “Sure,

lets have a seat in the Milky Way.” As they sit

down quickly, Earth said “the solar system consist

of the sun which is at the centre of it and the eight

planets and their moons that revolve around it.

With the addition of the meteor, asteroids, and

comets.” Mercury is the smallest planet and

Venus is the hottest planet. Venus is also know

as the evening star.

As Kelly and Mandy sit and listen to Earth

they heard a rough, loud and mighty voice

calling “Earth, Earth, where are you?”

Earth shouted “I am in the Milky Way,

Mars.” Mars came rushing into the Milky

Way and said “I have been looking

everywhere for you.” He paused as he

realized that Earth had company.

Mandy smiled to herself and said “Oh, this

is Mars. Hmmm, so mighty and strong.”

Mars turned towards Kelly and Mandy and

gave a quick smile and said “Hi, I am Mars.” I

am the fourth planet away from the sun and I

am also known as the red planet. Mandy smiled

and said “I can see that your not shy and quiet

like Mercury and Venus.” Mars snicker as he

said “those two are cowards, especially

Mercury, he is so tiny than the other planets.”

Earth laughed loudly as he said “Oh please Mars,

remember the time when Jupiter and Saturn made you

cry?” Mars murmur quietly “its because they are bigger

than me.” Earth laughed and said “Mandy and Kelly,

remember I was telling you about the solar system?

Jupiter is the largest planet and Saturn is the second

largest planet. Mars is also apart of the solar system.

Mercury, Venus, Mars and I are known as the

inner planets or the terrestrial planets.

Kelly hold on to Mandy’s hands tightly as she

thought “Gosh, Jupiter and Saturn are bullies.”

But before I tell you about the inner planets. Let me

tell you about the universe. The universe is

incredibly huge! It include the planets, the stars, the

galaxies, living things, dust cloud, light, even time

and the contents of the intergalactic space. The

universe is everything we can touch, feel, sense,

measure or detect.

Kelly looked in amazement as she said “Wow, the

universe is unbelievable. I always see meteors but I

called them shooting stars.” Earth chuckle and said

“that’s a funny name, shooting star, haha.” As

evening draws near, Earth rotates slowly as he said

“you will soon get a chance to meet the outer

planets. However, the inner planets are playful,

caring and friendlier than the outer planets.”

Kelly was intrigued by all the information as she

whisper quietly “can you tell us about the solar

system?”

Earth said “the inner planets are smaller

than the outer planets. The inner planet as greater

density while the outer planets as a lower density.

The inner planets are rocky while the outer

planets are gaseous and the inner planets spin

slowly while the outer planets spin quickly.”

“Those are some of the differences between the

inner planets and outer planets” said Earth.

Kelly and Mandy listened quietly as

they try to retain all that information.

Earth waited for a few minutes and said

“the inner and outer planets also have

some similarities. All planets revolve

around the sun. All planets orbit on the

same plane and all planets are spherical

in shape.

Mandy stutter as she said “Oh my, the

outer planets sound scary.” Earth grin and

said “do not worry about them, the sun is

the leader of the solar system and he will

protect you.” Kelly and Mandy breath a

sigh of relief as Earth said “the sun is a big

ball of gas comprises mostly of hydrogen

and ileum. It provide gravitational pull

for the other planets.”

The sun is the main source of energy for all the

planets, it provide heat and it sustain life on earth.

The sun is at the centre of the solar system an it

also help in the process of photosynthesis.

Mandy said “the sun sounds wonderful but what about you

Earth? I can bet that your pretty amazing too! Earth blush

as he said “Of course, I am! Not to toot my own horn but I

am magnificent! I am the third planet from the sun and I am

the most dense planet. I am also known as the blue planet

and I am the largest of the four inner planets. Furthermore, I

am

the only planets that human beings can live on and have

liquid water at the surface. I have two major forces

which are gravity and magnetism.”

Suddenly four large planets jump from

behind the sun and scared the inner planets.

Earth shakes his head as he said “Kelly and

Mandy I will like you to meet Jupiter,

Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, the

troublemakers. They are also called the

outer planets.” The inner and outer planet

heard a squeaky sound and turn towards

the sound. It was Pluto flowing.

They all shouted “Poor Pluto, not a planet

anymore” and they left giggling. Earth pointed to

Pluto and said “that’s Pluto, he is now a dwarf

planet because he does not have certain

characteristics to make it a planet.”

“Wow, today was great” Mandy thought to

herself. It was great meeting the inner and

outer planets especially Uranus and Neptune.

Did you know that Neptune is the furthest

from the sun?

Anyway, it is getting late guys but it was lovely meeting

both of you said Earth. Kelly and Mandy smiled as they

walked away and left the Earth to orbit the sun.

THE END