Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised - Robot Space Explorers - Phase 5

Phase 5 Set 4

Robot Space Explorers

5 Phonemes covered: /air/ are, ere /ar/ a, al /c/ ch /ch/ tch, ture /o/ a /oo/ oul, u /or/ a, al, au, oor /r/ wr /s/ sc, st /sh/ ch /ur/ ear, or /z/ ze

Robot Space Explorers

for Letters and Sounds Revised

Stretch and challenge

What is out there? What are we learning from robot space explorers?

An information book collins.co.uk/collinsbigcat

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Robot Space Explorers Contents What is out there?

Adventure in deep space Comet landing Working on Mars Robots in space Glossary Index Robots exploring space

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Written by Rob Alcraft

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What is out there?

What are robot explorers learning about the worlds beyond Earth?

Many robots have been launched into space.

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Adventure in deep space The Voyager robots were launched nearly half a century ago. They are still flying through space now.

Voyager 1

Voyager 2

cameras take pictures

sensors collect data

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The Voyagers have taken close-up pictures of planets.

Jupiter

This patch is a giant storm.

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The Voyagers have sent data back to scientists on Earth. Voyager 1 flew very close to Saturn.

It was able to study the planet’s rings.

rings of dust and ice 5

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Nothing has ventured further from Earth than the Voyagers.

Voyager 1

Sun

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Voyager 1 took this picture of Earth from very far away.

Earth

Scientists need giant listening devices to capture data from the Voyagers.

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Phase 5 Set 4

Robot Space Explorers

5 Phonemes covered: /air/ are, ere /ar/ a, al /c/ ch /ch/ tch, ture /o/ a /oo/ oul, u /or/ a, al, au, oor /r/ wr /s/ sc, st /sh/ ch /ur/ ear, or /z/ ze

Robot Space Explorers

for Letters and Sounds Revised

Stretch and challenge

What is out there? What are we learning from robot space explorers?

An information book collins.co.uk/collinsbigcat

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Rob Alcraft 04/07/2022 14:11