Summary
A Ready Jet Go! clip on PBS LearningMedia. Face 9000 introduces Enceladus, an icy moon of Saturn where water bursts through the frozen surface and snows back down. A wonder-filled look at an ice-covered world.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Far out by Saturn, a tiny moon shoots water into space — and it falls back as snow.
- What is Enceladus covered in?
- What bursts out through the ice on Enceladus?
- How is Enceladus different from Earth's moon?
- Would you want to visit an ice moon? Why?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: Enceladus, moon, Saturn, ice, water.
Try it: Draw an icy moon. Show water spraying up from a crack in the ice.