14 Fun Facts About Neptune: Educational Version

By Jeannie Meekins

Does Neptune have a lot of winds?
What is at the core or center of Neptune?
Neptune is slowly turning itself into what precious mineral?
What is the coldest place in our solar system? (Hint: It isn’t the planet,)

Learn the answer to these questions and many more fun facts in this 15-Minute Book. Neptune is the last planet in our solar system. It is so far away that scientists do not know much about it, but here are some things they do know.

The Educational Version has activities that meet Common Core Curriculum Standards.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: LearningIsland.com
• Release date: Sep 19, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301321599

Jeannie Meekins

Jeannie Meekins is an Australian writer who lives with her children and a couple of cats who think they own the computer. And if her dog could read, he’d be jealous, so it’s lucky that he can’t. Jeannie has also written over 10 books for children, many available through LearningIsland.com

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14 FUN FACTS ABOUT

NEPTUNE

By Jeannie Meekins

A LearningIsland.com

15 - Minute Book

We have used many sources to research these facts and they are accurate at time of publishing. The more we explore the wonders of space and our universe, the more information we are discovering.

Editor: Jennifer Robinson

Cover and title page pictures by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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(C) Copyright 2011 Jeannie Meekins. All rights reserved.

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14 Fun Facts About Neptune / Jeannie Meekins

Summary: A brief look at some interesting facts about the planet Neptune.

1. Neptune. Juvenile Literature. 2. Planets. Juvenile Literature. 3. Space. Juvenile Literature. 4. Solar System. Juvenile Literature

Words: 1,646

Reading Level: 6.6

Ages 9 and up.

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Neptune is the last planet in our solar system, sitting out in spacefar away from the sun’swarmth. Being so far out, it is difficult to study this planet, but here ae some things we have discovered about Neptune.

Statue of Neptune in Copenhagen, Denmark. (hansjorn)

Fact 1: Neptune is named after the Roman God of Water.

The Roman God,