Instructions: Write the Solar System topic you are studying on the line provided. In the first section, write what you already know about the topic. In the second section, write what you would like to learn about the topic. After learning about the topic, fill in the third section with information you learned. In the fourth section, write what you still want to learn about the topic. Topic K: What I Know W: What I Want to Know L: What I Learned S: What I Still Want to Know
Instructions: Choose two planets to compare and list them on the lines provided. Then write how the planets are alike and how they are different in the boxes below. Planet: Planet: How are They Alike? How are They Different?
Instructions: A fact is a statement that can be proven. An opinion is a belief or judgment about something. Read each statement. Make a check mark in the fact column if you think the statement is a fact. Make a check mark in the opinion column if you think the statement is an opinion. Statement Fact Opinion has eight planets. Neptune is the prettiest planet in the Solar System. The Sun contains about 99% of all the mass in the Solar System. Mercury and Venus are the only two planets without any moons. Pluto should not have been demoted to dwarf planet. Comets are dusty snowballs that orbit the Sun. Pluto is much smaller than Earth. Everyone should get a chance to go into space. Saturn has hundreds of rings that orbit the planet. Jupiter has many moons.
Instructions: Pretend that you have left Earth and are taking a trip to another planet. Write a message on the postcard below telling about what it is like on the planet. Address your postcard to a friend. Design and draw a stamp that represents the planet. P O S T C A R D Greetings from
Instructions: In the space below, draw an image of your favorite planet or other object in space. On the lines provided, write three to five interesting facts about the planet or object. Cut out the card, fold it in half, and glue or tape the two sides together to make a trading card. Interesting Facts FRONT BACK
Instructions: A mnemonic (ni-mon-ik) is a kind of trick to help you remember things. Read the mnemonic below. It can help you remember the order of the planets from the Sun. The first letter of each word goes with the first letter of each planet. In the boxes below, write three more mnemonics that you can use to remember the order of the planets. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. My very energetic mother just served us noodles. Photo Credits: ; from left to right 1: courtesy of NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington; 2, 5, 7, 8: courtesy of NASA/JPL; 3: courtesy of NASA GSFC; 4: courtesy of Lick Observatory/Hubblesite; 6: courtesy NASA/JPL/University of Arizona; 9: courtesy NASA Planetary Photojournal; 10: courtesy of NASA/ESA/M. Buie (Southwest Research Institute)
Instructions: Weight is a measurement of the force of gravity pulling you down towards the center of a planet. Larger planets have stronger gravity, while smaller planets have weaker gravity. Use a scale to find the weight of an object in the classroom and write it on the line provided. To find the weight of the object on other planets, multiply the weight by the number given for each planet. Weight Planet Weight Multiply by Weight on Planet Mercury 0.38 = Venus 0.91 = Mars 0.38 = Jupiter 2.54 = Saturn 1.08 = Uranus 0.91 = Neptune 1.19 =
Instructions: The chart below shows the approximate distance of the eight planets in the Solar System from the Sun in Astronomical Units (AU). One AU is equal to the distance from Earth to the Sun, which is 149,597,871 kilometers (92,955,807 mi.). Use the information in the chart to find the distances between the planets. If you need to, use the back of the page to work out your answers. Photo Credits: ; main: istock/zuki Sun Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Planet Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Approximate distance from Sun.38 AU.72 AU 1 AU 1.52 AU 5.2 AU 9.54 AU 19.22 AU 30.6 AU 1. What it the distance between Mercury and Venus? 2. What it the distance between Earth and Mars? 3. What it the distance between Mars and Mercury? 4. What it the distance between Uranus and Neptune? 5. What it the distance between Saturn and Uranus? 6. How much farther is Earth from Jupiter than it is from Venus? 7. How much farther is Neptune from Mercury than it is from Uranus? 8. Which pair is closer together, Earth and Mars or Mercury and Venus? Math Challenge! Choose two or three of your answers and change them into kilometers or miles.
Instructions: Using the Internet, answer the following questions. Write the answers to the question and the web address of the site where you found your answer. Planet Answer Web Address What is a comet? What is the name of largest asteroid? What is the closest star to Earth? What is a nebula? Who discovered Uranus? How many planets in the Solar System have rings? What is a constellation? Do stars only come out at night? What is a blue moon? What is the Milky Way?
Instructions: Using the Phases of the Moon poster, write the names of the moon phases on the lines provided. Then, in the empty circles, color in the part of the moon that is showing at that time. The Moon s position as it revolves around Earth Distances and sizes not to scale Photo Credits: ; background: courtesy of NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute; Earth: courtesy of NASA GSFC; Sun: courtesy of ESA/NASA/SOHO; Moon: istock/dra_schwartz Waxing Crescent Waxing Gibbous Last Quarter Waning Crescent
Instructions: Using poster and the Picture Cards, label all the planets and other objects shown in the Solar System. Then, color in each of the planets and other objects.