The Solar System-2

The Solar
System
Objecti
ve:
Activity
#1
Learn the
planets in
the solar system, including important facts that
distinguish them from one another.
the link and watch the

solar system
Please click on
video about the
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd6nLM2QlWw
Three things about plants?
One thing you found interesting?
One thing you will tell your parents about?
Activity
#2
For Each planet you are required to answer

questions by reading the facts on the link
provided. For pictures you could look at
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/
or use google
Mercury
Add Picture
http://www.planetsforkids.org/planet-mercury.html
Read the facts on this website and answer the questions below:
1. Whats NASAs latest mission called?
2. What is the surface of the planet covered with?
3. How cold can it get on Mercury?
4. How many days does it take the planet to orbit the sun?
5.
6.
7.
8.
How did the planet get its name?

How far the planet from the sun?
What temperature can it rise to on the sunny side?
When did the Mariner spacecraft take close photographs of
the planet?
Venus
Add Picture
http://www.planetsforkids.org/planet-venus.html
Read the facts on this website and answer the questions below:
1. What year did the Soviet Union send spacecraft to Venus?
2. What where the spacecraft called that the Soviet Union sent?
3. How many moons does Venus have?
4. Venus is named after a Roman Goddess which one?
5. How long does it take to orbit the Sun?
6. How far is the planet from the Sun?
7. How hot can it get on Venus?
Earth
Add Picture
http://www.planetsforkids.org/planet-earth.html
Read the facts on the website and answer the following questions:
1.
How far is the Earth from the Sun?
2.
How long does it take to orbit the Sun?
3. What are people who study the planets and stars called?
4. Whats the diameter of Earth?
5. The Earth has something called plates. What are these plates called?
6. Whats the percentage of oxygen on Earth?
7. How many astronomical units is the Earth from the Sun?
Mars
Add Picture:
http://www.planetsforkids.org/planet-mars.html
Read the facts on the website and answer the questions below:
1. How many moons does Mars have?
2. What temperature can it drop to on Mars in winter?
3. How high is Olympus Mons?

4. How long is a typical year on Mars?
5. What is the largest canyon called?
6. How long is the largest canyon?
7. What are the moons of Mars called?
Jupiter
Add picture:
http://www.planetsforkids.org/planet-jupiter.html
Read the facts on the website and answer the question below:
1. How many moons does Jupiter have?
2. Can you name two of these moons?
3. What is the unmanned spacecraft launched in 2011 called?
4. Who was the first person to discover Jupiter?
5. What is the ever-changing whirlpool of storms called?
6. How long does it take Jupiter to orbit the Sun?
7. How far is Jupiter from the Sun?
Saturn
Add picture
http://www.planetsforkids.org/planet-saturn.html
Read the facts on the website and answer the question below:
1. In what year did Galileo first see the rings?
2. How many moons does Saturn have?
3. What is the largest moon called?
4. What year did the spacecraft Cassinin reach the planet?
5. How long does it take Saturn to orbit the Sun?
6. How many astronomical units is Saturn from the Sun?
7. How many miles/kilometers is Saturn from the Sun?
Uranus
http://www.planetsforkids.org/planet-uranus.html
Read the facts on this website and answer this questions?
1. How far is Uranus for the Sun miles/kilometers?
2. How many hours does it take Uranus to turn on its axis?
3.
How long does it take Uranus to orbit the Sun?
4. What is the diameter of Uranus miles/kilometers?

5. How many moons does Uranus have?
6. Can you see Uranus without a telescope?

7. Who discovered the planet?
8. In what year was the planet first discovered?
Neptune
Add a picture
http://www.planetsforkids.org/planet-neptune.html
Please read the facts on Neptune on this website and answer the
questions below:
1. In miles/kilometers how far in Neptune from the Sun? Q.
2. What year was Neptune actually discovered?
3. What diameter is Neptune?
4. How long does it take Neptune to orbit the Sun?
5. Can you name the first moon that was discovered?
6. Whats different about this moon compared to other moons?
7. What year was the moon Nereid discovered?
Class
Activity # 3:
By reading this article write down
characteristics on why Pluto is no longer
a planet? What makes Pluto different
from the other planets?
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/pluto
/indepth
Activity
#4:
Each student will be given a Styrofoam balls

and all-purpose paint
Students will choose their favorite planet and
recreate that planet by using the Styrofoam balls and paint. In addition, they
will explain why they like that planet and what makes them different from
the other planets.
Then they will present it to the class
NASA: Use to find more information about the the planets
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/

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the link and watch the

For Each planet you are required to answer

How did the planet get its name?

How far is the Earth from the Sun?

How long does it take to orbit the Sun?

3. How high is Olympus Mons?

How long does it take Uranus to orbit the Sun?

4. What is the diameter of Uranus miles/kilometers?

6. Can you see Uranus without a telescope?

Each student will be given a Styrofoam balls

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