Solar System

Created by
Christi Wilder

Welcome!!

Welcome to the space mystery!!
Today, you will be using the Internet to search for information about space. You will take a virtual tour of the planets.You will be looking at real life pictures of the planets and do some fun activities that will help you learn about the solar system. Enjoy your activities.

Activities

1. Take a field trip of our planets. Click on the orange field trip button and then click on the planet that you want to visit. To become an expert, you will need to visit all of the planets. Take notes of at least two interesting facts about each planet.

http://www.space.com/php/popup/virtualspacetour/noad_frameset.php

More information about the planets can be found here. You will need to be an expert to pass the final activity, so read carefully.

http://nasascience.nasa.gov/kids/kids-solar-system

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/mercury.htm

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/blast/index.html

2.Where, Oh Where does that Little Planet Go?

Each of the nine planets orbits around the Sun in a very special way and in a very special place. Can you arrange them correctly? Print out the page because it will help you with activity number 3.

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/activity/planet_go.html

3. Print out a copy of this page by clicking the print button at the top of the computer screen. Use the print page of activity 2 to help you answer the riddles. Tell the teacher when you are ready to check your planetary knowledge.

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/fitzgerald/99/riddles.htm

4.Planet Tac Toe

Check to see if you can beat the aliens in a game of Tic Tac Toe. You will need to be an expert to win. Be careful because spelling counts. You can use your notes from activity 1 and your printed sheets from activities 2 and 3 to help you. Good Luck.

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/StarChild/planet_tac_toe.cgi

Assessment

You and your partner need to show what you have learned through your investigation through space. Create a KidPix presentation showing the solar system in order from the sun to Pluto. Then use Microsoft Word to create a story telling if the planets are inner or outer planets and at least two interesting facts about each planet and the sun. Tell your teacher when you have completed the assignment and are ready to print your presentation. Then you can enjoy a relaxing puzzle with your partner.

Great job!! Thanks for working so hard. You and your partner can put the puzzle together.

http://www.jigzone.com/ms/z.php?p=jz/p2/Planet&z=20_piece_classic&q=gt

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Credits

Activities:

http://www.jigzone.com/ms/z.php?p=jz/p2/Planet&z=20_piece_classic&q=gt

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/index.html

Graphics:

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/activity/solar_system_shuffle.html

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Solar System

Welcome!!

Activities

1. Take a field trip of our planets. Click on the orange field trip button and then click on the planet that you want to visit. To become an expert, you will need to visit all of the planets. Take notes of at least two interesting facts about each planet.

http://www.space.com/php/popup/virtualspacetour/noad_frameset.php

2.Where, Oh Where does that Little Planet Go?

Each of the nine planets orbits around the Sun in a very special way and in a very special place. Can you arrange them correctly? Print out the page because it will help you with activity number 3.

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/activity/planet_go.html

3. Print out a copy of this page by clicking the print button at the top of the computer screen. Use the print page of activity 2 to help you answer the riddles. Tell the teacher when you are ready to check your planetary knowledge. http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/fitzgerald/99/riddles.htm

4.Planet Tac Toe

Check to see if you can beat the aliens in a game of Tic Tac Toe. You will need to be an expert to win. Be careful because spelling counts. You can use your notes from activity 1 and your printed sheets from activities 2 and 3 to help you. Good Luck.

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/StarChild/planet_tac_toe.cgi

Assessment

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/StarChild/planet_tac_toe.cgi

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/activity/planet_go.html

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/fitzgerald/99/planets.htm

Graphics:

3. Print out a copy of this page by clicking the print button at the top of the computer screen. Use the print page of activity 2 to help you answer the riddles. Tell the teacher when you are ready to check your planetary knowledge.

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/fitzgerald/99/riddles.htm