Solar System Lesson Plans

This lesson has students access prior knowledge and to become familiar with the solar system. In this solar system lesson, students use felt to build a solar system model. This lesson has students label their solar systems. This lesson has students use chalk and correct scaling to position a solar system diagram outside.

Students explore space science by creating posters. In this solar system lesson, students identify the different planets in our solar system and view a video on the topic. Students create visual aide posters about meteors, asteroids and comets in class.

In this lesson students research the orbits of objects in the solar system. They change colors in an Excel chart and change settings in an Excel chart. They save a file to a network drive or other storage device.

6th graders explore the solar system. In this planets summary lesson, 6th graders choose a planet to do research on and are evaluated on a precise summary of the planet they chose. They work in small groups to do this activity and post the summary on slapastory.com. This lesson includes resource links and a rubric for grading.

This lesson has students study the overview of the solar system. This lesson has students get involved in a personal learning experience. This lesson has students plan out and organize a mission to travel to one of the planets. This lesson has students write a journal.

In this lesson students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Our Solar System: The Moon. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions, have discussions, and more.

In this lesson 3rd graders examine space science by creating a model in class. In this solar system lesson, 3rd graders utilize the web to research the nine planets in our system, their relation to each other and individual characteristics they each have. In this lesson 3rd graders create a solar system model using arts and crafts which they present to the class.

Learners explore our solar system and fractions. In this solar system lesson, learners construct scale models of our solar system. Learners use fraction skills to correctly configure the placement of the plants to scale.

Students research the solar system. In this space science lesson, students listen to space stories and watch videos. They write about their favorite planet, do a choral reading of "Planet Roll Call" and sing a song.

This lesson has students explore the solar system. In this creative project and writing lesson, students investigate the sun and the planets. This lesson has students are broken into groups and assigned a planet to research and report on. This lesson has students calculate the distance between the planets. This lesson has students use facts they learned to write a journal entry.