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Every Day Edit - Pluto, the Dwarf Planet

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the planet Pluto. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.
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The Outer Planets

For Students 7th - 9th
In this outer planets worksheet, students determine if 15 statements about Neptune, Pluto, Saturn and Uranus are true or false. If they are false, students change the italicized words in the sentences to make the statements true.
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The Webb Space Telescope: Detecting Dwarf Planets

For Students 9th - 12th
In this detecting dwarf planets worksheet, students read about the Webb Space Telescope that will be launched in 2014 to detect dwarf planets using an infrared telescope. Students solve 3 problems and create a graph for each using given...
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Exploring Dwarf Planet Eris

For Students 8th - 10th
In this planet Eris instructional activity, students read about the discovery of this dwarf planet and its characteristics. Students answer 3 questions about the planets, the classification of planets and the definition of planets....
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Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto

For Students 7th - 12th
In this planets learning exercise, students read information about Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto and then complete 18 multiple choice, 4 true or false, and 2 fill in the blank questions.
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Out of this world! 2

For Students 5th - 10th
In this solar system activity, students fill in the blank to sentences that refer to the solar system. Students fill in 15 blanks with planet names.
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Is There a Tenth Planet?

For Students 5th - 12th
In this planets worksheet, students read about how our solar system's planets were discovered and how scientist believe there might be a tenth planet. After reading, students complete 4 short answer questions.
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Life on Other Planets

For Students 4th - 6th
In this planets worksheet, students put the planets in order, complete sentences about planets, read text about planets, match sentences, and more. Students complete 7 tasks total.
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Out of This World 1

For Students 4th - 6th
In this planets research skills instructional activity, students use their research skills to fill in the blanks in 15 sentences regarding the planets.
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Scavenger Hunt: Who am I?

For Students 6th - 8th
In this space science activity, students use the sites listed on the Solar System and Planets page of the Kid Zone to locate the names of the people credited with each discovery. They identify and name 26 different scientists who made...
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The Solar System

For Students 9th - 12th
In this solar system worksheet, high schoolers complete a word puzzle by determining the terms associated with the 10 statements about the planets.
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Out of this World! 1

For Students 4th - 5th
In this space science worksheet, students use reference books or Internet searches to find the answers to 15 questions about the solar system.
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Journey Through the Universe

A Scale Model Solar System

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Between the time scientists discovered Pluto and reclassified it as a dwarf planet, it did not even make one full revolution around the sun. In two activities, scholars investigate scale models and their properties. Pupils find that it...
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Scavenger Hunt: Who am I?

For Students 7th - 9th
For this solar system worksheet, students use an on line source to find the names of the people who discovered the planets, comets, asteroids, black holes and the idea of the big bang theory.
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Jupiter - King of the Planets

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Jupiter worksheet, students read a passage about the environment and atmosphere of Jupiter. Students then answer several multiple choice questions about the passage.
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The Solar System Cloze Activity

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this cloze activity worksheet, students read the passage about the Solar System. Students use the 14 words in the word bank to help them complete the passage.
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Explorit's Astronomy 2. Quiz

For Students 5th - 6th
In this astronomy worksheet, students complete a five question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about astronomy. Prior knowledge is assumed.