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Journey Through the Universe

Voyage of Discovery

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Did you know that Pluto is smaller than the United States of America? It is difficult to conceptualize the size of planets and the distance between them, and the lesson addresses those exact issues. After a discussion, pupils create...
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Journey Through the Universe

Impact Craters: A Look at the Past

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
The Galle crater on Mars is also known as the Happy Face crater because of its appearance. First, scholars use pebbles and flour to simulate craters and study their properties. They then apply this knowledge to help decipher the history...
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Curated OER

Planet Fractions and Scales

For Students 7th - 9th
In this planets and fractions worksheet, students solve nine problems about the sizes and scales of planets compared to each other using fractions.
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Curated OER

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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Curated OER

Solar System Word Search

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this solar system word search instructional activity, students locate and mark the 8 planet names within the word search puzzle. No word bank is provided.
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Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics

The Planets and Scale

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Scholars gain an insight into the relative size of planets and distance between inner and outer planets with the help of informational text, a data table, and a series of four questions.  
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TLS Books

Uranus

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
After reading an informational text passage, learners answer four multiple choice questions about the third largest planet in our 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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Curated OER

Out of this World! 2

For Students 5th - 6th
For this science and research skills worksheet, students use Internet searches to find the answers to 15 questions about the planets in the solar system.
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Curated OER

Astronomy

For Students 4th - 5th
In this astronomy worksheet, students read a detailed text about our solar system. Students then answer 15 questions about the information presented.
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K12 Reader

Planets

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Readers are asked to identify the main ideas and supporting ideas in a passage about the eight planets in our solar system. 
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Teach Engineering

An Inflated Impression of Mars

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Help your class understand the magnitude of the distance between Earth and Mars with an activity that asks small groups to use balloons to create scale models of the Earth, Moon, and Mars. Class members figure out the distances...
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Curated OER

Stars in Your Eyes

For Students 6th - 9th
In this solar system worksheet, students answer 20 short answer questions about the stars, the planets, the sun and moon, meteorites and constellations.
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Curated OER

Asteroids Between Mars and the Sun

For Students 8th - 10th
In this asteroids of the solar system worksheet, students observe a diagram showing all the minor planets found in the orbit of Mars. Students answer 4 questions about the minor planets inside the orbit of other planets, they find the...
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Curated OER

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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Curated OER

Email From Another Planet

For Students 4th - 6th
In this article about emails and plants worksheet, students read short descriptions about 8 planets in the solar system and then imagine they are visiting one of the planets and send an email to a family member describing their...
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Curated OER

Galactic Address

For Students 8th - 10th
In this galactic address worksheet, students identify the location of their classroom on a total of eleven maps. They identify their location on a map of their classroom, the school, the neighborhood, the city, the state, the country,...
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Curated OER

Our Solar System

For Students 6th - 10th
For this solar system worksheet, students read about the planets, asteroids, meteoroids, comets, and the moon. Then students complete 25 multiple choice, 4 true or false, and 3 short answer questions.
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Curated OER

Solar System

For Students 3rd - 6th
For this Solar System worksheet, students are quizzed. Students answer questions about the solar system and the planets and other celestial bodies that comprise it.
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Curated OER

Planetary Conjunctions

For Students 8th - 10th
In this planetary conjunctions worksheet, learners read about planetary alignments and they solve 2 problems. They determine the location of 3 planets given their orbit time after 1, 2 , 3 and 4 years and they determine when three given...
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Curated OER

Solar System Scramble

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this recognizing the names of the planets and finding the hidden phrase worksheet, students unscramble the letters to solve the word scramble. Students write 10 answers.
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Curated OER

Planets in Our Solar System Word Search

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this planets in our solar system word search learning exercise, learners locate the 8 planets listed in the provided word bank within the word puzzle.
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Curated OER

Who Am I? / The Solar System

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students answer the trivia questions that focus upon various planets of our solar system. They also define what a star is.
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Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics

Planetary Distances on the Playground

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
There's no need to stay inside; get out of the classroom and create a scaled map of the solar system on your playground field! In collaborative groups, scholars identify the distance between the sun and other planets, place planet...

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