Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Our Solar System: Inner Planets

For Students 3rd - 7th
A slideshow and a short multiple-choice quiz on the four inner planets of our solar system, which include Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Earth.
Unit Plan
NASA

Nasa Science: For Kids: Solar System Fun

For Students 3rd - 8th
Test your knowledge about the solar system with games and activities designed to help explore what you know about the sun, the planets and their moons, space rocks, the Milky Way, and related topics.
Lesson Plan
South Carolina Educational Television

Know It All: Solar System Simulation

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders will begin to understand the solar system by using and creating models to demonstrate the layout of the solar System.
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Solar System O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here's an Ology Card about the Solar System, offering a small image, a definition, and information on how "far out" our Solar System is. Includes questions to quiz your knowledge and quick facts about the Solar System's size, rotation...
Lesson Plan
Other

Making a Scale Model of the Solar System

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan site, young scholars are asked to construct a scale model of the planets to help visualize the relative size of planets and their relative distance from the Sun. Links are provided to the Sun and the planets which...
Article
University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas Mc Donald Observatory: Jupiter

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover interesting facts about Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system.
Handout
Views of the Solar System

Views of the Solar System: Dwarf Planet Pluto

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover interesting information about the planet Pluto through a vast archive of photographs and scientific facts.
Handout
Views of the Solar System

Views of the Solar System: Mars

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover interesting information about the planet Mars through a vast archive of photographs and scientific facts.
Handout
Views of the Solar System

Views of the Solar System: Neptune

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the planet Neptune through this site that includes vivid multimedia resources. Learn Neptune statistics and view numerous images.
Handout
Views of the Solar System

Views of the Solar System: Uranus

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the planet Uranus through this site that includes vivid multimedia resources. Learn Uranus statistics and view numerous images.
Handout
Views of the Solar System

Views of the Solar System: Saturn

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the planet Saturn through this site that includes vivid multimedia resources. Learn Saturn statistics and view numerous images.
Handout
Views of the Solar System

Views of the Solar System: Jupiter

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the planet Jupiter through this site that includes vivid multimedia resources. Learn Jupiter statistics and view numerous images.
Handout
Views of the Solar System

Views of the Solar System: Mercury

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover interesting information about the planet Mercury through a vast archive of photographs and scientific facts.
Handout
Views of the Solar System

Views of the Solar System: Venus

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover interesting information about the planet Venus through a vast archive of photographs and scientific facts.
Handout
Views of the Solar System

Views of the Solar System: Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the planet Earth through this site that includes vivid multimedia resources. Learn Earth statistics and view numerous images.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Science: Learn About the Solar System

For Students 1st - 9th
What makes up the Solar System? Kid astronomers learn about the planets and the sun.
Online Course
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Earth and Space Science: Order Out of Chaos: Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th
Material to begin an exploration of the Solar System: the characteristics of the planets, theories about planet formation, and more. An hour-long video is accompanied by learning goals, an outline and overview, details on star formation,...
Interactive
NASA

Nasa: Space Place: Solar System Switch a Roo

For Students 3rd - 8th
Play this creative puzzle game where the player views a solar system object that is all mixed-up. Try and find the matching parts of the photograph, and learn about the solar system in the process.
Website
National Earth Science Teachers Association

Windows to the Universe: Our Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th
Our solar system is filled with a wide assortment of celestial bodies - the Sun itself, our eight planets, dwarf planets, and asteroids - and on Earth, life itself! The inner solar system is occasionally visited by comets that loop in...
Interactive
Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Space: Solar System Interactives

For Students 3rd - 8th
Identify the planets in our solar system and discover how much you weigh on another planet with these space interactives.
Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: How Our Solar System Formed

For Students 9th - 10th
An article describing how the sun, planets, moons, and beyond Pluto was formed. Learn more about the beginning of our solar system.
Handout
Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 kids.com: Solar System Details

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive site delves into other aspects of our solar system besides the planets and the sun. Click on the topics on the right like solar winds, the heliosphere, the heliopause, asteroids, comets, and more.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Lost in Space a Solar System Study

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
During this technology based lesson, students navigate the Internet to learn interesting information about the solar system. They use the information to complete a worksheet and to create a puzzle or challenge for their classmates.
Handout
NASA

Nasa: The Space Place: Planet X Treme Weather

For Students 3rd - 8th
Ever wonder what the weather is like on other planets besides Earth? This resource explores the extreme weather that occurs on other planets.