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Solar System

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create planet mobiles in order to reinforce concepts such as planet size, position in relation to the sun, and planet names.
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The Magic School Bus Lost in Space

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify the planets by making two models of the Solar System. They create a model that shows the order of the planets and a model that shows the planets sizes as compared to one another. They may write about the planet they...
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Mythology in the ESL Classroom

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study myths, mythological figures, and the ancient classics. They develop a sensitivity to the beliefs, values, attitudes, and views of man's development at that time. They illustrate the powers of each god discussed and...
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Planetary Mobile

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners receive pre-cut templates of cardboard with appropriate diameters of each planet and the sun. They use multi-colored construction paper, scissors, yarn, and other art supplies to create their own models of planets. When students...
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Memory Techniques

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners enhance memorization skills by using the following techniques: acrostics, acronyms, number pictures, spelling memory tips, name pictures, grouping, and journey pegs.
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Our Solar System

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders describe the composition of our solar system. They recognize the names of the planets in our solar system and compare and contrast the nine planets that orbit the sun.
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Walk a Mile in your Orbit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars create an awareness of the distance between the planets and the complexity of the solar system through a model of an active solar system. they incorporate physical education and math with the ability to convert distances...
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Planet Vacation

For Teachers 5th - 10th
In this planets worksheet, learners fill out a chart where they fill in the distance each planet is from the Earth, and how much travel time in years and hours it would take to get there. Students do this for 8 planets.
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Hopping Across the Solar System

For Teachers K - 6th
Students role-play and communicate that objects in space have describable properties, locations, and movements. Students identify and communicate effectively that Earth is the third planet from the Sun in the solar system, eight other...
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Charting The Planets

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners conduct different activities in order to unlock the secrets of the universe. They answer different questions that are written to assess knowledge of the planets. Information can be found on the internet to help.
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Types of Galaxies

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders take a quiz to review the different objects in space. As a class, they define terms related to galaxies. In groups, they make a model of the Milky Way galaxy using materials provided to them by their teacher. To end the...
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Star Words

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify and categorize apostrophes. They create maps of the solar system and write simple sentences using apostrophes that describe each planet's characteristics.
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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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Space Search

For Students 4th - 6th
For this space worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary terms and names related to space. There are 26 words located in the puzzle.
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Classical Gods and Goddesses

For Students 6th - 8th
In this literature worksheet, students find the words that are associated with classical gods and goddesses. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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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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Gone to the Dogs Framework

For Students 4th - 6th
In this language arts learning exercise, students examine a word bank which is listed in alphabetical order according to length with 3 to 9 letters. Students fit the words into the framework. There are no clues.
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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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Solving Problems

For Students 10th - 12th
In this solving problems worksheet, students determine the area of a rectangle inscribed in a circle. They estimate distance between given planets. This two-page worksheet contains 2 multi-step problems.
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"Mysteries"

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners read a short piece of text entitled "Mysteries" and answer five reading comprehension multiple choice questions.
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Compare and Order Integers: Practice

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this integer activity, students compare, and then order integers from least to greatest. Students also answer 2 test prep questions. Houghton Mifflin text is referenced.
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Negatives

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this negatives review worksheet, learners practice using negatives appropriately as they answer 14 multiple choice questions.
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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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Solar System

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this online interactive solar system worksheet, learners respond to 10 fill in the blank questions regarding the information included in the provided paragraphs.

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