Your students will love wrapping up a solar system unit with this activity! Children make their own "Travel brochure," about earth, trying to encourage extraterrestrials to visit, by comparing our planet to theirs. This lesson plan also...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the characteristics of dwarf planets.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the characteristics of dwarf planets.

Online lesson plans are available on such subjects as constructing models that visualize the distance between planets and the sun. Teachers can also learn of workshops to enhance science instruction.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Examines the eight planets of our solar system and their orbits and rotation.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Examines the eight planets of our solar system, their orbits, and rotation.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at the size and shape of planet orbits.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Compares the characteristics of inner and outer planets.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How the Sun and planets formed.

In this lesson, students learn about the planets, their moons, asteroids, comets, and dwarf planets in our solar system.

In this lesson, students learn about objects in the universe, including constellations, planets, meteors, asteroids, and comets.

A great resource to discover fun new activities to use in your classroom. Activities are age-appropriate, and span several science topics.

Classroom activity for teaching astronomy uses PowerPoint presentations and illustrations of Kepler's light curves used to discover planets.

Amazing Space promotes the "science and majestic beauty of the universe for use in the classroom." Here you can find learning activities, lesson plans, teaching guides, and helpful tips for students eager to learn about space and space...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Compares the characteristics of inner and outer planets.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn about the distinctive features of the planet Venus.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn about the distinctive features of the planet Venus.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recognize the characteristics of the planet Mercury.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recognize the characteristics of the planet Mercury.

This instructional activity is used to review basic concepts of Life Science and to utilize that knowledge by making the students think about and wonder if there is life somewhere else in the universe and what that life would be like.

Eight hands-on lessons module in which students explore the characteristics of planet Earth, its moons, the sun, the solar system, planets, and the difference between science fact and science fiction.

This lesson from National Geographic for grades 2-5 has a great photo gallery and video of extreme weather, and a chart for plotting weather investigation. Learning objectives, teaching methods, and connections to National Science...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Bacteria are the most successful organisms on the planet. They lived on this planet for two billion years before the first eukaryotes and, during that time, evolved...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recognize the features of the planet Jupiter, including the Great Red Spot.