Neptune takes 164.8 Earth years to travel around the sun. In the fifth of 22 lessons, young scientists create a travel guide to a planet in our solar system. They provide tips for others on what to bring, what they see, and their favorite parts of the planet.

Concepts

planets, space exploration, space travel

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Create a rubric, share with classes, and use to grade travel guides
• Have learners create a presentation to share their travel guides

Classroom Considerations

• Assumes scholars possess knowledge about planets

Pros

• Provides illustrations for learners to fill in 
• Requires little set up and only materials needed are copies of worksheets

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.6-8.2