The first man-made object to enter space happened in 1942; just 71 years later, we sent the first object outside the entire solar system. The video introduces the solar system, starting with the sun. It covers each planet, the more well-known dwarf planets, and asteroid belts.

Concepts

the solar system, the milky way galaxy, planets, dwarf planets, inner planets, outer planets

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Copy the graph at 3:51 into science journals
• Create a timeline of the discovery of each planet and dwarf planet mentioned in the video

Classroom Considerations

• Video works best as a review based on the rate material is presented

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Offers subtitles in 30 languages for ease of note taking
• Animated graphics offer a simplified view of the topic

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4