Solar System: the sun together with all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it.
Do you know the order of the planets in the Solar System?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
With knowing the planet order, we will learn fun and unique facts about each planet in our solar system. They all have characteristics that make them different just like us. We will look at their sizes and compare them to the sun’s size and mass just to show how small we are here on Earth.
In the unit we will focus on the following words that help us understand the solar system and outer space better: solar system, sun, planet, moon, rotate, revolve, model.
At the end of the unit, we will be able to:
1) Describe a system as being made of multiple parts that work together. (S.K-2.A.3.1.1)
2) Describe what patterns can be observed in our solar system, such as the sun rising and setting and the moon phases.
Game/Activity to Do: Solar System Switch-A-Roo Use your clues to match the planet picture together!
