Solar System Unit - Lessons & Activities for the Planets, Moon Phases, & Stars
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This bundle contains 4 separate units {Matter, Layers of the Earth, Solar System and Immune System}. Each unit contains student work pages, lesson plans, vocabulary cards, posters, extension activities, science labs and so much more. The bundle contains 480+ pages! Click on the preview to see thumbnPrice $40.00Original Price $48.00Save $8.00
Are you teaching about the Solar System? This bundle contains everything you need for a comprehensive study on the planets, stars, solar objects, moon phases, and so much more! Your students will be engaged and excited about learning with this fun unit. What does the bundle include? WIth the bundlePrice $23.50Original Price $27.50Save $4.00
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This 300+ page Solar System Unit is packed full of activities to teach about the planets, the Sun, and so much more! The unit is divided into 12 easy-to-implement lessons with a complete 100 slide presentation to deliver the content to your students. Easily engage your students with activities that teach about the planets, the Sun, the moon phases, and more!
Planning has been made easy for you with printable worksheets for all of the lessons. The resource also includes pre- and post- assessments, interactive notebook pages for different elements of the solar system, and a digital walk activity to wrap up the whole unit.
Are you a digital classroom? This unit contains a 48 page digital student guide that you can assign using Google Classroom™. The digital student guide follows the lesson presentation, so you can present the content while students are working through their own file. This will save you on copies and make prepping the unit even easier.
What topics are covered in this unit?
- What is the Solar System?
- The Sun
- The Planets (Terrestrial and Gas Giants)
- Our Moon and Its Phases
- Other Moons
- Asteroids, Comets and Meteoroids
- Black Holes
- Stars
What is all included?
- 12 Teacher Lesson Plans
- 12 Student Pages (with Answer Keys)
- 48 Slide Digital Student Version (Google Slides™)
- 103 Page Content Presentation (PDF & PPT)
- 7 Interactive Notebook Pages
- Pre/Post Assessments (with Answer Keys)
- Review Guide & Game
- 20 Content Posters (planets, star types, moon phases, and planet mnemonics)
- 26 (half-page) Vocabulary Posters
- Art & Writing Projects
- Cookie Moon Phases Activity
- Moon Phases Cards
- Printable Solar System Booklet
- Digital Walk Project (with Student Guide & Grading Rubric)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Teacher Review: "This is the best resource!! It is very well thought out and includes everything. I love the lesson plans. With other resources I've purchased I typically have to add more to it and/or cut out many of the pages because it doesn't flow right. I literally was able to print out as written and use. No additional time was needed on my part." -Korey
Not a confident science teacher? This space unit will transform your science instruction! The lessons are step-by-step and include essential questions, a lesson objective, materials list, key vocabulary, and additional extension solar system activities and video links!
Short on prep time? This unit is ready to be used immediately! Student pages are ink-friendly. All of the content in the lesson plans is pulled together in an engaging presentation.
Teaching digitally or hybrid? The digital student version + content presentation can be assigned digitally through Google Classroom™.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Teacher Review: "This unit is amazing and will pair very nicely with our study of the solar system. The detail in this product is amazing, and I can't wait to use the student made book as we learn about the planets!!" -Jennifer
Still not sure if this solar system unit is a good fit for you? Check out the preview above to see a closer look at what is included!
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