Planets and Solar System Unit

Teach your students about the planets, asteroids, comets, and meteors of our solar system with this bundle of science worksheets, graphic organizers, a project, and a digital game. Students will demonstrate their learning of terrestrial and gas giant planets through comprehension questions, graphic organizers, a review game, and a mock social media "Planetgram" project.

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Students will learn:

• Characteristics inner planets have in common
• What are the main characteristics that distinguish Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars?
• Which characteristics gas giants have in common
• Characteristics that distinguish Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
• What are the characteristics of comets?
• Where are most asteroids found?
• What are meteoroids, and how do they form?
• Demonstrate knowledge of the characteristics of either Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune by researching and including information about the planets:
  • Surface temperature
  • Atmosphere
  • Number of Moons
  • Unique trait
  • Temperature
  • Size
  • Terrestrial or Gas Giant

This solar system unit includes:

• Sneak Peek into My Classroom: Learn tips on how I use this resource in my classroom
• Science texts (print and digital forms) for
  • Terrestrial planets
  • Gas giants
  • Comets, asteroids, meteors

• Graphic organizers for
  • Inner planets
  • Outer planets
  • Solar system

• Graphic Organizer to brainstorm and organize ideas for Planetgram project
• Planetgram (print and digital) template and student instructions
• Rubric to assess student work
• Answer key

How to use this unit in your classroom:

• Science texts: Help introduce this unit to your students. Students gain background knowledge of the order of the planets in the solar system, their characteristics, as well as other objects such as comets, asteroids, and meteors.
• Graphic organizers: Students can reinforce their reading and writing skills through the use of graphic organizers. Have students work together to review their learning or have students complete them independently.
• Review game: Perfect for a science station to review the characteristics of the planets.
• Project: Students will choose one planet to create a social media profile by illustrating and summarizing the unique traits of an object in our solar system.
• Sub plans: Can't be in the classroom? No problem! Use the different parts of this solar system unit to leave with the substitute so that students can continue learning in your absence.
• Science station: Students can complete the review game or graphic organizers at a science station

Teacher feedback:

• This unit, as well as others from this shop, have been a wonderful resource for me this school year, as I juggle teaching in-person and virtually. It allows all of my students access to the materials needed as we study the solar system.
• I loved this packet!!! Starting with the layout and design - the amount of white space was helpful for all readers. The material was well-researched and well-organized. I started using this in class and then continued using it when we went remote. I cannot thank you enough for making this available.
• I teach inclusion, and this provided such great resources as well as a fun project that all my kids were interested in.

Lessons and activities included in this unit:

• Inner and Outer Planets, Comets, Meteors, Asteroids Science Texts
• Planetgram Project
• Planets of the Solar System Digital BOOM Cards

Other lessons and activities you might be interested in:

• Characteristics and Life Cycle of a Star
• Earth's rotation and revolution activity
• Moon and lunar phases unit
• Tides and eclipses

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