Solar System
This unit is perfect for a review of the solar system, or used during your unit when you are teaching about the solar system! It includes a passage about the solar system with comprehension questions, planet fact cards with questions, Venn Diagrams, math integration with your weight on other objects in space (with decimals to the tenths), and writing integration- students create a travel brochure to visit a planet.
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The solar system passage could be used for close reading or interactive note-taking. I use the comprehension questions for a grade once the passage has been read and discussed thoroughly (allowing them to use the passage to help them find evidence).
The fact cards can be printed for all students, or you could print them and laminate them so students can share them. Students could complete the Venn Diagrams independently or with a partner. Planetary Problems could be done independently or in a group as a contest- whoever gets all the answers first, wins a small prize.
If students have a hard time ordering numbers, you may want to have them create index cards with the planets and the amount you’d weigh- then they can move the cards around to order them before writing the order.
Students should be creative when brainstorming what planet someone should visit in order to later create a travel brochure. Before beginning the brochure creation, you may want to share examples of actual travel brochures. Students should illustrate what to bring and entertainment.
Another idea for use of this pack is to make stations- the comprehension questions could be a station, the Venn Diagrams with a set of fact cards could be a station, the Planetary Problems with a set of fact cards could be a station, the weight activity could be a station, and the brainstorm for the brochure could be a station.
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Great addiition to our solar system unit
This is a great end of the year solar system review. Students were engaged and enjoyed this activity.
Great for end of year!
My students were so interested in learning about the planets. Great resource for end of year.
really loved how engaging this was
I loved how engaging this resource was and how comprehensive the content was!
Super engaging
Super engaging and great extra practice for the students
We had learned about the solar system earlier in the school year. I bought this for a sub day activity at the end of the year. Students were excited to see an activity at the end of the year to remind us how much we loved learning about space. Great resource!
My students benefited greatly by using this resource.
Great resource to use for my students. They loved it.
