LESSON PLANS
Deliver a lesson plan that presents a research project on the solar system.
WORKSHEETS
Introduce the solar system with this printable fact sheet. Read all about the Sun, the eight planets that orbit it, and…
Review facts about the Sun and the eight planets in our solar system with this multiple-choice quiz.
Try a printable science activity that illustrates the cosmological phenomenon of the Big Bang. Students learn how…
MAPS
Distribute a reading selection and critical thinking questions about the size of the solar system. This activity…
Students build a scale model of the solar system. This activity includes Pluto as a planet, even though it is now…
Use this worksheet to teach students about the small objects moving around the solar system. After reading about…
Students stage a play to demonstrate what they have learned about space and the solar system.
After reading "The Planet of Mars" by Shel Silverstein and The Planets in Our Solar System by Franklyn M. Branley,…
Give students this worksheet to teach them about gravity and our solar system. Students will learn about orbiting…
TEACHING RESOURCE
This resource is designed to be used with the Meet the Planets Mini-Lesson. It includes the slides and teaching notes…
Children use this review sheet to reinforce concepts on comets, asteroids, and meteors. This printable includes a…
The teacher mixes the ingredients of a comet to simulate the real thing for students.
The universe is made up of tens of billions of galaxies! Read about the Big Bang, and learn how stars and planets form…
How long does it take for each planet to orbit the Sun? Find out in this printable. Students will fill in the name of…
This resource is designed to be used in conjunction with the Meet the Planets Mini-Lesson. Use this resource as an…
A detailed summary of information on the smaller objects in the solar system.
This printable science activity explains how you can tell the difference between a star and a planet when you are…
In this printable science activity, students make a scale model of the solar system. This activity includes Pluto as a…
Students use posterboard, markers, and scissors to make a model of the solar system. Materials list, rubric, worksheets,…
This 5th grade science worksheet provides a vocabulary list and crossword puzzle covering Earth and the solar system and…
ASSESSMENT
This 5th grade science worksheet features a 25-question multiple choice quiz covering Earth and the planets and bodies…
This 5th grade science worksheet assessment features a depiction of the solar system and is designed to supplement a 5th…
Students learn about Galileo's proof of a Heliocentric solar system.