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Objective:

Students will learn about the solar system and know the names of the eight planets and their

sequence.

Arkansas State Standards Addressed:

English Language Arts

RI.1.2 Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

Science

ESS.10.1.1 Illustrate the sequence of planets in the solar system.

Learning Goals:

Students will…

Understand that the Earth is part of a solar system made up of eight planets and the Sun

Know

The names of the eight planets and their

sequence

Do

Create two models of the solar system

Materials Needed:

Planet Name Game by Tish Rabe; illustrated by Tom Brannon. [ENF 523.4 RAB]

o Any other book that lists and discusses the planets in order could be substituted.

Copy of the Solar System picture cards (Sun, Moon, and Planet cards only). PDF included;

originally found: http://researchparent.com/solar-system-cards/

Our Solar System cut-and-paste worksheet. PDF included; originally found:

http://homeschoolclipart.com/science/solar-system-clipart/

Scissors and glue sticks (one for each child)

Procedures:

Before reading, show students a picture of our solar system. Ask them: What is this a picture of?

Do you know what the objects in the picture are? (The Sun, planets, etc.) Point out Earth and

tell students that this is the planet we live on. Explain that Earth is one of eight planets in our

solar system. These plants orbit (or move in a circle around) the Sun.

Read Planet Name Game to students. Starting at page 24, prompt students to see if they can

remember which planet comes next in the order.

After reading, use the solar system picture cards to review with students the order of the

planets. Show the students each picture and share a fact or two about each planet.

Next, select 10 students as volunteers to create a “life-size” model of the solar system. Give

eight students a planet card, and two students the Sun and Moon card, respectively. Have

the rest of the class help put the students in order. If time, select a different 10 students to

create the model to allow more students to participate. Balls of varying sizes could also be

The Planets in the Solar System 1st Grade

http://researchparent.com/solar-system-cards/

http://homeschoolclipart.com/science/solar-system-clipart/

added to this model to help students visualize the scale of the planets (i.e., a beach ball for

Jupiter, a marble for Mercury, etc.)

Once finished, place each picture card in order on a white board or bulletin board, where

students can see and refer back to them.

Students will then color, cut, and paste the Our Solar System worksheet, placing the planet

words in order.

This could be extended to a multi-day lesson with a focus on one planet each day. This

extension could allow focus on informational writing skills as well as on measurement and data

representation frameworks.

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Solar System Cards

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Solar System Cards

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Solar_System_Cards.pdf by ResearchParent.com is licensed under a Creative

Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

This document can be obtained at http://researchparent.com/solar-system-

cards and includes material from the following sources:

Our Solar System by NASA -

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?Category=Planets&IM_ID=19046

A Handle on the Sun by Science@NASA -


Mercury Globe by NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie

Institution of Washington -


Computer-Simulated Global View of Venus by NASA/JPL -


Earth by NASA -


Lunar Nearside by NASA -


Hubble Snaps Mars by STScl –


Ceres by NASA/ESA/SWRI/Cornell University/University of Maryland/STSci -


Jupiter Globe by NASA/JPL/University of Arizona -


True Saturn by NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute -


Uranus Composite Ring Image by W. M. Keck Observatory (Marcos van Dam)-


Neptune by NASA -


Pluto: Natural Color by NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI -


Haumea by NASA -




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Solar System Cards

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Makemake by Princeton University –


Eris and Dysnomia by Caltech -


"Terrestrial planet sizes" by NASAMercury image: JHUAPLVenus image: JPLMars image: HST -

Mercury Globe-MESSENGER mosaic centered at 0degN-0degE.jpgVenus globe.jpgThe Earth

seen from Apollo 17.jpgMars 23 aug 2003 hubble.jpg. Licensed under Public Domain via

Wikimedia Commons -

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Terrestrial_planet_sizes.jpg#/media/File:Terrestrial_plane

t_sizes.jpg

"Gas giants and the Sun (1 px = 1000 km)" by Urhixidur, successive modification by Jrockley -

Image prepared by myself from NSSDC (National Space Science Data Center) images. Licensed

under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons -

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edia/File:Gas_giants_and_the_Sun_(1_px_%3D_1000_km).jpg

Infographic: Dwarf Planet Size Comparison by NASA -


Eros’ Northern Hemisphere by NASA/JPL/JHUAPL -


Quadrantid Fireball by Jimmy Westlake -


Comet Halley by ESA/Max-Planck-Institute for Solar System Research -


"InnerSolarSystem-en" by Mdf at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons..

Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons -

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:InnerSolarSystem-en.png#/media/File:InnerSolarSystem-

en.png

"Kuiper belt plot objects of outer solar system" by WilyD at English Wikipedia. Licensed under CC

BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons -

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kuiper_belt_plot_objects_of_outer_solar_system.png#/

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:InnerSolarSystem-en.png#/media/File:InnerSolarSystem-en.png

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:InnerSolarSystem-en.png#/media/File:InnerSolarSystem-en.png

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