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Solar System: Everything You Need

Lesson plans, interactive activities, and other resources to help students learn about and explore our solar system

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The Solar System

Grades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12

Take a trip through the Solar System, passing the Sun, the nine planets, moons and asteroids.

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Writing Activities, Book Resources, Lesson Plans, Extension Activities

Reading and Writing About the Solar System

Grades: 1–2

Immerse your students in books and poetry to teach about the solar system with some of these creative ideas.

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Solar System Books

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12

Check out these great books at The Teacher Store.

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Lesson Plans, Extension Activities

Making Models of the Solar System

Grades: 1–2, 3–5

Students learn the positions of the planets in the solar system as well as relative distances and sizes through modeling.

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Book Resources, Unit Plans

Solar System for Young Learners

Grades: 1–2

Simple lessons and activities that will teach students about the solar system as well as teaching the scientific process.

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Computer Lab Activities, Interactive Whiteboard Activities, Online Learning Activities

Journey Into Space: A Science Exploration

Grades: 3–5, 6–8, 9–12

Watch and learn about collisions in space with Dr. Mike Shara. Continue to leveled activities for different skills and grade ranges.

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Articles

Moon

Grades: 6–8, 9–12

Offers information about the Moon's internal structure, surface features, and phenomena, as well as its formation and evolution.

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Teaching Guides

NASA: Challenging the Space Frontier Teacher's Guide

Grades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8

Lesson planning suggestions, cross curricular extensions, assessments, and more for teachers using the "NASA: Challenging the Space Frontier"...

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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans

The Magic School Bus Lost in Space

Grades: 3–5

In this activity, your child learns the planets by making two models of the Solar System. The first shows the order of the planets, and the second...

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Book Resources, Vocabulary Builders

The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar Vocabulary Builder

Grades: 3–5

Vocabulary builder for The Magic School Bus® Lost in the Solar System by Joanna Cole.

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Book Resources, Extension Activities

The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System Extension Activities

Grades: 3–5

Extension activity for The Magic School Bus® Lost in the Solar System by Joanna Cole.

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Planet Roll Call

Grades: 1–2

Planet Roll Call

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Articles

Origin of the Solar System

Grades: 6–8, 9–12

For more than 300 years there has been serious scientific discussion of the processes and events that led to the formation of the solar system....

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Articles

Formation and Evolution

Grades: 6–8, 9–12

The Moon and the Earth have been companions for several billion years, and one Moon-formation theory proposes that they have been so since the...

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Articles

History of Astronomy

Grades: 6–8, 9–12

Features an article on the history of astronomy including the motion of planets and moons, characteristics of celestial bodies, and astronomy's...

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Solar System

Grades: 6–8, 9–12

Discusses the history of the solar system as well as all of its components including the sun, the inner and outer planets, the satellites,...

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Online Learning Activities, Articles

Truckin’ Around the Solar System

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2

This content resource helps teachers locate online resources on the solar system. This site can be used by teachers to develop lesson plans or by...

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Articles

The Solar System

Grades: 6–8, 9–12

How big is the Milky Way? Why are the orbits of celestial bodies not circular? An astronomer answers students'questions.

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Articles

The Solar System

Grades: 1–2, 3–5

Find out about the planets, asteroids, comets, and other matter that orbit our star, the sun.

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Articles

The Moon

Grades: 1–2, 3–5

How far is the moon from the Earth? Why does the moon change its shape (as in full, half, and quarter moon)? Astronomer Cathy Imhoff answers...

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Articles

Planets

Grades: 1–2, 3–5

What was the first planet discovered? Who discovered it? What kind of equipment did they use? Astronomer Cathy Imhoff answers students'questions...

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Articles

The Inner Planets

Grades: 1–2, 3–5

Learn about the four planets closest to the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.

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Articles

The Outer Planets

Grades: 1–2, 3–5

Learn about the outer planets of our solar system: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.

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