9-10 YEARS | WEEK 09

Science-Astronomy

1. How planets got their names! 11. Tracing the route

2. Our solar system 12. Tracing the route

3. Unscramble - Celestial bodies 13. Tracing the route

4. Sorting-Celestial bodies 14. Unscramble- Outer space

5. Carroll diagram - Celestial bodies 15. Astronomy : Planets and exoplanets

6. Celestial bodies - Crossword 16. Astronomy : Sky watch

7. Celestial bodies – Word search 17. Astronomy : Zodiac constellations

8. Solar system & celestial bodies - Bingo 18. Astronomy : Constellations

9. Dwarf planets - Celestial body 19. Astronomy : Spotting constellations

10. Celestial body report 20. Word search- Phases of the moon
 HOW PLANETS GOT THEIR NAMES!
Did you know the planets of our solar system got their names from the Roman Gods? The characters of the
planets are given next to them. Can you guess and match the God's name to their respective planets? Let's dive
into it.

I like to travel light Roman God of KINGS

I am shy and lovely Roman God of SKY

I am fierce and fiery Roman God of TRAVEL

I am the king of kings Roman God of LOVE

I love all things green Roman God of SEA

I am as light as sky Roman God of

AGRICULTURE

I am blue like the sea Roman God of WAR

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 OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
Complete the missing planets & celestial bodies' names in the following layout of the solar system.You can cut out pictures from the reference sheets.

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 UNSCRAMBLE - CELESTIAL BODIES
Unscramble the letters to find the names of all the planets & celestial bodies in our Solar System.

SCRAMBLED WORDS UNSCRAMBLE

1 Ceres is a _________. FADRW NEPATL

The M-types asteroids are

2 EALTLCMI
_____(nickel-iron).

Natural satellite or moon of Mars is

_______ . It's one of the smallest
3 MESIDO
natural satellites in the solar
system.

The Full moon and international

4 space centre outshine this star ISRUIS
_____.

5 The largest dwarf planet is ______. SEIR

Comets melt in the _____ solar

6 NERNI
system.

Most of the meteorites falling on

7 NRCITACATA
earth are found in ______.

Recognised Celestial bodies in

8 XSI
space are _______.

Dwarf planets are located near to

9 PIUREK ELBT
the _________.

Galaxies can be spiral,irregular,

10 TCPAEILLLSI
and _______.

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 SORTING-CELESTIAL BODIES
Learn about celestial bodies. Tick all the characteristics that apply. One has been completed for you.

COMET CERES METEOR ASTEROID

HAS
MYSTERIOUS
BRIGHT SPOTS

ORBITS
BETWEEN
JUPITER &
MARS

MADE OF ROCK
& METALS

VISIBLE IN THE
SKY

FROZEN BALL
OF DUST

EMITS LIGHT

MAKES
CONTACT WITH
EARTH

DWARF PLANET

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 CARROLL DIAGRAM - CELESTIAL BODIES
Directions:
1. Cut the pictures of the Celestial bodies given below in the boxes.
2. Sort them in the Carroll diagram given below.

HOT COLD

ROCKY

GASEOUS

SHOOTING STAR EARTH SUN MOON PLUTO

MARS JUPITER MERCURY SATURN

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 CELESTIAL BODIES - CROSSWORD
Read the clues and fill in the boxes with the right words with the given numbers and directions.

1 9 10

2 8

ACROSS:

1 Rocky objects revolving around the sun that are too small & numerous to be considered planets.
2 How many lunar phases are there?
3 Asteroid ______, the region between the orbits of Mars & Jupiter, where many asteroids are found.

4 A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere.
5 A model of the universe in which Earth is at the center of the revolving planets & stars.
6 ________ is smaller than Earth's moon.

DOWN:

7 The outer layer of the Sun's atmosphere.

8 A Comet has four components, nucleus, coma,________, ion tail.
9 The shape of the Milky way is _________.
10 A new moon appears higher on _________ solstice.

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 CELESTIAL BODIES - WORD SEARCH
Please search for the planets and other celestial bodies in our solar system. The names can be
horizontal, vertical, diagonal, or backward. Color the words as you find them.

TELESCOPE GALAXY COMET

METEOR SHOWER JUPITER CERES

PLANETOIDS SHOOTING STAR SUN

ASTEROID MILKYWAY DWARF PLANETS

R R S D I O T E N A L P P L S

E I T J O J U P I T E R R A T

W P U E U H Q D I Y O A A D A

E O S O L A Y Y J Y N V S Z Y

O S T W A E F A L A X E T X S

H U E R T M S P W H P A E W H

S N N T M E A C K Y X S L F A

M W A E H T W A O L K T O S O

E E L S E R E C V P N L T S G

T D P C U M K R X T E E I U F

E T F O P S L G A L R X Y M T

O P R M T S S H T O T I N S U

R J W E Q K M E I Y E D U W Q

I S D T V W R D O T U N P S E

T G P R A T S G N I T O O H S

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 SOLAR SYSTEM & CELESTIAL BODIES - BINGO
Play bingo as a team/family game.You have been given calling cards with ten astronomical names. Cut the
bingo playing blocks and distribute them to each player. One person calls the name from the card and if that
object is placed in your block, then strike it off. You get a point for striking off each row, column, or full block.

MOON JUPITER SUN SATURN CONSTELLATION

METEOR EARTH MERCURY COMET NEPTUNE

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DWARF PLANETS - CELESTIAL BODY
Be an EXPLORER today & Be a RESEARCHER tomorrow !

How many of us are known ?

DWARF PLANETS

Our Name?
Our location in solar system?

Largest among us?

What Color is Eris?

Number of Natural Satellite we have?

Interesting facts about Ceres

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 _____ - CELESTIAL BODY REPORT
Be an EXPLORER today & Be a RESEARCHER tomorrow! Cut the picture from reference sheet or draw
your own planet/celestial body and write details about it!

My Name

CELESTIAL BODY

My surface
My location in the solar system

Look at my size

My color

Natural Satellites I have

Interesting facts about me

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 TRACING THE ROUTE
The route has been laid out to reach from the starting point to the endpoint, in the order of planets in Solar System.
The arrows show the direction of movement. Trace the path using these arrows in the white boxes' path. The
obstacles are other celestial bodies, you can skip the route, or jump over them. You can also cut out the arrows
from the reference sheet and paste them to trace the route!

START
Mercury Saturn

Jupiter

Venus

Mars Uranus

Neptune

END
Earth

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 TRACING THE ROUTE
The route has been laid out to reach from the starting point to the endpoint, in the order of planets in Solar System.
The arrows show the direction of movement. Trace the path using these arrows in the white boxes' path. The
obstacles are other celestial bodies, you can skip the route, or jump over them. You can also cut out the arrows
from the reference sheet and paste them to trace the route!

START
Venus

Jupiter

Mercury Earth

END
Mars Saturn

Neptune Uranus

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 TRACING THE ROUTE
The route has been laid out to reach from the starting point to the endpoint, in the order of planets in Solar System.
The arrows show the direction of movement. Trace the path using these arrows in the white boxes' path. The
obstacles are other celestial bodies, you can skip the route, or jump over them. You can also cut out the arrows
from the reference sheet and paste them to trace the route!

END
Venus

Jupiter Neptune

Mercury

Earth Saturn

START
Mars Uranus

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 Unscramble

Unscramble and form the word related to outer space.

snu

momo

poult

raunts

saurun

crumyer

suven

unpeent

tipujuer

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Astronomy : Planets and exoplanets

Our solar system is made up of planets. But it has been discovered that there are
some planets outside our solar system which also revolve around the sun. These are
called exoplanets.

With the help of an adult, classify the following as either planets or exoplanets.

Planet Exoplanet

1 Pluto

2 Mercury

3 Identify the planets and

mark them as planet or
exoplanet.

Name ______________

Name ______________

HR 8799 B

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Astronomy : Sky watch

On one clear night with the help of your parents do a sky watch with your naked eyes
and record the observations on a white paper using regular and colour pencil as and
when required.

Mark the four directions on the paper and when sit for observation place the
1
directions written on the paper to the actual directions.

Write the date and time when you are doing the sky watch,
2
on the top right hand corner

Look at any 3 bright stars and the moon and mark their location
3
as you see them on the paper with the correct directions in place.

Keep observing these 3 stars and the moon and mark their position on the paper
4
using a coloured pencil. This shows that their location keeps changing.

5 Locate the bright north pole star and observe if it changes position.

Face North and look up

at the sky
WEST EAST

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Astronomy : Zodiac constellations

With the help of the key words write down the name of the constellation next to the
images given.

Keywords

Leo Virgo Aries Gemini Capricorn

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Astronomy : Indian names for constellations

Match the constellations / stars in column A with their Indian names in

column B

Column A Column B

1 Polaris Mriga

2 Big dipper Vrushabha

3 Orion Saptharishi

4 Saggitarius Tula

5 Taurus Dhruva Nakshatra

6 Pisces Mesha

7 Libra Dhanusha

8 Aries Meena

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Astronomy : Spotting constellations

On a clear night along with your parents, star gaze and note down all the constellations
which you could spot on a A4 sheet. The date and the time of the observation also to be
noted.

Some of the common sighted constellations have been given below. How many of these
can you spot? Tick those that you do.

Orion Ursa Major

The Big Dipper The Little Dipper

Gemini

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 Wordsearch

We can see the different shapes of the moon in the sky. These various phases of the
moon have specific names. Find the seven moon phases in the wordsearch. You can
refer to the help box.

Moon Phases
Q L X W T H I R D Q U A R T E R S B

Z P B X W A X I N G G I B B O U S B

W A X I N G C R E S C E N T R I B V

W A N I N G C R E S C E N T T F O N

J X G V A O I O H T N A R W M U L E

Y Q B U A T Z M I F E Y K S Z L C W

M A J B F I H I M K W I J B Z L Y M

U R U A M L K M R J M U S J C M R O

I I F Y O I S U I G O F U B I O Q O

W A N I N G G I B B O U S T V O D N

U C M I V V G I G O N T B K W N B T

F I R S T Q U A R T E R X B Y T M J

First Quarter

Waxing
Gibbous Waxing
Crescent

New
Full
Moon
Moon

Waning
Crescent
Waning
Gibbous

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