The Planets and Their Place in Space

●Miss Sheehan’s Third Grade Class

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 Standards Use:

3.ESS1

Earth’s Place in the Universe

Use data to categorize the planets in the solar system as inner or outer planets according
to their physical properties.

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 Objectives:

● Student will learn the order of the planets, their names, and space vocabulary
through the use of the videos and the individual weblinks.
● Students will demonstrate their knowledge of space and the different planets
through games and creating their own Solar System. The games and maps will help
them practice and help them to remember the names and order of the planets.
● Student will show when they have learned through creating their own Solar System
and being able to correctly place and names the planets.

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 Instructions:
Travel through the galaxy by using the rainbow menu buttons at the bottom in each page.
When prompted click the name of each planet to learn about its different traits. Make to
to click every planet and read about its place in our Solar System
When you are done learning about the planets make sure to check out the Solar System
game to test your knowledge of the planets names and order. You will also be able to
create your own Solar System through the interactive simulator and explore space
through the 3D map!
To continue click the Welcome button at the bottom
GET READY! 3...2...1….BLASTOFF!

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 Welcome to Space!

The Solar System is where Planets dwell and rotate around the sun.

In this virtual field trip you will go through the

Plants and their place in space. You will learn
l
m e n u b e l ow to trave how to identify the differences between each
Use the a c e adventur
e.
t his S p
through planet and their physical properties.
Solar System: where the eight planets and their moons
orbit around the Sun
Planet: a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around
a star (the Sun).
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 Welcome to Space!
Take a trip through Outer Spaces and venture beyond the stars to learn about the
different planets! After your space adventures take a moment to talk about what you
learned.

How many planets are in the Solar

What takes up 99% of the mass in
System? What planet is the coldest
the Solar system?
and why?
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 The Center of Our Solar System
● The Sun is the biggest Star and sits
in the center of the Solar System.
● Made up of helium and hydrogen it
is actively burning.
● The sun gives off heat and light.
● Because the Sun is the biggest and
heaviest object in the Solar System
The Sun it gives off more Gravity.
● This pulls the planets towards and
around the Sun
Star: A star is an astronomical object
Cli consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma
ck
o held together by its own gravity.
lea n the
rn Gravity: the force that attracts a body
m o Su n
re! to toward the center, or toward any other
physical body having mass.

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 The First Four Planets
● Each planet orbits around the Sun.
The closer the planet is to the Sun Click on each of the
the faster the planet Orbits. planets names to learn
about their individual
properties and their place
Orbit: the curved path of a celestial in the rotation of the Sun.
object or spacecraft around a star,
planet, or moon.

Mercury
Venus Earth Mars

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 The Two Largest Planets
n the n
k o ar ● The four planets after mars are called the Outer Planets.
Clic s to le Jupiter, the fifth planet, and Saturn , the sixth planet from the
e !
nam more sun, are the two largest planets in the Solar System.
After learning about these huge planets answer the questions
below.
Outer Planets: a planet whose orbit lies outside the asteroid belt, i.e.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune.

Jupiter Saturn

Wh
at
is t
ha rn's rings
ts
po What are Satu
t? made of?

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 The Last Two Planets
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n the ore!
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C o le
t

● Uranus and Neptune are

the last two planets in the
Solar System.
● Close in size, these planets
are almost twins
● They are made up of Ice
Uranus and rock and are colored Neptune
with different shades of
blue

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 Galaxy Games
Now that you have learn alot about Outer Space and its
planets click the spaceship below to blast you to a fun
interactive game to test our knowledge of the order of
the planets. To make your own Solar System Click the
Medior.

Click HERE to travel

Planet
to a interactive map
Solar System
Game
Maker of our Solar System !

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 Vocabulary Words:
-Solar System: where the eight planets and their moons orbit around the Sun

-Planet: a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star (the Sun).
-Star: A star is an astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of
plasma held together by its own gravity.
-Gravity: the force that attracts a body toward the center, or toward any other
physical body having mass.
-Orbit: the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or
moon.
-Outer Planets: a planet whose orbit lies outside the asteroid belt, i.e. Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune.

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