Solar system

Solar System

Year 4

Planets are parts of our solar system How many planets are there in our Solar System?

This is Mercury. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.

This is Earth. Earth is the third planet from the sun.

This is Venus. Venus is the second planet from the sun.

This is Mars. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun.

This is Jupiter. Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun.

This is Saturn. Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun.

This is Uranus. Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun.

This is Neptune. Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun.

This is Pluto. Pluto is the farthest planet from the sun.

Activity 1

• The Sun is in the centre of the Solar System • All the nine planets move around the Sun in a

large oval path • The planets also spin by itself

What can you see?

Comets have long growing tails

Comets

•Asteroids are huge chunks of rocks that travel around the sun

Meteors are colourful rocks which come from the asteroid belt

Activity 2

• Arrange the sentences

• Each envelope consist 2 sentences and 1 picture that should be arranged correctly.

• 1 of the sentences is a false sentence

• paste correct sentence and the picture in a mahjong paper

Activity 3

• Create one sentence creatively to make them easy to memorize the name of the planets.

1. Mercury2. Venus3. Earth 4. Mars5. Jupiter6. Saturn7. Uranus8. Neptune9. Pluto