The Solar System Test your knowledge about the solar system

What do you know about the planets?

The sun and the moon

What do you know a

bout the stars?Click here after you have finished looking at all of the slides to complete your assignments.

To watch a movie about the solar system click on the link below.http://tinyurl.com/3bbfstp

Ask an astronomer questions about the solar system!http://tinyurl.com/3ljlk9t

Visit this website to see pictures of our solar system. http://tinyurl.com/3awrhwy

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Do you know which planets are the largest and the smallest? To compare the size of the planets click this link.http://tinyurl.com/y8gnwgu

Did you know that our solar system is made up of two parts? Click this link to find out what the two parts are as well as learn interesting facts about each of the nine planets. http://tinyurl.com/346xs2

Can you label the planets? Test your knowledge, click on this link. http://tinyurl.com/c2lh83

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Learn lots of interesting facts about the moon!!! Click on the link http://tinyurl.com/pn9hpy

To learn about the sun click on this link. http://tinyurl.com/8622we

Want to play a game? Click this

link to see if you can make the

moon orbit around the sun.

Make sure to follow the

directions on the website

carefully!

http://tinyurl.com/4fwbu4c

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Learn about six different types of stars! Click on this link http://tinyurl.com/2ngru

10 awesome facts about stars. Click this link http://tinyurl.com/yg8jhvp

Did you know that a group of stars that forms a picture is commonly called a constellation? Click this link to play a game to find out the name of each constellation and what each one looks like. http://tinyurl.com/645au9

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Show me what you have learned by creating a Wordle. You must use at least 15 facts. http://www.wordle.net/

Choose a topic from one of the slides that you found interesting and create a Glogster to share with the class. http://www.glogster.com/

Write a creative story about one of the planets. Make sure to use real facts that you found on the slides as well as other sources from the internet. http://tinyurl.com/4x3vpm5

*Complete these three assignments to test what you have learned throughout this lesson.

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