Solar System Planets Lesson

Description

In this solar system planets lesson and activity, students will learn about all of the planets in our solar system! This lesson goes into detail about Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. This lesson discusses the common characteristics of the inner planets and the outer planets.

 

This interactive lesson focuses on engagement and the reduction of student cognitive load by breaking the content into chunks with embedded activities so that students can apply what they just learned before moving on.

 

 

• A print and digital version is included!

 

Oh, and it’s fun!

 

This Solar System Planets Lesson Covers:

• what makes a planet a planet
• 8 planets of the solar system
• inner planets of the solar system
• Mercury
• Venus – hottest planet of the solar system
• Earth
• “the Goldilocks Zone”
• Mars
• water on Mars
• outer planets of the solar system
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune
• moons on planets of the solar system
• and more!

 

This Solar System Planets Interactive Activities Include:

• KWL
• drag-and-drop
• exploring interactive solar system
• videos
• type in the textbox
• and more!

 

There are 67 slides in all and an answer key is included!

 

This lesson pairs well with NC Essential Standard: 6.E.1.2

 

 

When you purchase this product, you will be given access to a link that will allow you to open the file that is compatible with Google Slides™. You will then be able to share this with your students. If you’d like, there is a PPT version as well!