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1. Solar System Search
...n appear to be many different colors. Color Saturn yellow and color Saturn s rings like a rainbow. One of the planets that has rings is lying on its side. See if you can find the planet that is lying on its side. Its rings look like they go from top to bottom instead of side to side. This planet is Uranus. Uranus is a light blue color, but its rings are dark. Color Uranus and its rings. The ringed planet that is farthest from the Sun is called Neptune. Neptune looks like a big blue ball. Some people say Neptune and Uranus are twins. How are they like twins? Color Neptune the same color as Uranus. Put...

2. A Tour of Saturn and Uranus
...ing Buddies + Classroom Pets + Pen Pals + Post Cards Chatroom Meetings Advertise <> Print Lesson Teachers.Net Nav Chat Center Teachers Administrators Grade Level Subjects States Interest Groups Projects Classified Ads Help Wanted Email: State: 1731. A TOUR OF SATURN AND URANUS Science, level: Elementary Posted Tue Apr 25 11:40:50 PDT 2000 by MISS JESSICA STOVER ( MISSSTOVER@HOTMAIL.COM). IUP, UNITED STATES Materials Required: CHART PAPER/MARKERS/CRAYONS/PAPER/VENN DIAGRAM/HULA HOOP/BALL Activity Time: 30 MINUTES Concepts Taught: MAJOR CONCEPTS LISTED IN LESSON Exploring S...

3. Voyage to Titan
...tem and the five planets of the outer solar system. 2. Scroll down to the More General Overview section, select Your Weight on Other Worlds, another neat calculator from the Exploratorium . Enter your weight and then record your weight on the planets MERCURY, VENUS, THE MOON, MARS, JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS, NEPTUNE, and PLUTO. 3. Scroll up and select Titan from the Contents section. In Greek mythology who were the Titans? 4. In relation to Saturn what is Titan? 5. Describe the atmosphere of Titan. 6. Describe Titan's surface temperature.

4. Planets of Our Solar System
...redients for visual representation assessment handout and word-find worksheet [Note: The original handouts/worksheets could not be included with this lesson plan.] Procedure: Scientific explanation: What is the order of the planets in our solar system? (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) Name one key characteristics of each planet and how the sizes of the planets compare to each other. Earth- only planet to support life as we know it, third planet from the Sun, made of rock and surrounded by a layer of gas called and atmosphere. Jupiter- largest planet, has Great Re...

5. Paper Mache Solar System
...Planet Average distance Scale distance from sun (km) from sun (cm) Mercury 58 000 000 5.8 (5 footsteps) Venus 108 000 000 10.8 (10 footsteps) Earth 150 000 000 15.0 (15 footsteps) Mars 229 000 000 22.9 (22 footsteps) Jupiter 777 000 000 11.1 (11 footsteps) Saturn 1 426 000 000 142.6 (142 footsteps) Uranus 2 876 000 000 287.6 (287 footsteps) Neptune 4 490 000 000 449.0 (449 footsteps) Pluto 5 914 000 000 591.4 (591 footsteps) Scale of distances 1 cm = 10 000 000 km Planet Scale diameters of planets Mercury .76 inches Venus 1.90 inches Earth 2.00 inches Mars 1.06 inches Jupiter 22.36 inches Saturn 18.0...

6. :: NASA Quest > Space ::
...eriods change in the same way for the planets as they do for the moons of Jupiter. For older students, you can introduce Kepler's Third Law of Planetary Motion. Mercury 0.24 earth years Venus 0.61 earth years Earth 1.0 earth year Mars 1.9 earth years Jupiter 11.9 earth years Saturn 29.4 earth years Uranus 83.8 earth years Neptune 163.7 earth years Pluto 248.0 earth years KAO Connection Ask students to describe how to find each of the moons once the telescope has located Jupiter. Jewels Myra Cohn Livingston Space blazes with jewels, a shimmering ice of billions of diamonds dazzles the Milky Way: Jupit...

7. Astronomy Jeopardy Review
...rth Sun Constellations Potpourri ? ? ? ? ? 10 ? ? ? ? ? 20 ? ? ? ? ? 30 ? ? ? ? ? 40 ? ? ? ? ? 50 Sample Questions: PLANETS 10. How many planets are there? (9) 20. Which planet is nearest the sun? (Mercury) 30. The largest planet is ... (Jupiter) 40. Two planets with rings are ... (Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter - name any two) 50. Name the planets in order from the sun. (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto) EARTH 10. Earth is a ... (planet) 20. Earth is mostly covered by _______. (water) 30. The distance around Earth is .... (25,000 mi) 40. The distance through the...

8. Planet-Tac-Toe
...to the Earth. (Sun) 12. Only Jupiter is larger than this planet. (Saturn) 13. This planet is the best place for humans to live. (Earth) 14. This planet is the smallest. (Mercury) 15. Only Pluto is ever farther from the Sun than this planet. (Neptune) 16. This planet is more tilted than any other. (Uranus) Additional Reinforcement/Practice Materials: StarChild website or CD, Level 1 Solar System Activities "Where Oh Where Does That Little Planet Go?" and "Solar System Shuffle"

9. Planets
Planets Home Planet Project Philosophy Resume Teacher Learner Future Plans Student Learning Class: 8^th grade science Duration: 4 ? 5 class periods Topic: Planets Objectives: SWBAT list the nine planets orbiting the sun (Mercury, Venus, Pluto, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Earth). SWBAT define the location of the above planets. SWBAT identify and draw the symbol of the planets. SWBAT state the distance between each planet and the sun and earth. SWBAT identify the number of moons surrounding each planet. SWBAT identify the size, rotation, and revolution of ea...

10. Fun With Science - Solar System - Solar System on a Map
...ometers) factor of 100 million) Mercury 5 cm 57,909,000 580 m (0.4 miles) Venus 12 cm 108,200,000 1,080 m (0.7 miles) Earth 13 cm 149,600,000 1,500 m (0.9 miles) Mars 7 cm 227,940,000 2,280 m (1.4 miles) Jupiter 143 cm 778,400,000 7,780 m (4.8 miles) Saturn 120 cm 1,423,600,000 14,240 m (8.8 miles) Uranus 51 cm 2,867,000,000 28,670 m (17.6 miles) Neptune 49 cm 4,488,400,000 44,880 m (27.6 miles) Pluto 2 cm 5,909,600,000 59,100 m (36.4 miles) Back to top Last updated April 20, 2005 Explore! Home Page About Explore! Explor-ations Explore! News Space Science News Products Join Feedback _