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A Journey in to
the Solar System
By Jessica Swan
Hear: Bell Rings
Hallway Noise &
Settling
Teacher: Let's
get settled class,
Everyone in
their seats
Please.
Teacher: Good
Morning Class
Class: Good
Morning Miss
_____
Teacher: Is
everyone ready for
our Field Trip into
the Solar System
Class: YAY!!
Teacher: OK!
Teacher: Now let’s
take our seats in
the space ship,
everyone buckled
in? Class: Yay!
Student 1: I can’t
wait to see the
moon!! Student 2: I
want to see
Saturn!! Teacher:
Don't worry we will
see it all! Is
everyone ready?
Let’s go
Teacher: Ok, we are
now out of the
earths atmosphere!
Class: YAY!!
Teacher: Let's start
our journey..
Solar System Slide
Script: It’s on detail
sheet:
Too long to fit in
this space
Teacher: The first
Planet closest to
the Sun is...
Class: Mercury!
Teacher: That's
right! Mercury is a
small rocky planet
that looks a lot like
our moon, it is
covered with
craters. It is the
smallest out of the
8 planets. Scientists
think it may
have volcanic
activity on it.
Class: Owwww!
Teacher: Mercury
also does not have
any moons, much
like we do.
Teacher: Next up
is Venus, it is a
small, rocky planet
as well.
Student 3: Why is
it so yellow?
Teacher: That thick
layer is yellowish
clouds. The clouds
on Venus are not
full of water
like the clouds we
have, these clouds
are full of a form
of poison called
sulfuric acid. The
surface of Venus is
very hot.
Like Mercury,
Venus does not
have any moons.
Earth Slide Script:
It’s on detail
sheet:
Too long to fit in
this space
Student 1: It has a
moon!
Teacher: It does!!
The earth is
orbited by one
moon. The moon is
covered with
regolith, that's a
mixture of fine
dust and rocky
debris produced
by meteor impacts
Teacher: Now, who
do we have here?
Any one know?
Student 3: Is it Mars?
Teacher: Yes, it is!
It's our 4th small,
rocky planet. It is
cold and lifeless with
permanent ice
caps at both it's
north and south
poles. It's very strong
winds and vast dust
storms sometimes
blow through the
entire planet for
months.
Students 2:
MONTHS?
Teacher: Yes, can
you imagine?
Students 3: That's
like one seriously
bad hair day for 30
days!!
Teacher: It sure is ha
ha ha! Mars also has
2 moons that orbit
it's surface very
closely.
Teacher: Uh Oh,
here comes the
Asteroid Belt, what
does that mean?
Student 1: It
means that we are
in between the
Inner solar system
and the outer solar
system
Teacher: Great
job!! That's right.
Jupiter Slide
Script: It’s on
detail sheet:
Too long to fit in
this space
Teacher: Next stop
Saturn
Student 2: Wow
beautiful rings!!
Teacher: I know,
those rings are
mostly made of
water, ice and also
include rocky
particles. Saturn is
also a giant gas
planet. It is made up
of materials which
are lighter than
water. Actually if you
placed Saturn in a
great big pond it
would float
Student 1: Like an ice
cube
Teacher: That is
exactly it, just like an
ice cube in water.
Saturn is also unique
it that it has
18 moons. That’s the
most out of all the
planets
Teacher: Here comes
Uranus. It too is a
giant gas planet made
up of mostly rock and
various ices. What is
very interesting about
this planet is, it spins
differently then the
rest. It seems to be
tilted sideways
instead of right side
up. This is because it's
south pole is pointed
directly at the sun.
Uranus also has 15
moons.
Student 2: Miss
________, how did it
get to be blue
Teacher: That's a
great question! It's
blue color is the result
of a gas called
“methane”, found in
the planets upper
atmosphere.
Students 2: Oh
Teacher: Do you
know who we have
here?
Student 3: Uranus
again
Teacher: No, but you
are right these two
planets look similar,
anyone else? What
planet is left?
Student 3: Neptune!
Teacher: You guessed
it, Neptune is the
farthest from the sun,
it is a giant gas planet
like Uranus and is
mostly made up of
ices and rock. What
else do you think it's
made up of, that is
similar to the last
planet we saw?
Student 1: Meth-ane?
Teacher: That's
correct and what
effect does that gas
have on Neptune's
atmosphere?
Student 1: It makes it
blue
Teacher: Great job!
Student 2: Wait,
what's that?
Teacher: Oh that little
small and icy guy is
Pluto, he is
considered a “dwarf
planet”. Because of
it's size it is no longer
considered a planet.
Student 3: Is it a
Moon?
Teacher: Scientists
are not sure what it
is, while it is small like
a moon, it has it's
own. But you are
right, it is actually
quite smaller then
many of the moons in
the solar system.
Pluto too is like
Uranus in which it
seems to be lying on
it's side. It's equator
points straight up
with one pole directly
towards the sun.
Teacher: Lets back up
and take a look here,
see where the inner
and outer solar
system split? What's
that called splitting it?
Student 1: The
Asteroid Belt
Teacher: Correct and
what planets are in
the inner solar
system?
Student 2: Mercury,
Venus
Student 3: Earth and
Mars
Teacher: And in the
Outer?
Student 1: Jupitar,
Saturn
Student 2: Uranus
and Neptune
Student 3: and used
to be Pluto
Teacher: Ha ha ha
that's right
Student 1: Miss
__________, what
about the Sun?
Teacher: I'm glad you
asked, that's our next
stop.
Teacher: We live in
a heliocentric solar
system...
Student 2: Heliocent-ric
Teacher: Yes, that's
it. That means our
solar system is
centered around
the sun. Remember
how we talked
about how each of
the planets orbit
around the sun.
Some do faster
then others.
Student 3: Is the
Sun a planet?
Student 1: Ha ha ha
NO!
Teacher: That is a
great question, it
actually is not, it's
believe it or not, a
star. It's just like the
stars we see in the
night sky. The Sun
however is the only
star we see in the
day.
Student 2: It's so
big!
Teacher: It is, Its
actually so big you
could fit more then
1 million earths
inside of it!
It is also very hot.
It's so hot that
planets millions of
kilometers away
can still feel it.
Teacher: That class
makes up our solar
system. Isn't it
incredible?
Student 3: Yeah,
sure is!
Teacher: Does
anyone have any
other questions?
Student 1: Yeah,
When's lunch?
Teacher: Ha ha ha Ok, It's soon. Let's
head back to earth.
Class: YAY!!
Teacher: Thank you for joining us on our
trip to the Solar System. We hope you
had fun. So long!