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OUT OF THIS WORLD!
SPACE AND THE
SOLAR SYSTEM
DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY
SOLAR SYSTEM MODELS
YEAR 4 RED
MISS YOUNG
QUIZ TIME!
How many known plants are there?
Is planet Earth counted as one of the nine planets?
What is the Milky Way made up of?
Can anyone tell me a name of one of
Nine planets besides earth?
What is the Solar System?
The Solar System is made up of nine planets that orbit our Sun.
They are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and
Pluto.
The Solar System also includes moons, comets, asteroids, minor planets and
dust and gas.
Everything in the system revolves around the Sun.
What does Orbit mean?
INTRODUCTION VIDEO
FOUND ON PAGE:
http://www.planetsforkids.org/
LINK FOR VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player
_embedded&v=BZ-qLUIj_A0
MERCURY
• MERCURY IS THE PLANET CLOSEST TO THE SUN
• IT ORBITS THE SUN FOR ONLY 88 DAYS
• MERCURYS’S TEMPERATURE IS 400 DEGREES CELCIUS
ON THE SUNS SIDE BUT ON ITS DARK SIDE IT IS -200
• MERCURY IS QUITE A SMALL PLANET
• ITS DIAMITER IS 4990KMS
• MERCURY HAS NO MOONS
VENUS
• VENUS IS THE BRIGHEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR
SYSTEM AND CAN BE SEEN IN DAYLIGHT
• IT ORBITS THE SUN IN 262 DAYS
• IT IS 12,103KM WIDE
• VENIS IS THE HOTTEST PLANET
AT 460 DEGREES
• VENUS HAS MOUNTAINS
AND CRATERS
EARTH
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ONLY PLANET THAT HAS OXYGEN
ONLY PLANET WITH LIQUID WATER
ONLY PLANET THAT HAS LIFE
150KM WIDE
IT TAKES 365 DAYS TO ORBIT THE
SUN
MARS
• MARS HAS SEASONS LIKE EARTH
• IT TAKES 320 DAYS TO ORBIT THE SUN
• IT IS CALLED THE RED PLANET
JUPITER
• 142,750KM WIDE
• 365 DAYS TO SPIN
• STRONG WEATHER PATTERS
DUE TO SPINNING SO FAST
SATURN
• SURROUNDED BY RINGS. THE THREE MAJOR RINGS
CALLED A, B AND C
• IT HAS 18 MOONS
• 142,750KM WIDE
• TAKES 29 AND A HALF YEARS
TO ORBIT THE SUN
URANUS
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TAKES 84 YEARS TO ORBIT SUN
HAS 27 MOONS
IT IS FROZEN THATS WHY IT IS BLUE-GREEN
47,150KM WIDE
NEPTUNE
• 165 YEARS TO ORBIT THE SUN
• IS MADE OF GAS – HYDROGEN + HELIUM
• 47,150KM WIDE
PLUTO
• 2ND SMALLEST PLANET
• 2,240KM WIDE
• 249 YEARS TO ORBIT SUN
 YOUR TASK! 
• IN GROUPS OF THREE CHOSEN BY I AM GOING TO ALLOCATE YOU TO A
PLANET.
• YOU AND YOUR GROUP ARE GOING TO BUILD A PAPER MACHE MODEL
AND DESIGN A BACKGROUND SETTING ON YOUR PLANET.
• YOU ARE GOING TO THEN IN YOUR GROUP PRESENT YOUR MODEL TO THE
CLASS WITH A SPEECH ON THE MAKING PROCESS AND SOME
INFORMATION ON YOUR PLANET.
WHAT NEXT?
• THE FIRST STEP BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR
TASK IS TO GO TO THE COMPUTER ROOM AND
FIND OUT 2 IMPORTANT THINGS.
• 1. WHAT COLOUR IS YOUR PLANET
• 2. WHAT SIZE IS YOUR PLANET IN
COMPARISSON TO OTHER PLANETS
Website to explore!
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.ht
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AND
http://www.planetsforkids.org/