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Teacher and Parent Lesson Guide
This teacher guide has been designed to bring Arty the Part-Time Astronaut into your home
or classroom. We provide activities that can help students to better understand and enjoy
the website and facts about space. Our goal is to assist in reinforcing solar system facts
learned while using the website. This material can be reproduced and distributed to your
students.
We hope this Teacher Guide will be a useful part of your teaching experience!
Page 2 - 5: Solar System Guide. Reproduce this planet guide for each student. Have them
write what they learned about each planet Then color, cut, and staple to make their own
fact book.
Page 6: Go to the activities site of the website.
Page 7: Use the activities at www.artyastro.com to answer the question.
Page 8: General astronomy questions. To be reproduced and distributed or discussed with
the class.
Page 9: My Planet. Have the students draw and write a description about their favorite
planet. This planet can be an existing planet or a planet they develop using their
imagination. Encourage the students to use planetary features like rings, craters, moons,
and other planet features they learned about, to create their own unique planet that might
exist in a far off solar system.
Page 10: Crossword puzzle
Page 11: Word search puzzle
Page 12: Answer Guide
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Solar System Guide
The Solar System is our sun and everything that orbits
around it: the planets, their moons, the comets, the
asteroids, and other space objects. The sun is the center of
the solar system. Our solar system is known to have nine
planets, no two alike. The pull of gravity from the sun holds
the planets in their orbits and keeps them from floating off
into space. All our planets are named after gods in Roman
mythology. Scientists believe that our solar system is more
than 5 billion years old.
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Mercury
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Venus
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Earth
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Mars
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Asteroid Belt
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Jupiter
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Saturn
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Uranus
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Neptune
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Pluto
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NAME
Using the website pick 3 of your favorite activities. Then write about what you learned.
Exercise 1: Name of activity
Exercise 2: Name of activity
Exercise 3: Name of activity
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NAME
Using the website answer the following questions.
Find out how much you weigh on Mars.
Your weight
on Earth
Your weight
on Mars
Find out how old you would be on Mercury.
Your age on
Earth
Your age on
Mercury
Find out how much you weigh on Jupiter.
Your weight
on Earth
Your weight
on Jupiter
Find out how old you would be on Mars.
Your age on
Earth
Your age on
Mars
How long would it take you to travel to Saturn in
your car if you were to leave today?
Today’s Date
Arrival Date
Fill in the circle to show tonights moon phase and label it.
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List the planets in order from closest to the sun to farthest.
1. __________________ 4. __________________ 7. __________________
2. __________________ 5. __________________ 8. __________________
3. __________________ 6. __________________ 9. __________________
10. The _____________ is the center of the solar system.
11. How many moons does Mercury have? ___________
12. ____________ is covered with large bodies of water.
13. ____________ is also known as the red planet?
14. ___________ and ____________ are known to have active volcanoes.
15. ___________ tilts over on its side.
16. ___________ has a moon almost half the size of the planet.
17. ____________ is the biggest planet.
18. The asteroid belt is between ______________ and _____________.
19. ______________ is the hottest planet in the solar system.
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My Planet
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7. The planet which is closest to the Sun.
8. Earth’s natural satellite.
10. The largest planet in our solar system.
11. We call this planet home.
14. The farthest planet from our Sun.
15. The sixth planet, it has many rings.
16. This planet orbits the sun on its side.
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1. A group of rocks that orbits between
Mars and Jupiter.
2. A large space object which revolves
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3. Someone that travels in space.
4. A device used to study far away objects.
5. This planet has active volcanoes and a
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12. The closest star to the earth.
13. The red planet.
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Credits:
Project Manager: Eddie Carbin
Content Writer and Editor: Paula Hunt
Artist: Greg Savoia
Teacher Advisor: Rachael Peters
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