Download Use with the big book “A Tour of the Planets” Photocopy questions

Use with the big book “A Tour of the Planets”
Photocopy questions on construction paper, cut out and laminate. Pass out
one question per group along with a certain color of Post It Notes. Have
students place a Post It Note as the teacher reads on the appropriate page
when they hear the answer to their question. Continue and discuss what the
students observed. Students will notice that one particular group will place
many of their color Post It Note in the book. (The Think and Search
Question)
IN THE BOOK
 Right There Questions easy to answer:
What is the sun?
Which planet is called the blue planet?
How many planets orbit the sun?
Where does the earth’s moon get its light?
Which planet is visible from earth and is
known as the “morning star” and “evening
star”?
What separates the inner planets from the
outer planets?
Which planet is the largest planet in the solar
system?
Which planet has a “Great Red Spot” that has
a raging storm?
Which planet has rings made of chunks of
graphite, the black material found inside
pencils?
THINK AND SEARCH
(Choose one think and search)
 One question answered with the use of the entire book:
 Which planets have moons?
 Which planets have rings?
 Which planets are the inner planets?
 Which planets are the outer planets?