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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences: Solar System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A university-level course that looks at the structure of the solar system, the sun, the planets, and other bodies in space. Includes course readings, assignments, and study notes.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Solar System!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
An introduction to our solar system: the planets, our Sun and our Moon. Students begin by learning the history and engineering of space travel. They make simple rockets to acquire a basic understanding Newton's third law of motion. They...
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Planet Orbits in the Solar System Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Review planets orbiting in the solar system using this study guide.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Planet Orbits in the Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at the size and shape of planet orbits.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Planets of the Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Examines the eight planets of our solar system, their orbits, and rotation.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Planets of the Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Examines the eight planets of our solar system and their orbits and rotation.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Our Solar System: A Day on Earth

For Students 3rd - 5th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on how the Earth's tilt on its axis, its rotation, and its orbit around the Sun give us a 24-hour day, a 365-day year, and our seasons.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Solar Space Telescopes Quiz

For Students 4th - 6th
Try this quiz about solar space telescopes.
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Handout
Cool Math

Coolmath: Science Monster: Introduction to Our Solar System

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out about all the planets and other solar system characteristics in this colorful, illustrated tutorial on our neighborhood in space.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Explore Our Solar System

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares facts about planets in the solar system. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Solar System Dynamics

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information related to all known bodies in orbit around the sun. Content includes planetary orbits, JPL's Horizon System, natural satellite information, and more.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Orbital Motion of a Satellite

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must calculate the period of a satellite moving around one of the bodies in our solar system.
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Orbital Order

For Students 4th - 6th
Launch into space with Orbital Order! Amplify your knowledge of the Sun and the planets of our Solar System in this astronomical activity. Do you have what it takes to put the planets back in order?
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Website
PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Satellites Orbit the Sun to Better Predict Solar Storms

For Students 9th - 10th
For the first time, NASA scientists have generated a full image of the sun, front and back, using twin orbiting satellites. The new view of Earth's star will allow for the study of solar weather events like coronal mass ejections that...
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Activity
Harvard University

Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground: The Earth's Orbit

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students perform many inquiry activities related to Earth's orbit. Included are recording daily temperatures, observing the sun's path over several weeks, tracking sunrise and sunset times, and angle of sunlight. Diagrams make lessons...
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Website
National Earth Science Teachers Association

Windows to the Universe: Our Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th
Our solar system is filled with a wide assortment of celestial bodies - the Sun itself, our eight planets, dwarf planets, and asteroids - and on Earth, life itself! The inner solar system is occasionally visited by comets that loop in...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Build Your Own Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th
This Java applet creates a model of a solar system with user-defined data. Users can create a solar system with up to four planets, choosing the star type at the center of the solar system, planet name, size, eccentricity of orbit and...
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Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Learning About the Solar System [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
"Learning about the Solar System" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about scientists and learning about our solar system and how it works. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide...
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Handout
Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Beyond Earth's Orbit

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the different satellites that are probing the solar system on the website. Also included is a video that explores Astrobiology.
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Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Learning About the Solar System [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th
"Learning about the Solar System" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about the Milky Way gallaxy and what it takes to be a scientist. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence...
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Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Learning About the Solar System [Pdf]

For Teachers 7th
"Learning about the Solar System" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about the Milky Way gallaxy and how scientists learn about it over time. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the story;...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: My Solar System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will use a simulation to build their own solar system discovering the relationship between gravity and motion that keeps a planet in orbit.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Paper Mache Solar System

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site from the Illinois Institute of Technology provides a set of directions for the creation of a solar system model out of paper mache. Includes orbital distances and planet diameters for the nine planets. Great idea for a student...
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Handout
Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: The Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the mythology, structure, observational history, gravitational force, and orbit of Earth's Moon.

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