Our Solar System – Journey to other celestial objects | Teach with space PR01
Our Solar System consists of the Sun, eight planets and many smaller bodies called asteroids and comets. This fun and creative research project allows children to discover our closest neighbours in space and develop their communication skills by sharing their work with the class.
In this activity, pupils will work in groups to research the different objects (the eight planets, comets and asteroids) in our Solar System. Each group will research one object and produce a fact sheet. At the end of the activity, the different groups present their findings to the class and combine the fact sheets into a class encyclopedia.
Learning objectives
- Which planets have moons
- Which planets have rings
- The colours of the different planets
- What a moon is
- What a ring of a planet is
- To work together.
Resource available in:
Lesson images: English
Subject:
- Arts, Science, Social studies
Age:
- Age 6-12, Age 6-9, Age 9-12
Time:
- Up to 2 hours
Space theme:
- Astronomy & the Universe, Comets & Asteroids, Solar System
English