Solar System Theme Units

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Word Search: Solar System

[made with abctools] From "sun" to "Jupiter".
Unit: The Inner Planets (elem/ upper elem)

This unit contains short reading comprehensions on each of the four inner planets, fact cards, and clear teaching ideas. Twelve teaching pages.
Unit: The Inner Planets 2 (elem/ upper elem)

Graphic organizers for facts about the inner planets, word family vocabulary development with an inner planet theme, and suggested websites for further research.
Chart: Moon Phases

Each night observe the moon and draw a picture of what you see.
KWL: Solar System

Use this form to organize Know, Want to know, and Learned material about the solar system.
Did You Know? Solar System

Two printable cards with graphics for writing facts about planets.
Acrostic Form: Solar System

Write a poem about the solar system with this acrostic form.
Coloring Page: Earth

Color this drawing of the Earth, or trace and cut out for a great shapebook.
Report Planner: Solar System

Web and Venn diagrams, report planner, report forms, acrostic.
Shapebook: Rocket (elementary)

[member-created using abctools] Trace and cut out. This rocket-shaped shapebook has a prompt for students to answer about "If I Lived on the Moon."
Brainstorm! Solar System

"Words that come to mind when I think about..." This page features a thought bubble waiting to be filled with on-topic words. Great for kicking off a new unit.
Word Search: Solar System (planet shape)

[member-created document] This document was made with the abcteach Word Search Puzzle tool.
Report Form: Moon (b/w)

Booklet format, for students to write a short report on the moon.
Report Form: Moon (color)

Booklet format, for students to write a short report on the moon.
KWL: Earth (b/w)

Booklet format for students to record what they Know, what they Want to know, and what they have Learned about Earth.
KWL: Moon (color)

Booklet format for students to record what they Know, what they Want to know, and what they have Learned about the moon.
Bookmark: Planets (color)

Four identical handy reference bookmarks that illustrate all eight planets and their approximate distance (in miles) from the sun.
Mini-Office: Astronomy (primary/elem) -color

This mini-office presents some basic astronomy concepts: the solar system, phases of the moon, and eclipses.
Comprehension: Planets (elementary)

"Our solar system has eight planets."
Sign: Solar System
Unscramble the Words: Solar System

[created with abctools] Unscramble the words from "astronaut" to "Uranus".
Unscramble the Words: Solar System

From "moon" to "Pluto".
Worksheets: Inner Planet Math (elem/ upper elem)

Ordinal numbers, word problems and more in this "inner planet" themed set of worksheets.
Writing Paper: Space (elem/upper elem)

Three differently-formatted pages of writing paper with a space/planet theme. Different line sizes, different orientation.
Graphic Organizer: Solar System

Use the graph to illustrate the data you have collected on the Solar System. Choose categories (ex. size, shape) and fill in the graph accordingly.
Report Form: Famous Astronaut

Use this form to write a report on a famous astronaut.
Craft: Make the Big Dipper (primary)

A cardboard tube and some construction paper, and you can see the Big Dipper through your "telescope"-- this is a cute and easy craft.
Coloring Page: Rocket

Color this picture of a rocket, or trace and cut out to make a great shapebook.
Coloring Page: Rocket

Color this picture of a rocket or trace and cut out to make a shapebook.
Worksheets: Outer Planet Math (elem/ upper elem)

Ordinal numbers, word problems, graphing and more in this "outer planet" themed set of nine worksheets.
Unit: The Outer Planets (elem/ upper elem)

This unit contains short reading comprehensions on each of the four gas giants, fact cards, and clear teaching ideas. Twelve teaching pages.
Unit: The Outer Planets 2 (elem/ upper elem)

Graphic organizers for facts about the four outer planets, creative prompts, comparative suffix vocabulary development with an outer planet theme, and suggested websites for further research.
Fact Cards: Outer Planets

Fact cards for the four outer planets.
Word Wall: Space/Solar System (pictures)

From "astronaut" to "Venus". These vocabulary building word strips with pictures are great for word walls, sentence strips, spelling and vocabulary practice. Remember that Pluto is now considered a "dwarf" planet.
KWL: Solar System

Use this form to organize Know, Want to know, and Learned material about the solar system.
Shapebook: Planet (with lines)

Trace and cut out the lined planet pattern for a great student shapebook.
Shapebook: Rocket (with lines)

Trace and cut out the lined rocket pattern for a great student shapebook.
Comprehension: Astronauts (upper elementary)

An informational reading comprehension about astronauts.
Comprehension: The Sun (primary)

An informational reading comprehension about the sun and a word search.
Biography: Edwin Hubble (upper elem/ middle)

Even Einstein marvelled at the discoveries made by Edwin Hubble, for whom the Hubble Telescope is named. Find out more about this amazing scientist!