Space: stars, planets and the Solar System
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Draw the Solar System and label the planets in order.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
2
Make up one rhyme or sentence to remember the planets.
Free answer; each word can match a planet’s first letter.
3
Look at the evening sky and find the brightest object. Is it a star or a planet? Does it twinkle?
A planet (for example Venus) does not twinkle; a star does.
4
Write 3 interesting facts about one planet.
For example: Jupiter is the biggest, made of gas, and has more than 90 moons.