Transcript The Solar System (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter

The Solar System
(Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune)
By Ashley O’Connor
• Students will identify all the planets in the
solar system.
• Students will recognize that the planets
revolve around the sun.
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Our solar system is the sun and the planets that
orbit around it.
Orbit means to revolve or go around.
The planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune.
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It is the first planet
from the sun.
The Romans named it
after the swift
messenger god.
Venus
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It is the second planet from the sun.
The Romans named it after the goddess of love
and beauty.
Earth
It is the third
planet from the
sun.
 We live on Earth.
 It has one
satellite, called
“the moon.”
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Mars
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It is the fourth
planet from the
sun.
The Romans
named it after the
god of war.
It has 2 moons.
Jupiter
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It is the fifth planet from the sun.
It was named after the roman king of gods.
It is the largest of all the planets of the solar
system.
It has a lot of moons.
Saturn
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It is the sixth planet from
the sun.
It was named after the
roman god of agriculture.
It has rings that are
made up of “ice
particles.”
It is the second largest
planet.
It also has a lot of
moons.
Uranus
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It is the seventh
planet from the
sun.
It was named after
the Greek sky god.
It has 22 moons.
Neptune
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It is the eighth and last planet in the solar
system.
It was named after the roman sea god.
It has 13 moons.
What about Pluto?
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In 2006 Pluto was
officially named a
dwarf planet, rather
than a planet.
Coming up next…
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Now you will go to the gym and become
our solar system.
Then we will make our own solar systems
in your desk groups.
You will start a report on a planet, so start
thinking about which planet you’d like to
do it on.
Let’s go to the gym!
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