Name: ___________________________
Space Dinner
Menu
Entrée (Select 1)
Appetizers (Everyone Shares)
1. Research the surface features of
1. Information Chart on
Planets
the planets. Then draw an illustration
of what the planet’s surface might look
like. Include a caption with at least
2. Brain Pop Movie on the
Solar System and Activity
four facts about each planet.
2. Which Planet are you most curious
3. Planet Distance Activity
about? Pretend you could travel to one
inner plant and one gas planet. What
would you expect to see? Write an
imaginative narrative about your visit to
each planet. You need to include at
least five facts about each planet.
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3. Develop a PowerPoint Presentation on
Side Dishes (Select at least 2)
one inner planet and one gas planet.
1. Your Weight on Other Planets
2. Watch a BrainPop on an inner planet and a
BrainPop on a gas planet and take a quiz on both.
I need to see your quiz score.
1.
3. Read one “A True Book…” series book by
2.
Elaine Landau and make a trading card with an
illustration on the front and 4 facts from the
3.
book on the back.
4. Choose one inner planet and one gas planet in
4.
Dessert (Optional)
Use resource materials to write a report on the
discovery of each planet.
Use resource materials to write a report on the
origins of each planet’s name.
Create a song to describe and understand inner
planets and gas planets.
Check out other BrainPop movies about Space.
the solar system and make a poster describing
that planet. (Please color and be very detailed)
5. How do the Masses of Objects in the Solar
System Compare? (Alternative Explore Activity
pg. 65)
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Check for Understanding:
Can I tell the difference between the planets?
Example: Appearance, Location, What it’s made up
of, and Motion of the Planets