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Know Your Planets Lesson PlanKnow Your Planets Lesson Plan
Publisher
Space Awareness
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Grade
K - 4th
Subjects
Science
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Language
English, French
Lesson Plan

Know Your Planets

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This Know Your Planets lesson plan also includes:
  • Know Your Planets Card Game (English)
  • Know Your Planets Card Game (French)
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Does your class know their planets? Implement an activity that has them describing the solar system, identifying properties of the planets, and placing them in order from their distance from the sun.

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Concepts

the sun, the solar system, mercury, venus, the earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune, pluto

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Use the game as an extension to an introduction of the planets
  • Laminate the cards for continued use

Classroom Considerations

  • Intended for pupils studying the solar system
  • Modify the game to have learners do a scavenger hunt around the room

Pros

  • The card game comes in both English and French versions

Cons

  • Card game font is small

Common Core

RI.K.7 RI.1.7 RI.2.7 RI.3.7 RI.4.7

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