Georgia Science Standards for
Second Grade
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S2CS5 Students will communicate
scientific ideas and activities clearly.
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S2E1 Students will understand that stars
have different sizes, brightness, and
patterns.
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S2E2 Students will investigate the position
of the sun and moon to show patterns
throughout the year.
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Table of Contents
The Earth
The Planets in the Solar System
Mercury
Venus
Mars
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Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Inner planets/Outer planets
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Moon videoclip
Special code for planets
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Asteroid Belt website
Bar chart to show number of moons for
each plan
Pie chart to compare number of moons
The Moon revolves around the earth
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Mars website
Check answers
The Milky Way
Websites to learn more
•We live on the planet Earth.
Earth belongs to a family of planets
called the solar system.
The Sun is in the middle of the
Sun
solar system.
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
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Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.
It is very hot.
The Earth’s moon and Mercury are
about the same size.
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Venus is the second planet from the sun.
It is the hottest planet in our solar system.
The Earth and Venus are about the same size.
Mars is called the red planet.
It is the fourth planet from the sun.
Mars website
Click here to learn more
•The fifth planet from the sun is Jupiter.
•It has orange and white clouds that make it
look like it has stripes.
•Jupiter has a Great Red Spot.
•The spot is a storm like a
•hurricane.
Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun.
It has thousands of rings.
Saturn revolves around the sun once every
29 years.
Uranus is the seventh planet from
the sun.
It has a greenish color.
Uranus is four times the size of
earth.
Neptune is the eighth planet from the sun.
It is blue.
Uranus and Neptune are about the same
size.
The smallest planet in our solar system
is Pluto.
It would take a space ship 15 years to
reach this planet.
The Solar System is divided into
two kinds of planets.
Inner Planets
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Outer Planets
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
An Asteroid Belt divides the inner and outer planets.
•Click on the line below to learn about the Asteroid Belt.
•Asteroid Belt website
Use the chart below to identify the
number of moons for each planet.
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Compare the number of moons.
Earth
Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
What planet has the greatest number of moons?
Pluto, Mercury, and Mars do not have a moon.
The moon revolves around the earth. It
take about 27.3 days to go all the way
around.
moon
video clip
Can you name all of the planets in
order? Use the code below to help
you.
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Nine
Pickles.
Click here to check your answers.
The Milky Way
 A bright
line of stars stretching across
the sky is the Milky Way Galaxy.
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sun and the
solar system are a
small part of this
galaxy.
Solar System Quiz
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See photographs of
all of the planets.
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Click here for more
facts about the solar
system. This is really
neat!
To learn more
about space
check out
these websites.