Bell Work
10 Minutes
Planet Size Demonstration
25 Minutes
Planet Size Notes
20 Minutes
Analysis Questions/Exit Ticket
10 Minutes
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Share your answer with your shoulder
partner.
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Share your answer with your shoulder
partner.
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Share your answer with your shoulder
partner.
Bell Work
10 Minutes
Planet Size Demonstration
25 Minutes
Planet Size Notes
20 Minutes
Analysis Questions/Exit Ticket
10 Minutes
Bell Work
10 Minutes
Planet Size Demonstration
25 Minutes
Planet Size Notes
20 Minutes
Analysis Questions/Exit Ticket
10 Minutes
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Its easier to remember a song or something
funny than to memorize the planets order
from the Sun.
◦ My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nachos
◦ Mr Valentine Eats Mushy Jumbo Snails Until Noon
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That’s an easy way to remember the order!
◦ Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus, Neptune
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About 99% of all of the Solar System’s mass is
located in the Sun.
All the planets could fit into the Sun, and
there would still be room to fit more.
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Closest planet to the
Sun
Smallest planet
It is about 1/3 the
size of Earth
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Venus is called Earth’s twin
because it is so similar to the
Earth in both size and mass.
Venus is only a few thousand
kilometers smaller in
diameter than Earth.
Venus is only similar to Earth
in size and mass; everything
else is very different.
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Home sweet home!
We are twins with Venus in regard to size and
mass.
It would take a jet plane two days to fly
around all of Earth.
Our diameter is 12,800 Kilometers.
Third planet from the Sun!
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Mars is a relatively small planet too; it is
about half of the size of Earth.
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun; just
past Mars is the start of the Asteroid Belt.
We have rovers on Mars to help us study the
planet.
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This is our largest planet.
If a jet plane circled Jupiter, it would take 23
days.
Jupiter is more massive than all the planets
together.
◦ If you weighed all the planets and compared it to
Jupiter, it would weigh less than half of Jupiter.
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The planet is slightly smaller than Jupiter.
Its mass is less than 1/3 that of Jupiter.
The diameter of Saturn’s rings is about the
distance from Earth to the Moon.
Its about 9x the size of Earth
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Uranus has rings, too!
It is about 4 times
larger than Earth.
Uranus is on its side! Its
North/South pole points
directly into the Sun and
directly away from the
Sun.
Its mass is about 15
times more than Earth.
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Its mass is 17 times greater than Earth.
It is our furthest planet from the Sun!
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Which object in our Solar System could hold
all of the planets and still have empty space?
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A. Sun
B. Moon
C. Earth
D. Saturn
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Which object in our Solar System could hold
all of the planets and still have empty space?
◦ A. Sun
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Which planet has rings that have the diameter
equivalent to the distance from Earth to the
Moon?
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A. Uranus
B. Neptune
C. Saturn
D. Jupiter
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Which planet has rings that have the diameter
equivalent to the distance from Earth to the
Moon?
◦ C. Saturn
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Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
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A. Mars
B. Venus
C. Pluto
D. Mercury
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Which planet is called Earth’s twin?
◦ B. Venus
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Which planet would it take a jet plane 23 days
to travel around?
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A. Jupiter
B. Saturn
C. Mercury
D. Venus
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Which planet would it take a jet plane 23 days
to travel around?
◦ A. Jupiter
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What is the closest planet to the Sun?
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A. Mars
B. Mercury
C. Saturn
D. Earth
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What is the closest planet to the Sun?
◦ B. Mercury
Bell Work
10 Minutes
Planet Size Demonstration
25 Minutes
Planet Size Notes
20 Minutes
Analysis Questions/Exit Ticket
10 Minutes
4
I understand all of the planets orders, and all the details about
the planets relational sizes. I have already started making my
own comparisons about the planets.
3
I understand all of the planets orders from the Sun, and I
understand all of the details regarding the relational size of the
planets.
2
I understand the order of planets form the Sun, and some of
the basics about their size. I need a little more help to grasp all
the details about the planets relational sizes.
1
I understand the order of planets form the Sun. I need more
help to grasp the relational sizes of the planets.
0
I am completely lost. I have to come in before school and
during Academic Lab to catch up.