Solar System Science
 
     

1. Watch how the solar system may have looked being formed.

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0401/

es0401page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization

2. Click on the link below to investigate a 3D model of the solar system. Click on a planet, read about it and make it closer or farther away from you to see where it fits into the solar system.

http://www.forgefx.com/casestudies/prenticehall/ph/solar_system/solarsystem.htm

3. Click here to see what you know. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/

subjects/astronomy/activities/radiobuttonquiz/Sspz.shtml

Now try this one: http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/

astroadventure/flash/concepts/solarsystem.htm

4. Choose activities from the list below:

Jigsaw puzzle: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/playspace/games/jigsaw/jigsaw.shtml

NASA games: http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/games.shtml

Gather more information about the solar system: http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

 
     
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