4th grade Solar System activity

Fourth Grade science, lets learn about our

our solar system

- MS. Bella gustafson

First, click on this voice box for directions

The sun is the center of our solar system. The sun is also the largest object in our solar system.

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Concluding Questions

Click here for the sun article!

DIRECTIONS: After you have completed the interactive assignment please answer the following questions based on what we have learned today. Answer these questions in your composition notebook.Use the images, website, video and anything from the interactive image to help you answer. THE SUN: Please answer the following questions about the natural geographic sun article: Fill in the blank: 1) The sun is the closest____ to _____ 2) ____ wouldn't exist without the Sun. 3) The sun is the source of all ___ and ___ Answer in at least 3 complete sentences: Why do we need the sun in our solar system? PLANETS: Answer the following questions based on the information from the planets. List the order of the planets smallest to largest: List the order of the plants, start with the one that is closest to the sun and go till you end with the planet furthest from the sun: List 2 facts about anything you learned from the activity that you found interesting/ surprising, include why you found this interesting/ surprising.

Pluto:

What is Pluto? How is Pluto different from every other planet? Pluto is known as a dwarf planet. A dwarf planet is a small object that orbits the sun. However, the main difference between dwarf planets and regular planets is that they are much smaller, so they can't be classified as planets. Dwarf planets are smaller than Earth's moon! Pluto has a lot of asteroids and space rocks hitting its path, Pluto isn't able to absorb these rocks and asteroids like the bigger planets can.