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The Solar System: Learning About Planets: Lesson Plan

This lesson plan teaches students about the planets in the solar system. Students will learn the order of the planets from the sun using the mnemonic "My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nachos". Activities include completing worksheets to label the planets, a crossword puzzle about planets, researching a planet in the library and writing additional facts, and creating an imaginary planet. The lesson concludes with students assessing their new knowledge and presenting their planet research.

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The Solar System: Learning About Planets: Lesson Plan

This lesson plan teaches students about the planets in the solar system. Students will learn the order of the planets from the sun using the mnemonic "My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nachos". Activities include completing worksheets to label the planets, a crossword puzzle about planets, researching a planet in the library and writing additional facts, and creating an imaginary planet. The lesson concludes with students assessing their new knowledge and presenting their planet research.

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Lesson Plan: 

The Solar System: Learning about


Planets
 
 
 
 
 
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Grade
Third Grade
Subject
Science

Materials and Preparation


 Our Solar System worksheet
 Planets Crossword Puzzle worksheet
 Timer
 Small books about planets from library
 Notebook paper
 White paper
 Colored pencils
 Make a Planet worksheet
 Research a Planet worksheet
Attachments

PDF
Make A Planet

PDF
Our Solar System

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Planets Crossword Puzzle

PDF
Research A Planet

September 12, 2015


by Sanayya Sohail

Learning Objectives
Students will be able to identify the planets in the Earth's solar system. Students will be able to
determine the position of the planets from the sun.

Lesson
Introduction (5 minutes)
 Tell your students that they will be learning about the planets today.
 Ask your students if they can name the planets.
 List the names of the planets on the board.

Explicit Instruction/Teacher Modeling (15 minutes)


 Ask your students if they know where each planet is located in relation to the Earth.
 Explain to your students that there is a trick to remembering the planets in relation to the
sun. Explain to your students that they can easily remember the planets' relation to the sun if they
memorize the sentence, My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nachos.
 Explain that the first letter of each word in that acronym represents the name of a planet
in relation to the sun.

Guided Practice/Interactive Modeling (20 minutes)


 Ask your students to complete the worksheet Our Solar System with a partner.
 Remind them to use the acronym to help them complete the worksheet.
 Set the timer to 5 minutes.
 Go over the worksheet as a class.
 Give each student the Planet Crossword Puzzle worksheet.
 Complete the crossword as a class by asking students to guess which planet is represented
by each picture. Tell students a fact or two about each planet as you have them fill out the
crossword. For example, Saturn has rings, Pluto used to be considered a full planet, and Jupiter
has a famous red spot.

Independent Working Time (60 minutes)


 Take your students to the library.
 Ask the librarian in advance to pull out a few books on planets for the students.
 Direct each student to pick a planet.
 Ask the students to take their Research a Planet worksheets to the library. Have them fill
out the worksheet as they look through books about their planets in the library.
 Ask students to finish their research at home if they don't finish by checking out books
related to their planets.
 Instruct students to write a few more facts about their planets on notebook paper.

Extend
Differentiation
 Enrichment: Instruct your students to complete the Make a Planet worksheet. This
activity will make students think creatively about what they would like to have in a planet.
 Support: Ask students to draw and color a picture of the solar system. This will enable
students to visualize the position of the planets in relation to the sun. Have them label the names
of the planets using the My Very Energetic Mother Just Served Us Nachos acronym.

Review
Assessment (10 minutes)
 Ask students to take out a sheet of paper and answer questions about the planets.
Potential questions include: Which planet is closest to the sun? Which planet is the farthest from
the sun? Which planets are closest to the Earth? Which is the fourth planet in the solar system?

Review and Closing (20 minutes)


 Ask students to present their Research a Planet worksheet to the class along with other
facts that they found.

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