Solar System

Thursday, Feb. 18th

Warm-Up
What phase comes next after the New Moon?
Google it if you do not remember.

You also have the PowerPoint that we

learned from: 
https://onslowcountyschools-my.sharepoint.c
om/:p:/g/personal/brandi_workman_onslow_
k12_nc_us/EXYbAuRXUvJDumQ-TopneG4
BBhVy_23gBDBeehOEnEL2KQ?e=mJA1tF
February 15-19
Week 25
Monday • LIVE: Tides Part 2 Lesson

• LIVE: Gimkit Review of Moon

Tuesday
Phases, Eclipses, and Tides
• INDEPENDENT WORK:
Wednesda
Flocabulary “Planets” Read &
y
Respond (Graded)
• LIVE: Lesson – The Sun and Intro to
Thursday
the Planets

Friday • LIVE: Lesson – Mercury and Venus

QUICK REVIEW
Essential Question:
What are some characteristics about
the sun that make it so important for
our solar system?
The Solar System consists of the Sun, planets,
moons, asteroids, meteors, comets, dust, gases
and primarily empty space.
The Solar System consists of the Sun, planets,
moons, asteroids, meteors, comets, dust, gases
and primarily empty space.
THE SUN
The sun is enormous compared to the Earth. It is 1.3 million times the size of
our planet! The sun creates a lot of gravity because it is so big. Gravity is a
force that brings things together. The sun is the largest thing in our solar
system, so its gravity brings all the planets together. The sun’s gravity holds
all eight planets in their orbits as they circle around it.

Energy and light from the sun travel to us. This is a very long journey. The sun
is the closest star to the Earth, but it’s still 93 million miles away! Luckily,
light is very speedy. Even though light moves very fast, it takes light from the
sun around eight minutes to reach us here on Earth.

Which of the following is the biggest?

a. the sun
b. the earth
c. the moon
d. the planet Jupiter
Everything in the solar system is under
the direct influence of the Sun’s
gravitational pull.
 
 
 
The sun is orbited by eight planets, at least five dwarf
planets, tens of thousands of asteroids, and hundreds of
thousands to three trillion comets and icy bodies.
The Sun is made of hydrogen and helium.
The sun is a star. A star does not have a
solid surface, but is a ball of gas held
together by its own gravity.
The sun is the center of our solar system
and makes up 99.8% of the mass of the
entire solar system.
Solar flares from the Sun are sudden bursts of
brightness that happen in places near the sunspots.
THE PLANETS
There are 8 planets in our solar system. 
These 8 planets orbit the sun in an
elliptical orbit.
How can you remember the order?
My Mercury
Very Venus
Educated Earth
Mother Mars
Just Jupiter
Served Saturn
Us Uranus
Nachos Neptune
YOUR TURN: Create your own phrase to
remember the order of the planets.
What do you think keeps
the planets revolving
around the sun?
Planets are the largest objects in the solar system
and due to the Sun’s gravitational pull, they
revolve around the sun.
The planets are classified as:
Inner Planets and Outer Planets
The inner planets include: Mercury, Venus,
Earth and Mars.
The inner planets are also called:
terrestrial planets because they are very dense
and rocky.  
The inner planets are smaller, denser and
rockier than the outer planets.
 Exit Ticket
Which of these is not a characteristic
of the sun?
Friday's Assignment
Independent Assignment in TEAMS:
PowerPoint
And
Quizizz

Learning about Mercury and Venus

VERY COOL (not literally; they are actually VERY HOT)
planets.
Graded Quiz on MONDAY so make sure you LEARN!!