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KWL: Moon (b/w) Booklet format for students to record what they Know, what they Want to know, and what they have Learned about the moon.
Acrostic Form: Solar System Write a poem about the solar system with this acrostic form.
Chart: Moon Phases Each night observe the moon and draw a picture of what you see.
Coloring Page: Earth Color this drawing of the Earth, or trace and cut out for a great shapebook.
Coloring Page: Rocket Color this picture of a rocket or trace and cut out to make a shapebook.
Coloring Page: Rocket Color this picture of a rocket, or trace and cut out to make a great shapebook.
Craft: Make the Big Dipper (primary) A cardboard tube and some construction paper, and you can see the Big Dipper through your "telescope"-- this is a cute and easy craft.
Did You Know? Solar System Two printable cards with graphics for writing facts about planets.
Graphic Organizer: Solar System Use the graph to illustrate the data you have collected on the Solar System. Choose categories (ex. size, shape) and fill in the graph accordingly.
KWL: Earth (b/w) Booklet format for students to record what they Know, what they Want to know, and what they have Learned about Earth.
KWL: Earth (color) Booklet format for students to record what they Know, what they Want to know, and what they have Learned about Earth.
KWL: Moon (color) Booklet format for students to record what they Know, what they Want to know, and what they have Learned about the moon.
KWL: Solar System Use this form to organize Know, Want to know, and Learned material about the solar system.
KWL: Solar System (color) Booklet format for students to record what they Know, what they Want to know, and what they have Learned about the solar system.
KWL: Stars (b/w) Booklet format for students to record what they Know, what they Want to know, and what they have Learned about stars.
KWL: Stars (color) Booklet format for students to record what they Know, what they Want to know, and what they have Learned about the stars.
Mini-Posters: Planet Mnemonics [member-created with abctools] Four different mnemonics to help remember the eight planets in order. Use these or create your own!
Poetry Prompts: Solar System (upper elem) An introduction to some basic poetic structures, including alliteration, similes, and acrostics, using a solar system themes, with a cute alien graphic.
Report Form: Earth Booklet format, for students to write a short report on Earth.
Report Form: Famous Astronaut Use this form to write a report on a famous astronaut.
Report Form: Moon (b/w) Booklet format, for students to write a short report on the moon.
Report Form: Moon (color) Booklet format, for students to write a short report on the moon.
Report Form: Solar System Booklet format, for students to write a short report on the solar system.
Report Form: Stars (b/w) Booklet format, for students to write a short report on the stars.
Sign: Constellations  
Sign: Solar System  
Unscramble the Words: Solar System [created with abctools] Unscramble the words from "astronaut" to "Uranus".
Word Search: Solar System [member-created document] This sample was made with the abcteach word search puzzle tool. Find the words, from "corona" to "pluto" in this planet shaped word search
Word Search: Solar System [member-created with abctools] Find the solar system-themed words, from "asteroids" to "universe", in this rocket-shaped word search puzzle.
Word Search: Aliens! [member-created with abctools] Find the alien-theme words from "alien" to "win" in this rocket-shaped word search.
Writing Prompt: Pluto (upper elem) One of six writing prompts from our member site on Pluto's status as a dwarf planet.
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Unit: The Inner Planets 2 (elem/ upper elem) Graphic organizers for facts about the inner planets, word family vocabulary development with an inner planet theme, and suggested websites for further research.
Unit: The Inner Planets (elem/ upper elem) This unit contains short reading comprehensions on each of the four inner planets, fact cards, and clear teaching ideas. Twelve teaching pages.
Worksheets: Inner Planet Math (elem/ upper elem) Ordinal numbers, word problems and more in this "inner planet" themed set of worksheets.
Unit: The Outer Planets 2 (elem/ upper elem) Graphic organizers for facts about the four outer planets, creative prompts, comparative suffix vocabulary development with an outer planet theme, and suggested websites for further research.
Unit: The Outer Planets (elem/ upper elem) This unit contains short reading comprehensions on each of the four gas giants, fact cards, and clear teaching ideas. Twelve teaching pages.
Worksheets: Outer Planet Math (elem/ upper elem) Ordinal numbers, word problems, graphing and more in this "outer planet" themed set of nine worksheets.
Fact Cards: Outer Planets Fact cards for the four outer planets.
Large Poster: Solar Eclipse Phases (color) To use this informative four-page poster showing the phases of the solar eclipse: print the pages, fold the edges, then glue or tape together along the edges. Laminate the poster for longer use.
Large Poster: Solar System (color) To use this colorfuland informative four-page poster of all the planets and the size and distance from the sun: print the pages, fold the edges, then glue or tape together along the edges. Laminate the poster for longer use.
KWL: Solar System Use this form to organize Know, Want to know, and Learned material about the solar system.
Report Planner: Solar System Web and Venn diagrams, report planner, report forms, acrostic.
Unscramble the Words: Solar System From "moon" to "Pluto".
Word Search: Solar System [made with abctools] From "sun" to "Jupiter".
Word Wall: Space/Solar System (pictures) From "astronaut" to "Venus". These vocabulary building word strips with pictures are great for word walls, sentence strips, spelling and vocabulary practice.
Writing Paper: Space (elem/upper elem) Three differently-formatted pages of writing paper with a space/planet theme. Different line sizes, different orientation.
Bookmark: Planets (b/w) Four identical handy reference bookmarks that illustrate all eight planets and their approximate distance (in miles) from the sun.
Bookmark: Planets (color) Four identical handy reference bookmarks that illustrate all eight planets and their approximate distance (in miles) from the sun.
Banner: Solar System (b/w) To use this informative four-page banner of solar system from the sun to Pluto: print the pages, fold the edges, then glue or tape together along the edges. Laminate the banner for longer use.
Banner: Solar System (color) To use this informative (and beautiful) four-page banner of solar system from the sun to Pluto: print the pages, fold the edges, then glue or tape together along the edges. Laminate the banner for longer use.
Large Poster: Phases of the Moon (b/w) To use this informative four-page poster of the phases of the moon: print the pages, fold the edges, then glue or tape together along the edges. Laminate the poster for longer use.
Word Search: Constellations (upper elem) Find the words, from ASTRONOMER to STARS, in this telescope-shaped word search.
Large Poster: Moon Phase Diagrams (b/w) To use this informative four-page poster of the phases of the moon and the lunar eclipse, including diagrams: print the pages, fold the edges, then glue or tape together along the edges. Laminate the poster for longer use.
Unscramble the Words: Constellations Unscramble the words, from ASTRONOMERS to STARS.
Acrostic Form: Constellations  
Color and Write: Sun (primary) A picture of the sun to color and wide lines to write a short story about the sun or summer.
Color and Write: Sun (elem) A sun to color and lines to write a short story about summer and the sun.
Color and Write Prompt: Sun (elem) A picture to color and lines to write a short text with theme words from a word bank.
Banner: Lunar Eclipse Phases (color) To use this informative two-page banner showing the phases of a lunar eclipse: print the pages, fold the edges, then glue or tape together along the edges. Laminate the banner for longer use.
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Sites For Teachers Check out these excellent education websites.
Link to NASA KIDS excellent site
Link to Solar System from MANATEE A wonderful unit with interactive lessons.




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