5th Grade-Week 1 Solar System

1^st Lab Week

Concept: The Solar System

Objective: Students will learn what objects make up out solar system and what  keeps the planets orbiting around the Sun.

Homework: Solar System Crossword Puzzle and Parent Letter signed

Click on the picture to see your homework.

Vocabulary:

astronomy

Milky Way

solar system

star

Sun

hydrogen & helium

planets

terrestrial planets

gas giants

satellite

asteroid

Asteroid Belt

comet

Kuiper Belt

gravity

Cornell Note Questions:

•What are the 5 main objects in our solar system?
•What is the Sun made of?
•What are the inner planets and what are they made of?
•What are the outer planets and what are they made of?

Questions of the Week (that will help you next week!):

•How are asteroids and comets the same? 
•How are they different? 

BrianPop.com video of the week: Solar System

Class Reading: FOSS Science Resources Read pages 145-168. Wonders CA Content Reader Read pgs 78-81, 84-87 & 90-93.

Sun

Our Solar System

Halley's Comet

When will can you see Halley's Comet again?

CA State Science Standards

5. The solar system consists of planets and other bodies that orbit the Sun in predictable paths. As a basis for understanding this concept:

5a. Students know the Sun, an average star, is the central and largest body in the solar system and is composed primarily of hydrogen and helium.

5b. Students know the solar system includes the planet Earth, the Moon, the Sun, eight other planets and their satellites, and smaller objects, such as asteroids and comets.

5c. Students know the path of a planet around the Sun is due to the gravitational attraction between the Sun and the planet.