Designer(s): Jody Gilson  Date Created: 2/16/2006 12:01:00 PM PDT   Planets Basic Information Summary: Planets and their relationship to Sun. Grade/Level: 1 Time Frame: 2 hrs Subject(s): Science Topic(s): Identification of the Planets in the Solar System. Relationship of the Planets to the Sun. Notes:   Standards and Key Concepts Standards: AZ- Arizona Academics Standards • Subject : Science (previous) • Standard 6: Earth And Space Science. Students understand the composition, formative processes, and history of the earth, the solar system and the universe. • Grade Range : FOUNDATIONS (Grades 1-3) • Key Idea/Concept 6SC-F2: Identify the planets and their relationship to the sun  Performance Objective PO 1: Identify the planets of the solar system  Performance Objective PO 2: Describe the relationship of the planets to the sun Understandings: The Solar System is a group of planets that orbit the Sun. There are 9 (now maybe 10) Planets in our Solar System. The 9 Planets (in order from the Sun) are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. The Planets are different in a variety of ways from planet Earth-- composition, distance from sun, time it takes to revolve around sun, etc. Essential Questions: What is the Solar System? How many Planets are in the Solar System? What are the names of the Planets? In what order are the Planets outward from the Sun? What are the Planets made of? How are the Planets the same? How are they different? Knowledge and Skills: Prior to the activities students will need to know how to use a web browser, how to navigate to a specific site in a web browser, what a search engine is, and how to use a search engine. After the activities students should take away: Knowledge that the Solar System is a group of planets that orbit the Sun. There are 9 (now maybe 10) Planets in our Solar System. The 9 Planets (in order from the Sun) are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. The Planets are different in a variety of ways from planet Earth-- composition, distance from sun, time it takes to revolve around sun, etc. Performance Tasks and Assessment Performance Task: Use a search engine to find the names of the 9 Planets in the Solar System. Use Kid Pix to draw the Sun, the 9 planets, and their relationship to the Sun. Label the Sun and each of the 9 planets. Performance Prompt: What are the 9 Planets in the Solar System in order from the Sun? Assessment/Rubrics: All 9 Planets were listed. 3 pts. Planets were in the correct order from Sun outward. 4 pts Names were spelled correctly. 3 pts. Learning Experiences and Resources Sequence of Activities: Discuss terminology-- solar system, sun, planets. Discuss materials that make up the planets. Have students look up the 9 planets in search engine. Go to www.solarsystem.org.uk/planet10 and Launch Planet 10. Read about each of the planets to the students. Show them information page 3 under solar system which shows pictures of the planets and relative distances from the Sun. Have students draw the Solar System in Kid Pix. Differentiated Instruction: Special Ed, vision or hearing impaired will have the material read and explained to them by an aide. Resources: The number of computers required is 1 per student. Technology resources: Kid Pix, FireFox Students Familiarity with Software Tool: how to use a web browser, how to search with a search engine