Solar System

Ideas and activities to learn about the Solar System

Make a Solar System Crayon Resist where you use crayon drawings of the solar system and paint with black watercolor over to reveal what you’ve drawn.
https://artsomeelementaryart.blogspot.com/2014/05/3rd-grade-solar-system-watercolor.html

Crayon Resist with Watercolor Art Lesson

Make Stars using Gold glitter and glue
https://www.pineandprospecthome.com/simple-diy-christmas-stars/

Glitter your Milky Way
https://astroedu.iau.org/en/activities/glitter-your-milky-way/

Create a booklet with a page for each planet. Include in your booklet:
Miles from Sun
Revolution
Nickname
Temperature
Moons

The Planets (plus the Dwarf Planet Pluto)
https://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/index.shtml

Solar System model on a city map. Students will understand the scale of Solar System in terms of relatively well-known sizes and distances on Earth.
https://astroedu.iau.org/en/activities/solar-system-model-on-a-city-map/

Where Does the Solar System End?
https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/oort-cloud/en/