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Week 1
Neptune
May 29 - June 2
Click on the NASA image to print out coloring sheets for each planet.
Color all the planets and find a place to display them so you can see your progress.
Decorate your rocket ship.
Swirl Painting - Neptune
Click on the image below to learn about Neptune
Week 2 Uranus
June 5 -June 9
Watch the video below to learn about Uranus. Then click on the art project below from The Inspiration Edit.
10 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT URANUS
10 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT URANUS
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and the third-largest planet in the solar system.
Uranus is the biggest of the ice giants.
The planet is named after the ancient Greek God of the Heavens.
Compared to Earth, Uranus has around 14.5 times the mass of Earth.
Uranus is made of water, methane that makes it look blue, and ammonia fluids, surrounding a small rocky center.
Uranus has 13 faint rings, the inner rings are small and dark, while the outer rings are brightly colored.
Uranus is the only planet that rotates on its side.
Uranus, along with Venus, are the only planets that spin in the opposite direction as other planets.
One day on Uranus lasts a little over 17 hours, while one year is the same as 84 years on Earth.
Uranus has 27 known moons, but there may be more. All of them are very small and the biggest moon it has is Titania, the eighth largest moon in the solar system.
Week 3 Saturn
June 12 - June 16
View the video to learn more about Saturn's rings and then click on the Saturn Experiment to try it out!
A few Saturn Fast Facts! Saturn...
* is the 6th planet from the sun.
* is the 2nd largest planet in our solar system.
* takes 29 Earth-years to go around the sun.
* takes less than 11 Earth hours for one day.
* does not have a solid ground to stand on.
* has winds faster than 1100 miles per hour.
Week 4
Jupiter
June 19-June 23
What is the red spot that we see on Jupiter's surface? It is a powerful storm that seems to be never ending. View the video about the red spot and then click on the HomeSchooling Garden to try out an experiment.
Week 5
Mars
June 26 - June 30
Fun facts about Mars
Fun facts about Mars
Would you like to blast off into space and journey to Mars? Living there would be very different from Earth. Read these facts about Mars and then imagine what it will be like if you had joined Perseverance on the Mission to Mars. Maybe you could write your own space story about it!
Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. It is a terrestrial planet which means that like Earth it has a hard, rocky surface you can walk on.
Mars is called the Red Planet because of all the iron in the soil. This iron rusts and as a result, makes the surface and atmosphere look red.
Mars may look warm but it’s very cold. The average temperature is -62 degrees Celsius. Yikes!
Mars has two moons, and their names are Phobos and Deimos.
Mars can have huge dust storms which last for months and can cover the entire planet.
A day on Mars is 24.6 hours, not much longer than an Earth day, but a year on Mars is 687 Earth days long. That’s almost twice as long as an Earth year. (Imagine only celebrating your birthday every two Earth years!)
You’d be able to jump much higher on Mars because it has weaker gravity than Earth, and this means you’d weigh less too. Head to this website to find out how much you would weigh on Mars.
The atmosphere on Mars is about 100 times thinner than the Earth’s atmosphere, and it has very little oxygen. You wouldn’t be able to breathe the Martian air and would need a spacesuit with oxygen when you went outdoors.
Humans haven’t been to Mars yet, but NASA has sent several rovers there already, and Perseverance is the fifth. The first one was called Sojourner and it landed in 1997. Spirit and Opportunity landed in 2004, and the last time NASA landed a rover on Martian soil was in 2012. Visit NASA’s Space Place landing page and learn more about what NASA Mars rovers do.
In 2018, NASA’s Curiosity rover found signs which scientists think mean there once was life on Mars. Perseverance’s job will be to dig deeper – literally - by drilling into the surface!
Week 6
Earth
July 3 -July 7
Our Moon is very important. Make the phases of the moon that you can eat! Click on the image below to learn more.
When the baking soda meets the vinegar, there is a chemical reaction as carbon dioxide gas is created and fills the balloon causing it to inflate. Carbon dioxide is an important gas in the earth’s atmosphere. Carbon Dioxide plays a vital role in regulating the earth’s temperature. Click on the image to try the experiment.
Week 7
Venus
July 10 - July 14
Venus is the hottest planet in the whole solar system because of it’s location nearby the sun and dense atmosphere the traps in the sun’s heat. There are volcanoes that spew lava on its surface.
To help the kids understand that Venus was so hot that rocks melted we set up this simple science experiment. We made a mound by overturning a custard dish and covering it and the surrounding area with flour. I showed them a 1/4 stick of butter was solid like rocks. I melted it in the microwave just like the heat melts rocks on Venus. Then we poured it over the center of the overturned custard dish so the kids would see it form streams. When it cooled down the butter turned back hard, just like the rocks on Venus.
https://www.123homeschool4me.com/solar-system-unit-inner-planets_26/
Week 8
Mercury
July 17 - July 21
Mercury is a small planet and the planet closest to the sun. Only one space craft (Mariner 10) has gotten close to Mercury. During the day it is more than 750 F, but at night it gets down to -300 F.
We made a model of Mercury by mixing 1 cup of flour, 1/4 cup salt, 1 teas oil, and 1/4 cup water. After we’d shaped it we hit the planet with rocks of different sizes to make the craters Mercury is known for.
https://www.123homeschool4me.com/solar-system-unit-inner-planets_26/
Week 9
Sun
July 24 - July 28
The Sun is over 4.5 billion years old. It started as a cloud of dust and gas. It slowly formed a massive center and gained heat. It is made of hydrogen and helium gases.
The temperature of the Sun is around 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The inner core is much hotter. To put this in perspective, a day of 90 degree weather feels hot to us. Water boils at 212 degrees.
Some areas on the Sun’s surface are cooler than others. These areas look darker. They are called sun spots.
Sometimes gases on the Sun’s surface erupt, shooting far out into space. These eruptions look beautiful, but they can cause problems here on Earth. They can interfere with satellites. Our cell phones might not work. Our televisions might not work.
The Sun’s light reaches the Earth in eight minutes. This is known as the speed of light.
Try out this activity to look at how the Sun creates shadows. Just click on the image of the mom and daughter for the steps.
Week 10
Stars
July 31 -August 8
It is the final week of our Summer Reading Challenge! Here are a few ideas to explore the stars.
https://kidscreations.com/blog/15-cool-stargazing-activities-kids/
Very hot stars look white or blue. Cooler stars look red or orange.
Scientists believe there are billions of galaxies in the universe and each galaxy has billions of stars. That’s a lot of stars.
Stars live billions of years. During their life, they turn hydrogen into helium. As their energy runs out, they slowly cool. First, they expand and get rid of their outer layers. Then they shrink and turn white. These stars are called white dwarfs. Finally, their light goes out completely and they become black.
Some stars go out will a brilliant explosion, called a supernova. Sometimes a supernova leaves a small, dense center behind called a black hole.
People have used the North Star for centuries to guide them. Other stars move, but the North Star stays fixed in the sky.
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