Optional Extension Activities

Visit some of these activities to if you're still curious!

Solar System & Planets

• Planet Order Song 

• The Mars Rover Spirit Exploring Mars

• Brainpop Videos: Solar System, Telescope, Satellites, Comets, Asteroids, and one for each planet.

• Crash Course Videos:

  • Introduction to the Solar System

  • The Rocky Planets

  • The Gas Giants

  • Orbits 

• Interactive Solar System Tour 

• Learn more about Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors

• Create a meteor and see its impact on earth! 

• StudyJams Games:

  • The Inner Planets

  • The Outer Planets

Quizlet -Earth and Space Systems flashcards

Gravity

• Brainpop Videos: Gravity, Tides, Forces, and Galaxies

• Learn more about Gravity! 

• Study Jamz: Gravity and Inertia 

• Defying Gravity: Crash Course for Kids video 

• NASA for Kids- What is Gravity?

• Your weight on other planets!

• Gravity Interactive

Stars

• Brainpop Videos: Sun, Life Cycle of Stars, Big Bang

• Crash Course Videos:

  • Seeing Stars

  • Stars: Crash Course Astronomy

  • Stars Personality 

  • Glow On

  • Super Stars: Constellations

National Geographic Stars 101