Enter the Solar System
You will create book that describes the different objects within the solar system. You will need 7 piece of paper, if you fold the paper in half (hamburger style).
Requirements for each page
Front Cover: Title of the book, your number and a colored picture relating to the book.
Inside front cover: Blank
Page 1: Table of Contents
Page 2-3: The Sun
Page 4-5: Mercury
Page 6-7: Venus
Page 8-9: Earth
Page 10-11: Mars
Page 12-13: Asteroid Belt/Stellar Objects
Page 11-12: Jupiter
Page 14-15: Saturn
Page 16-17: Uranus
Page 18-19: Neptune
Page 20-21: Pluto
Page 22-23: Milky Way Galaxy and Beyond
Back Cover:
Requirements for each page
Front Cover: Title of the book, your number and a colored picture relating to the book.
Inside front cover: Blank
Page 1: Table of Contents
Page 2-3: The Sun
- Location in the solar system
- What is the sun made of?
- What kind of star is it?
- How does the sun work? (How does it keep burning over hundreds of thousands of years?)
- What will be the life cycle of our sun?
- What will happen to the solar system when the sun starts to die?
- What is the temperature of the star?
- A drawn picture of the sun.
- Interesting facts about the sun.
Page 4-5: Mercury
- Location in the solar system
- What kind of planet is it?
- How big is the planet?
- How long does it take to make one complete revolution around the sun?
- How long is one day on the planet?
- What is the gravity on the planet (as compared to gravity on Earth)?
- Does it have any moons? What are the name of the moons?
- What are the characteristics of the planet? Think of surface structures, temperature, color, atmosphere, exploration etc.
- What is the planet best known for?
- What characteristics of the planet make it unique?
- A drawn picture of the planet.
- Interesting facts about the planet.
Page 6-7: Venus
- Location in the solar system
- What kind of planet is it?
- How big is the planet?
- How long does it take to make one complete revolution around the sun?
- How long is one day on the planet?
- What is the gravity on the planet (as compared to gravity on Earth)?
- Does it have any moons? What are the name of the moons?
- What are the characteristics of the planet? Think of surface structures, temperature, color, atmosphere, exploration etc.
- What is the planet best known for?
- What characteristics of the planet make it unique?
- A drawn picture of the planet.
- Interesting facts about the planet.
Page 8-9: Earth
- Location in the solar system
- What kind of planet is it?
- How big is the planet?
- How long does it take to make one complete revolution around the sun?
- How long is one day on the planet?
- What is the gravity on the planet (as compared to gravity on Earth)?
- Does it have any moons? What are the name of the moons?
- What are the characteristics of the planet? Think of surface structures, temperature, color, atmosphere, exploration etc.
- What is the planet best known for?
- What characteristics of the planet make it unique?
- A drawn picture of the planet.
- Interesting facts about the planet.
Page 10-11: Mars
- Location in the solar system
- What kind of planet is it?
- How big is the planet?
- How long does it take to make one complete revolution around the sun?
- How long is one day on the planet?
- What is the gravity on the planet (as compared to gravity on Earth)?
- Does it have any moons? What are the name of the moons?
- What are the characteristics of the planet? Think of surface structures, temperature, color, atmosphere, exploration etc.
- What is the planet best known for?
- What characteristics of the planet make it unique?
- A drawn picture of the planet.
- Interesting facts about the planet.
Page 12-13: Asteroid Belt/Stellar Objects
- What is an asteroid?
- What is the difference between a meteor and a meteorite?
- What is a comet?
- Information about comets that regularly appear around earth (example: Haley's Comet).
- Interesting facts about the asteroid belt/stellar objects.
- A drawn picture of asteroids and stellar objects (the comet and asteroids are minimum).
Page 11-12: Jupiter
- Location in the solar system
- What kind of planet is it?
- How big is the planet?
- How long does it take to make one complete revolution around the sun?
- How long is one day on the planet?
- What is the gravity on the planet (as compared to gravity on Earth)?
- Does it have any moons? What are the name of the moons?
- What are the characteristics of the planet? Think of surface structures, temperature, color, atmosphere, exploration etc.
- What is the planet best known for?
- What characteristics of the planet make it unique?
- A drawn picture of the planet.
- Interesting facts about the planet.
Page 14-15: Saturn
- Location in the solar system
- What kind of planet is it?
- How big is the planet?
- How long does it take to make one complete revolution around the sun?
- How long is one day on the planet?
- What is the gravity on the planet (as compared to gravity on Earth)?
- Does it have any moons? What are the name of the moons?
- What are the characteristics of the planet? Think of surface structures, temperature, color, atmosphere, exploration etc.
- What is the planet best known for?
- What characteristics of the planet make it unique?
- A drawn picture of the planet.
- Interesting facts about the planet.
Page 16-17: Uranus
- Location in the solar system
- What kind of planet is it?
- How big is the planet?
- How long does it take to make one complete revolution around the sun?
- How long is one day on the planet?
- What is the gravity on the planet (as compared to gravity on Earth)?
- Does it have any moons? What are the name of the moons?
- What are the characteristics of the planet? Think of surface structures, temperature, color, atmosphere, exploration etc.
- What is the planet best known for?
- What characteristics of the planet make it unique?
- A drawn picture of the planet.
- Interesting facts about the planet.
Page 18-19: Neptune
- Location in the solar system
- What kind of planet is it?
- How big is the planet?
- How long does it take to make one complete revolution around the sun?
- How long is one day on the planet?
- What is the gravity on the planet (as compared to gravity on Earth)?
- Does it have any moons? What are the name of the moons?
- What are the characteristics of the planet? Think of surface structures, temperature, color, atmosphere, exploration etc.
- What is the planet best known for?
- What characteristics of the planet make it unique?
- A drawn picture of the planet.
- Interesting facts about the planet.
Page 20-21: Pluto
- Location in the solar system
- What kind of dwarf planet is it?
- How big is the dawrf planet?
- How long does it take to make one complete revolution around the sun?
- How long is one day on the dwarf planet?
- What is the gravity on the dwarf planet (as compared to gravity on Earth)?
- Does it have any moons? What are the name of the moons?
- What are the characteristics of the dwarf planet? Think of surface structures, temperature, color, atmosphere, exploration etc.
- What is the dwarf planet best known for?
- What characteristics of the dwarf planet make it unique?
- A drawn picture of the dwarf planet.
- Interesting facts about the dwarf planet.
Page 22-23: Milky Way Galaxy and Beyond
Back Cover:
- Jokes, funny quotes and/or cool quotes.