All Around The Planets

State WV

Status Ready for Users
Stage Public
Subject English/Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
Author Jeanne Bennett, Stacy Marteney, Doris Sandreth
Description Blast Off! Take a trip around our solar system and get to
know the neighboring planets. Sweat it out as we visit our
inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Slip on your
coat as we zoom to the outer planets:Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
Neptune, and Pluto. Feel the warmth of Mercury, see the
beauty of Earth, and be in awe of the size of Jupiter, just
to name a few.
The 21st Century Tools computer, internet, word processing program, TV/VCR, overhead projector, graphing program
Grade Level 3
4
National Standards Science
Understands the composition of Earth and structure of the Universe and the Earth's place in it

Math
Understands and applies basic and advanced concepts of statistics and data analysis

Language
Uses grammatical and writing mechanical convections in written compositions
Keywords Planets
Solar System
Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) Overview: All Around the Planets
Lesson 1: Getting to Know Your Neighbor
Lesson 2: Up Close and Personal
Lesson 3: Far Out Man
Lesson 4: Poetic Planets
Lesson 5: How Much Further?
Lesson 6: Celebrate Our Planets!
English IGO or CSO 3.9, 3.27, 3.38, 3.48, 3.71, 3.92, 3.94, 4.7, 4.31, 4.51, 4.58, 4.93
Math IGO or CSO 3.39, 3.42, 3.49, 4.44, 4.49, 4.50
Science IGO or CSO 3.58, 3.78, 3.82, 3.85, 3.91, 3.93, 4.3, 4.6, 4.19, 4.60, 4.77