Six printable pages to learn the planets: color them, put them in order, read a fact about each one and build a paper model of the solar system. Every planet has a friendly face, so even the youngest space fans want to join in.
What’s inside
- Our Solar System coloring page: the Sun and the eight planets on their orbits, each with its name
- Planets in Order: write the name of each planet from the closest to the Sun, with a word bank and the memory trick “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Noodles”
- 8 planet fact cards to color and cut apart, one true fact for each planet
- Cut and Glue the Planets: cut out the planets and glue them in order next to the Sun
- Answer keys for the order worksheet and the cut-and-glue page
Planet facts on the cards
- Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and the smallest planet.
- Venus is the hottest planet.
- Earth is the only planet known to have life.
- Mars is the Red Planet, with the tallest volcano in the solar system.
- Jupiter is the biggest planet, and its Great Red Spot is a giant storm.
- Saturn is famous for its rings of ice and rock.
- Uranus is an ice giant that spins on its side.
- Neptune is the farthest planet from the Sun, with super-fast winds.
Who it is for
Made for kids about 5 to 10: a space unit in kindergarten to grade 3, a homeschool science day or a rainy afternoon. Sizes and distances on the pages are not to scale. Print at 100% on US Letter paper (A4 works with “Fit to page”).
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