Title – My Very Energetic Mom Just Served Us Nine Planets?

By – Floyd Lark

Primary Subject – Science

Grade Level – VA SOL 6.10 (Can be adopted for other grades)

My Very Energetic Mom Just Served Us Nine Planets?

Lesson Plan for Science:

Objective: TLW learn the names and order of the 9 planets.

VA SOL: 6.10

Hook: Draw a picture of the space shuttle to use in space flight for today’s mission.

Lecture/Activity: TLW consider whether we are alone in the universe. TLW learn that there are other places in the universe. TLW learn the names/order of the 9 planets in our solar system. TLW learn the acronym MVEMJSUNP for aid in the memory of the order.

Visuals: (Overhead) slide – Colorized pictures of the planets. (PowerPoint presentation of planets / e-mail request for download of the presentation I created). Teacher-made disks that resemble the actual planets. Teacher-made solar system maps.

Check for Understanding: Low: What planet do you live on? Medium: Which planets seem to be the biggest? Which planets have rings? High: What does MVEMJSUNP mean? (Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Neptune Pluto) How is the order related to the distance from the sun?

Guided practice: TLW place each planet (teacher-made paper disks) in the proper order. TLW name and color the solar system map (teacher/workbook produced).

Independent Practice: Given colored clay or gray clay w/ paint, TLW construct the solar system by making a model of each planet and the sun and place them in order of distance from the sun. TLW create labels for each planet (w/ name, # in the order, distance from sun).

Homework: TLW color/label a solar system map.

Project/Research: TLW determine the number of moons each planet has (as discovered through today).

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