Help students learn about the planets in our solar system with this detailed Planets PowerPoint and Student Note-Taking Guide. Students will take notes as they learn about Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune while reviewing planet order, planet characteristics, and the differences between inner and outer planets.

This Space Science resource includes a PowerPoint lesson, student note-taking pages, planet statistics charts, and summary questions to help students organize and review key information about the solar system.

Includes:

• The Planets PowerPoint lesson
• Student note-taking guide
• Digital student note-taking option
• Planet fact questions
• Planet statistics charts
• Summary questions
• Teacher answer pages
• Notes on inner planets and outer planets
• Solar system formation overview

Students will learn about:

• Order of the planets from the Sun
• Inner planets and terrestrial planets
• Outer planets and gas giants
• Mercury’s extreme temperature range
• Venus’s atmosphere and retrograde rotation
• Earth’s conditions for life
• Mars’s dust storms, volcanoes, and evidence of water
• Jupiter’s size, storms, and Galilean moons
• Saturn’s rings and moons
• Uranus’s tilt and blue-green color
• Neptune’s winds, distance, and moon Triton
• Planet rotation, revolution, density, temperature, satellites, and diameter

Perfect for:

• Space Science units
• Astronomy lessons
• Solar system lessons
• Planet characteristics review
• Guided notes
• Digital note-taking
• Whole-class instruction
• Independent work
• Homework
• Science review
• Upper elementary or middle school science classrooms