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The Solar System - Planets in Order
A poster showing the order of the planets in our Solar System.
Use this poster to help your students learn the order of the planets from the Sun.
This poster displays the planets in order, but not to scale. Click here for a scale version of the planets in our Solar System.
The planets include:
Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter.
NSW Curriculum alignment
- ST3-10ES-S
Explains regular events in the solar system and geological events on the Earth's surface
- ST3-10ES-S
Explains regular events in the solar system and geological events on the Earth's surface
Victorian Curriculum alignment
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACSSU078
The Earth is part of a system of planets orbiting around a star (the Sun)

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Hi , the link isn’t working for the “scale version of the planets” . regards Katrina
Katrina Attwood · May 14th, 2019
Hi Katrina,
Thanks for pointing this out. The link has now been fixed. If there is anything else I can assist you with, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Kristian · May 14th, 2019