Students use this set of worksheets to create a factbook for their favourite planet in the solar system.

Create a Planet Fact File 🪐📒

Students research specific information about the planets and record it on the worksheet. A copy of the planet research page can be printed for each planet and then compiled to make a complete factbook. Information that students will need to complete includes:

• planet diameter (km)
• distance from sun (millions of km)
• rotation time (hours)
• orbit/revolution time (days)
• average temperature (°C)
• number of moons
• ring system (yes/no)
• main composition (rock/gas/ice)
• a fun fact.

Where in the Universe? 🌌

Students can also learn their place in space by recording their ‘cosmic address’:

• street
• suburb
• city
• state
• country
• planet
• star system (Orion Arm)
• galaxy (Milky Way)
• Cluster (Virgo)
• the Universe.

This teaching resource would a wonderful addition to a lesson or unit about the solar system in Earth and Space Sciences.

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Team up this resource with our Planets of the Solar System Posters. Students will have all the information they need to complete their fact files.

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