Students use this set of worksheets to create a fact book for their favorite planet in the solar system.

Solar System Activities for Kids 🪐📒

With this activity, students will research and record specific information about the planets 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 (mi.)
• distance from the Sun (millions of mi.)
• rotation time (hours)
• orbit/revolution time (days)
• average temperature (°F)
• 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
• city
• state
• country
• planet
• star system (Orion Arm)
• galaxy (Milky Way)
• Cluster (Virgo)
• the Universe

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.