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Watch: The solar system

This song helps us to remember the planets in our solar system.

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Solar system facts

Solar System facts

  • The Sun is a star.
  • The Earth is one of eight planets that around the Sun.
  • The planets are called Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
  • The solar system is also home to lots of asteroids, moons, and dwarf planets such as Pluto.
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The order of the planets in our solar system.
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Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus was an early , scientist and priest in Poland, who thought the Sun was at the centre of the solar system.

This theory was known as the heliocentric model. It was controversial as accepted wisdom at the time (supported by the church) was that Earth was at the centre of the universe.

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Activity 1: Order the planets

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Activity 2: Solar system quiz

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Activity 3: Create a solar system

Create your own masterpiece of the solar system. You could paint it, use different sized objects or draw it. Don't forget to label it and add any facts that you know!

Can you create a to help you the order of the planets?Here's an example:
My (Mercury) Very (Venus) Easy (Earth) Method (Mars) Just (Jupiter) Speeds (Saturn) Up (Uranus) Nothing (Neptune)

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Bitesize Primary games. game

Play fun and educational primary games in science, maths, English, history, geography, art, computing and modern languages.

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