Directions:  Click on each object (sun, Mars, Earth, etc.) and discover interesting facts about each object.  Answer the following questions on your worksheet.  You will have to use the website to find the answers to the questions.

1.  What does our Solar System consist of?

2.  Choose your favorite planet.  Tell one interesting fact about the planet you selected.

Directions:  Scroll down to view the questions that must be answered using the website in the window below.  Answer the following questions on your worksheet.  You will have to scroll down in the website window to find the answers to the questions.

1.  What is the Sun’s diameter (If you took a tape measure across the waist of the sun)?

2.  How many miles away from our Earth is the Sun?

3.  Is the sun a planet?  What is it?

Directions:  Scroll down to view the questions that must be answered using the website in the window below.  Answer the following questions on your worksheet.  You will have to scroll down in the website window to find the answers to the questions.

1.  What is a planet?

2.  How many planets are in our Solar System?

3.  Name the Inner Planets. 

4.  Name the Outer Planets.

Directions:  Scroll down to view the questions that must be answered using the website in the window below.  Answer the following questions on your worksheet.  You will have to scroll down in the website window to find the answers to the questions.

1.  Define rotation.

2.  Define revolution.

3.  Explain how rotation and revolution effects the seasons.

4.  How many days does it take the Earth to completely orbit around the sun?

Use the following links to learn what makes a planet habitable.  After reviewing each link, click on “DESIGN A PLANET” and create your own habitable planet.  When you have completed your planet, use the bottom of your worksheet to write about your planets characteristics and give it a name.