The Solar System
Reading and Materials List
Required Books
- 13 Planets: The Latest View of the Solar System by David Aguilar
Materials
Common Materials
- colored pencils
- scissors
- solar system model (kit)
- glue
- lantern-style flashlight or table lamp without a shade
- pencil
- calculator
- art supplies* (3.3 - Option 3)
- fishing line (kit)
- toothpicks (kit)
- piece of cardboard
- play dough or clay
- ruler
- styrofoam ball (kit)
- Styrofoam model, computer slideshow, or animation from Lesson 3
- velcro or fabric * (5.2 - Option 3)
- needle, thread, and tape * (5.2 - Option 3)
- computer animation program such as Kid Pix * (5.2 - Option 2)
- computer slideshow program such as PowerPoint * (5.2 - Option 1)
- large sheet of paper and art supplies * (7.1 - Option 1)
- paper
- printer, ideally color
- camera
- household materials or food if needed for your spacecraft model
- index cards (kit)
- orange
- gauze bandage (kit)
- granulated raw sugar
- grapefruit (large)
- green grape
- cherry tomato
- baking soda
- 2 dice (kit)
- 2 frozen peas
- salt
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 7
Lesson 9
Final Project
* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used