1. Our Solar System

2. What is our main source of energy?

3. What are some of the things we know about the sun? It is a star. It provides energy for us on Earth. It is made of gases. It has sunspots which are cooler areas on the surface of the Sun. Planets orbit around the Sun.

4. What do you find in our solar system? Planets –Inner Planets –Outer Planets Sun (star) Asteroid belt Moons

5. Create an illustration of our solar system in your journals.

6. As a group, act out how the solar system works. Create a model of the solar system using yourselves to represent the objects in the solar system. Working as a Group

7. In this lesson we will learn more about our solar system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Solar_sys8.jpg