1. Introduction to the Planets Lesson for 4 th Grade Created By: Megan Andersen

2. Mercury Closest planet to the sun 58 million kilometers from the Sun Small, rocky planet that is covered with craters Mercury is about the same size as the moon Makes one complete orbit around the Sun every 87.97 days – a year on Mercury Mercury has no moons

3. Venus Closest planet to the Earth Covered with a carbon dioxide atmosphere that makes it extremely hot 108 million kilometers from the Sun Makes one complete orbit around the Sun every 224.7 days Venus has no moons

4. Earth Earth is the planet that we live on 76% of the Earth is covered in water 3 rd planet from the Sun 150 million kilometers from the Sun Makes one complete orbit around the Sun every 365.27 days Earth has one moon

5. Mars Called the Red Planet 228 million kilometers from the Sun Makes one complete orbit around the Sun every 686.98 days – a year on Mars is almost twice a year on Earth! Mars has two moons

6. Jupiter Jupiter is the largest of all the planets 780 million kilometers from the Sun Makes one complete orbit around the Sun every 11.86 years Jupiter has 16 moons

7. Saturn Second largest planet in our solar system 1.4 billion kilometers from the Sun Makes one complete orbit around the Sun every 29.46 years Saturn has many rings around it Saturn has 21 moons

8. Uranus Made up of hydrogen and helium gases 2.9 billion kilometers from the Sun Makes one complete orbit around the Sun every 84 years – one year on Uranus is an average lifetime on Earth! Uranus has 15 moons

9. Neptune 4.5 billion kilometers from the Sun Makes one complete orbit around the Sun every 164.79 years Has very active storm systems that can get up to 400 mph and last hundreds of years Neptune has 8 moons

10. End of the Planet Introduction Return to my web page to see a spreadsheet about the planets in our solar system