2. • Do you recognize this? Have you ever
seen it before? This is the Solar
System!
• The sun is on the left of the picture!
We see that every day right?
• The third planet from the sun is us!
The earth! We are the blue planet and
that’s how you can remember us!
• There are 9 planets as you can see
and we’ll introduce each one today!
INTRODUCING: THE SOLAR SYSTEM!
3. • Introducing: Mercury!
• The is the first planet in our solar
system and is the closest to the sun.
• It is the second smallest planet after
Pluto, the ninth planet.
• It completes its orbit around our home
on Earth every 88 days! Wow!
• It’s temperature is always changing
drastically from cold to hot! Which
means us humans could not live there!
• What do you think of Mercury?
THE FIRST PLANET: MERCURY
4. • Introducing: Venus!
• This is the second planet from the Sun
and our neighbor! Say howdy
neighbor!
• This planet orbits Earth about every
224 days! That’s a long time isn’t it?
• After the moon, it is the brightest
object in the sky.
• When you’re looking up at the stars,
keep an eye out for Venus! She’s
bright and beautiful!
THE SECOND PLANET: VENUS
5. • Introducing: Earth!
• This our home and the third planet
from the sun! How do you think it looks
from space?
• Earth is also known as “The World”.
• It is the only planet known to have life!
• Earth is home to 10 - 14 million
species of life, and 7.2 billion humans
or people! Wow!
• Did you know how many people
shared Earth with you as their home?
THE THIRD PLANET: EARTH
6. • Introducing: Mars!
• Mars is the 4th planet from the Sun and
our other neighbor! Let’s say howdy
again to our new neighbor!
• It is the third smallest planet, after
Mercury and Pluto.
• Mars has a nickname, “The Red
Planet” due to iron oxide on its surface
that makes the planet look red! Cool
huh?
THE FOURTH PLANET: MARS
7. • Introducing: Jupiter!
• Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun
and is the largest planet in our solar
system! Say hey big guy!
• Jupiter is two and a half times bigger
than all of the other planets combined!
THE FIFTH PLANET: JUPITER
8. • Introducing: Saturn
• Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun!
• Remember that Jupiter is the biggest
planet? Well Saturn is the second
biggest! Like Jupiter’s little brother!
• Saturn is nine times bigger than our
home, Earth! Isn’t that crazy?!
THE SIXTH PLANET: SATURN
9. • Introducing: Uranus
• Uranus is the seventh planet from the
Sun.
• You can tell by its color that it is the
coldest planet in the solar system! Brr!
• The planet is covered in ice and rocks!
THE SEVENTH PLANET: URANUS
10. • Introducing: Neptune
• Neptune is the eighth planet from the
Sun! Hold up five fingers on one hand,
and three on the other! That makes
eight! That’s the number planet that
Neptune is!
• Neptune is like Uranus in how they are
both cool and icy! We can pretend that
Neptune and Uranus are brother and
sister!
THE EIGHTH PLANET: NEPTUNE
11. • Introducing: Pluto
• Pluto is the smallest planet in our solar
system and because it is so small at
one point scientists made Pluto not a
planet anymore!
• Pluto is now considered a planet again
and the smallest one and also known
as a dwarf planet!
THE NINTH AND LAST PLANET: PLUTO
12. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM DRAWN BY
KIDS JUST LIKE YOU! THEIR NAMES ARE EDEN AND
SAMANTHA. HOW WOULD YOU DRAW THE SOLAR SYSTEM?
13. REFERENCES
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• Hubble's Closest view of Mars -- August 27, 2003. (2008, September 23). Retrieved January 26, 2015
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2, 2015
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14. REFRENCES
• Neptune Full Disk View. (n.d.). Retrieved February 2, 2015
• Pluto. (n.d.). Retrieved February 2, 2015, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto
• Pluto - HST - 270° Longitude. (n.d.). Retrieved February 2, 2015
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