This document provides a template for a presentation about planets in the solar system. It includes sections for history, location in the solar system, measurements, composition and atmosphere, surface conditions, moons, rings, exploration, and grading criteria. Students are prompted to include captions and photos throughout. The presentation is worth 1000 total points - 700 for content, 250 for images, and 50 for style.

1. Name of Planet
Provide a caption for each image.
Ex: This is a compilation image
showing the seasons on Saturn.
The images were taken by the
Hubble Space Telescope from
Earth’s years 1996-2000.
You and Your
Partner’s Names
Period

2. History
• Who discovered your planet? When?
How? Where?
• Describe how the planet got its name.
• Place a photo (with a caption) of the
planet symbol and if possible, the
discoverer as well.

3. Solar System
• Order from the sun.
• Distance from the sun in AU and in km.
• Orbital period (how long is one trip around
the sun?)
• Rotation (length of one day).
• Place an photo on this slide that shows
where your planet is located in relative to
other planets.

4. Planet Measurements
• Include all measurements from your data
worksheet.
• Insert a photo (with a caption) of your
planet.

5. Composition and Atmosphere
• Describe the core and surface
composition of your planet.
• Describe the composition of the
atmosphere if any. If your planet does not
have an atmosphere, simply state your
planet does not have one.
• Include a photo (with a caption) of the
inside of your planet (found on the
enchantedlearning.com website).

6. Surface Conditions
• List surface temperatures – coldest,
hottest, average.
• Describe the details about weather found
on your planet. If you are doing Jupiter or
Neptune, this is where you should show
and tell about the large spot.

7. Moons
• How many moons does your planet have?
• List moon names.
• If your planet has no moons, add more
pictures and captions instead.

8. Put the name of the most
interesting moon here
• Tell us about this interesting moon.
• Provide several facts.
• Include a photo (with a caption).
• Again, if your planet does not have
moons, add more photos and captions.

9. Rings
• Provide information about the rings
surrounding your planet.
• Include a photo (with a caption) of the
rings.
• If your planet does not have rings, add
more photos and descriptive captions.

10. Exploration
• List satellite names and dates that have
explored your planet.
• Include a photo (with a caption that
describes the mission) of at least one of
the satellites that has visited your planet.
• Add more slides if you need to.

11. Grading
• The completed Research Worksheet is
worth 200 points!
• This presentation is worth 800 points.
– 700 for content. Did you complete everything
asked with a high level of effort?
– 250 for great images with excellent captions.
– 50 for style and neatness. Is your
presentation colorful, easy to read, and neat?
• Total: 1,000 points!
• Delete this slide before turning in.

12. Did you finish early?
• Make your presentation “Over the Top”
– Add more facts
– Add more photos with descriptive captions
– Add animations
– Add an audio narration
– Add supportive graphics

13. Saving Your Work
• Save the PowerPoint (ppt) in your period’s folder
that is located in the Mr. Gardinier folder on the
desktop.
• Save your PPT file and any images in that folder
only.
• Any images or files left on the desktop WILL BE
DELETED!
• The file size for this presentation is too large to
send to WebLockrz. If you want to work on this
at home, you will need a flash drive.
• Delete this slide before turning in.

14. Turning in Your Presentation
• When finished, alert Ms. Hunter.
• She will copy your presentation to a flash drive
for grading.
• If you have your own flash drive or a recordable
CD, you can take home your presentation files.
• WARNING – No points are awarded if your
presentation gets “accidentally” deleted, does
not save, gets lost, is at home, etc. YOU are
responsible for your files.
• Delete THIS slide before turning in.