English lesson: A new solar system

• Engels
• Aardrijkskunde
• Basisschool
• Groep 7,8

Our solar system

What are we gonna do?

- We are gonna learn about all the planets in our solar system!

Exciting Discovery: Scientists Uncover New Solar System!

In an amazing discovery that has astronomers feeling full with excitement, scientists have found a whole new solar system in the depths of space. This incredible find opens up a universe of possibilities and has everyone talking about what might be out there besides our own solar system.

- Mercury is the closest planet to the sun 

- It is the smallest planet in our solar system. 

- But what Mercury lacks in size, it makes up for in speed: It orbits       the sun faster than any other planet in our solar system (88 days)

- Mercury is really cold on the dark side (-179 C), but really hot on the day side (427 C)

- Venus is the hottest and brightest planet in our solar system (480 C)

- Is almost the same size as earth

- Has no moons!

- This is our home!

- Earth is not completely round

- Our moon is slowely drifting away from us

- Mars is the second smallest planet in our solar system

- The gravity on mars is very weak. You could jump 3 times higher than on earth!

- They recently found water ice just under the surface

- Jupiter is by far the biggest planet in our solar system, 1000 times bigger than earth!

- It has the shortest 'days'. It only takes 10,5 hours to spin around once on its axis

- It is the oldest planet

- Saturn is mainly made out of hydrogen and helium

- Saturn is the fartest planet you could see with the naked eye

- It has one of the fastest winds in our solar system (1800 km/h)

- Urunas has rings, just like Saturn!

- It is the only planet that is not named after a Roman god

- The days are a bit shorter than on earth (17 hours), but a year is 84 earth years!

- Neptune has rings as well!

- It was the second planet, after Uranus, to be discoverd with a telescope

- It is a giant ice ball

Move the names to the right planet

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Neptune

Uranus

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