The Solar System

• Unit Proficiency Scale

• Teacher resources

• Launching Phenomenon

• A- Solar System Scale and Structure - comets and asteroids

  B- The inner planets- properties and exploration

• C- The Gas giants- Voyager 1 and 2

• D- From Mercury to Pluto- the classification of a planet

• E- Extension: exoplanets and other solar systems

• Planet coloring Pages

• Assessments/keys*

Additional resources

Everyone always asks me for this one (This unit is one I have retired):

• Minecraft solar system (Minecraft Edu)

Astro 2.1 (cross curricular Art unit)

Art and the cosmic connection, delving deeper into surface features

(Coming Winter 2025-26)

Astro 2.2-3

Gravity and matter distribution in Solar system

(Coming summer 2026)

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