I would use the Planets activity set for a lesson for second class.
First, I would question the pupils to see what they know. They would fill out a “What I Know About the Planets” worksheet initially. Then they can talk to a partner and tell them one fact about a planet.
We will then listen to the Family of the Sun song about the planets.
I will then present the information on the Solar System using posters, colourful images and videos. I will use the traditional mnemonic to help children remember the order.
Then pupils will play a game, “Order the Planets.” Choose one student to be the Sun; one student to be the Moon; nine students to be each of the planets; the rest of the students can be stars, asteroids, comets, etc. The “planet students” will line up in the correct order. The “sun student” will be in the center. Then, show the orbit of Earth around the Sun. The “Moon student” will walk around the “Earth student: to show how the Moon orbits the Earth. The “planet Earth student” walk around the “Sun student”. The other “planet students” can also walk around in a circle to show the orbit of their own planet.
Then children can play a bingo game where they match a planet to its most renowned attribute.
Children will work in groups, to represent each planet and fill out a sheet..”What I learned about.. ”
They will then share with the class some things they wrote down.
