Third Grade Science Choice BoardStandard: 3.ESS1.1: Use data to categorize the planets in the solar system as inner or outer planets according to their physical properties.

Materials: Paper, pencil, computer, articles, scissors, and glue.

Resources Needed by Teacher: TN Writing rubric, Solar System Passage with Comprehension questions, Inner Planets and Outer Planets passage with writing prompt, Planet Activity sheet

Estimate Time: 30-45 minutes

Choice 1: Discovery Education Lesson/ Online

AssessmentScience Kids: Earth and Our Solar

SystemFull Video |24:50

Exhibits the Sun and its eight planets in the solar system, and categorizes the inner and outer planets. The program provides basic information about each

planet, such as temperature, color, elements, and length of orbit, and

includes video quizzes based on the content of the segments. Take online

assessment through Discovery Ed assigned to you in Clever.

Choice 2: Passage and Comprehension Questions:

Read the passage Solar System and answer the comprehension

questions based on the information you learned in the passage.

Choice 3: Planet Activity Sheet

Carefully read and complete each step of the project. Neatly cut out the shapes from p. 2. Using the information from the paragraph above and what you know, glue each fact

under the correct heading.

Choice 4: Writing

Read the articles Inner Planets and Outer Planets and answer the

prompt.Earth is one of eight planets that orbit the

Sun to formour solar system. Earth is the third planet

from the sunand is a part of a group of planets called the

inner planets. These inner planets have special characteristics that make them

different form the other planets in our solar system.

Write an informative paragraph and tell about some

of unique characteristics of the inner planets.

Passage and Comprehension Questions:

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Writing: