Astronomy Solar System Unit - Planets, Constellations, Galaxies, Moon, Stars

Is your science textbook outdated and lacking? Make learning about astronomy and the solar system engaging! This unit contains reading passages with comprehension questions, activities, task cards, and reference posters that you can use to enhance your unit on astronomy and the solar system.

These reading passages with comprehension questions are the perfect way to quickly check for understanding while providing the students with background information on each topic. It is also the perfect way to integrate reading and science! These pages can also be used as quick assessments, center work, or homework.

Included pages are:

12 Posters
Mercury

• reading comprehension
• facts
• crossword puzzle
• true/false

Venus

• reading comprehension
• facts
• graphic organizer
• crossword puzzle

Earth

• reading comprehension
• facts
• graphic organizer
• crossword puzzle
• diagram

Mars

• reading comprehension
• facts
• KWL
• word search and fill in the blank
• multiple choice

Jupiter

• reading comprehension
• facts
• word search
• true or false

Saturn

• reading comprehension
• facts
• true or false
• word search

Uranus

• reading comprehension
• facts
• word search and fill in the blank
• matching

Neptune

• reading comprehension
• facts
• KWL
• crossword puzzle

Pluto

• reading comprehension
• crossword puzzle
• compare and fill in the blank

Constellations

• reading comprehension
• matching
• word search

Galaxies and the Milky Way

• reading comprehension
• word search and fill in the blank
• true or false

Black Holes

• reading comprehension
• graphic organizer
• word search

Comets and Asteroids

• reading comprehension
• matching
• word search with fill in the blank

Moons

• reading comprehension
• graphic organizer
• crossword puzzle

Moon Phases

• reading comprehension
• draw the phases
• true or false

Stars

• reading comprehension
• life cycle of a star
• vocabulary matching
• crossword puzzle

Solar and Lunar Eclipse

• reading comprehension
• draw a diagram
• eclipse stages
• word search and crossword puzzle

Seasons

• reading comprehension
• vocabulary matching and fill in the blank
• word search

Ordering the Planets Activity

Astronomy BINGO
Cumulative Assessment
Planet Research Brochure
24 Task Cards

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