This secular, gamified Solar System Unit Study includes interactive lessons on more than just the planets! Learn about days and years, rotation vs revolution, the Scattered Disk, the heliosphere, dwarf planets, telescopes, astronomical unit & light-year, space stations, and so much more!

No-prep, differentiated, and kid-friendly.

Geared toward Grade 3, but some lessons may require extra help/explanation.

Our lessons offer many ways to learn (varies by lesson):

• interactive elements
• mini-games and escape games
• videos
• short blocks of text
• voiceover on everything
• worksheets for every lesson
• gamified quizzes and printable quizzes
• gamified final exam

What's Included:

• Introduction Unit: How the Solar System Formed
• How the Solar System Formed
• GAME: Escape the Water Planet
• Unit 1: Understanding Days and Years
• Sidereal Day vs Solar Day
• Length of a Year
• Rotation vs Revolution
• GAME: Escape the Alien Invasion
• Unit 2: The Sun and Inner Planets
• The Sun
• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth, the Moon, and Lunar Eclipses
• Mars
• The Asteroid Belt
• GAME: Escape the Asteroid
• Unit 3: The Outer Planets
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune
• The Kuiper Belt
• Dwarf Planets
• GAME: Escape the Alien Planet
• Unit 4: Beyond the Kuiper Belt
• The Scattered Disk and Eris
• The Heliosphere
• Interstellar Space
• The Oort Cloud
• Comets
• GAME: Escape the Lava Planet
• Unit 5: Measuring, Exploring, and Working in Space
• Astronomical Unit & Light-Year
• Telescopes
• Space Stations
• GAME: Escape the Candy Planet
• GAMIFIED FINAL EXAM: Solar System Commander

You will receive a PDF to download, which contains the worksheets as well as the links to the online lessons.