Racing to English (24g) Solar System Yes 4 in a line – Base board (enlarge if poss.)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes
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Solar system question cards: Photocopy TWO sets (in different colors) – enlarge to A3 if possible. Learners play in teams. Teams take it in turn to take a card. One person reads out the question, if the answer is YES the team can place the card on an appropriate square on the baseboard. If the answer is NO card must be discarded. The winners are the first to make a line of four.
Does Saturn have lots of rings?
Does Mars have lots of rings?
Is Mercury the planet nearest to the Sun?
Is Mercury the biggest planet?
Does Uranus have many moons?
Does Uranus have two moons?
Is Jupiter the biggest planet?
Is Jupiter the smallest planet?
Is Neptune further away from the Sun than Mars?
Is Neptune closer to the Sun than Venus?
Is the Sun bigger than the Earth?
Is the Earth bigger than the Sun?
Is Mercury closer to the Sun than Saturn?
Is Mars closer to the Sun than Earth?
Is Venus the hottest planet?
Is Venus the coldest planet?
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Sun
Jupiter
Mars
Earth
Venus
UranusNeptune
Saturn
Mercury
The solar system
Sun Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
very, very hotvery, very big
smallhotclosest to the Sun
hottest planetno moons
blue/greenone moonwe live on Earth
redtwo moons
biggest planetred spotmany moons
big planetmany ringsmany moons
bluemany moons
blue14 moons
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The solar system
Sun Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
very, very hotvery, very big
smallhotclosest to the Sun
hottest planetno moons
blue/greenone moonwe live on Earth
redtwo moons
biggest planetred spotmany moons
big planetmany ringsmany moons
bluemany moons
blue14 moons
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Racing to EnglishActivity 24g The solar system Worksheet
1
Ask your friend some questions:
Does
EarthJupiterMarsMercuryNeptuneSaturnUranusVenus
have
any moons?2 moons?14 moons?many moons?a red spot?many rings?
Now write 10 questions and answer them.
Ask your friend some more questions:
Is
EarthJupiterMercurySaturnthe Sun
bigger
smallerthan
Mercury?Jupiter?the SunSaturn?Earth?
Now write 10 questions and answer them.
Ask your friend some more questions:
Is
EarthJupiterMarsMercuryNeptuneSaturnUranusVenus
closer to
further away fromthe Sun than
Mercury?Venus?Earth?Mars?Jupiter?Saturn?Uranus?Neptune?
Now write 10 questions and answer them.
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Racing to EnglishActivity 24g The solar system Worksheet
2
Sun Mercury
Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
very, very hotvery, very big
smallhotclosest to the Sun
hottest planetno moons
blue/greenone moonwe live on Earth
redtwo moons
biggest planetred spotmany moons
big planetmany ringsmany moons
bluemany moons
blue14 moons
Ask your friend some questions:1. Which planet is the furthest away from the Sun?2. Which planet is the biggest?2. Which planet is the smallest?4. Which planet is closest to the Sun?5. Which planet has got two moons?6. Which planet has got many rings?7. Which planet has got a red spot?
Ask your friend some more questions:
How many planets are there between
EarthJupiterMarsMercuryNeptuneSaturnthe SunUranusVenus
and
Earth?Jupiter?Mars?Mercury?Neptune?Saturn?the Sun?Uranus?Venus?
Now write ten questions and answer them.
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Racing to EnglishActivity 24g The solar system wordsearch
J u p i t e r E a r t hM V e n u s S a t u r ne f M S a t u r n b N hr u e U r i n g s i e oc r r r S r h o t g p tu t c a u e S u n g t tr h u n n d b i g e u ey e r u g r e e n s n sM s y s s m a l l t e ta t p l a n e t b l u er n e a r e s t m o o ns c l o s e s t s p o t
Words in the wordsearch:Sun, Sun, Sun, Mercury, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, big, biggest, hot, hottest, nearest, closest, small, planet, moon, blue, green, red, spot, rings, furthest
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
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Mercury Venus
Earth Mars
comparing the sizes of Mercury Venus Earth and Mars
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Jupiter Saturn
Uranus Neptune
Comparing the size of Earth and Jupiter.
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Sun
Jupiter
Mars
Earth
Venus
Mercury
Uranus NeptuneSaturn
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