http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_21.html

•Is a GIANT star•Is the closest star to earth.•All the planets orbit around the sun.•The sun provides us with daylight and heat

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/multimedia/flyby2_20081007_1.html

•Closest to the Sun•Has craters•Has no atmosphere•Has no moons•Is the smallest planet!

•atmosphere of hot swirling clouds of carbon dioxide•Has no moons•Never rains because it is SO hot. •Its covered with volcanoes!•Is the 2nd planet from the sun.

http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/venus_worldbook.html

http://www.eco-pros.com/images/Planets/mostorg.jpg

•Is an “Ocean” planet•Only planet that supports life.•Is the 3rd planet from the sun•The 5th largest planet•Earth’s moon helps our planet earth rotate around the sun.

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Moon&Display=Overview

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.enjoyfrance.com/images/stories/world/tech/mars-planet-water-nasa.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.enjoyfrance.com/content/view/1577/31/&usg=__aGK7DC3WzhCnVlNdjuAhCBzeiOs=&h=377&w=396&sz=24&hl=en&start=2&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=8CzsDZXBR2jPiM:&tbnh=118&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dplanet%2Bmars%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26ndsp%3D21%26tbs%3Disch:1

•Has two moons•4th planet from the sun.•Has a very rocky surface•Has dust storms that last for several months!

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/multimedia/pia02873.html •Has four large moons and 12 small moons•Is the biggest planet•Also know as the “Gas” planet.•Jupiter is so big you could fit earth inside the planet 1000 times!

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/ring-a-round-the-saturn.html

•6th planet from the Sun•Has 18 moons•The rings around Saturn are made up of water ice.

http://twistedphysics.typepad.com/physics/images/2007/05/21/uranus.jpg •7th planet from the Sun.•It takes 84 years for Uranus to go around the Sun just one time!•Is made up of ICE! Brrr..!

Neptune

http://www.cosmos4kids.com/misc/photos/neptune1.jpg

•8th planet from the sun.•Is made up of ICE!•6 rings that go around the planet•13 moons.