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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