1. Integrating
Digital Media
Into The Science Curriculum

2. Slide Show
-The Planets -

3. All About The Planets of the Solar System
• By
• Alexis
• Ashley
• Jeroson
• Kim
• Sierra

4. Where does the word planet comes from?
• The word planet is
Greek for “wanderer,”
because the planets
appear to wander
around the
sky, disconnected
from the stars and
each other.

5. The nine planets are
Mercury Saturn
Venus Uranus
Earth Neptune
Mars Pluto
Jupiter

6. These are the inner planets
Mercury
Earth Venus Mars

7. These are the outer planets
Jupiter
Uranus
Saturn Neptune
Pluto

8. Mercury is the closest planet to
the sun and the eight largest.
• Mercury looks like a ball of gray
Swiss cheese.
• During the day Mercury is a
whooping 800 degrees
Fahrenheit, much hotter than the
oven in your home. Mercury is so hot
it will melt a tin pan.

9. Venus is the second largest planet
from the sun and the fifth largest.
• Venus is the hottest planet in our solar.
• Astronauts can’t land on Venus because
they would get burned up by the planets
900- degree temperature.
• The surface of Venus has many craters
which were made by meteorites and
asteroids crashing into the planet.

10. Earth is the third planet from
the sun and the fifth largest.
• Earth is the only planet where humans
can live a normal life.
• Earth atmosphere contains oxygen for us
to breathe, protects us from the sun’s
heat and keeps our planet warm.
• Earth is covered by so much water that
it’s entire planet looks blue from outer
space.

11. Mars is the fourth planet from
the sun and the fourth largest.
• Mars is a dusty, orangish-red desert
planet.
• The temperature on Mars can be very,
very cold, even on the warmest day.

12. Jupiter is the fifth planet from the
sun and by far the largest planet.
• Jupiter is so large that all of the other
planets in the solar system could fit into it.
• You couldn’t stand on Jupiter because
there is nothing to stand on. It is made
up mostly of gas and liquid.
• Jupiter’s ferocious winds blow it’s thick
red, orange, brown, and white clouds
around, always changing the way the
planet looks.

13. Saturn is the sixth planet from the
sun and the second largest.
• Saturn is famous for the bright, flat rings
that floats around its middle.
• Saturn is a very large gas planet which
spins very rapidly on its axis.
• Saturn’s atmosphere has winds which can
blow at over 1800 kilometers per hour

14. Uranus is the seventh planet from
the sun and the third largest.
• Uranus is one of the smaller giant, gas planet in our
solar system.
• Uranus atmosphere is made up of hydrogen, helium
and methane gas, which gives it its blue color.
• Uranus is so far away that, even with a telescope,
the icy planet looks like a tiny greenish-blue disk.

15. Neptune is the eight planet from
the sun and the fourth largest.
• Neptune and Uranus are both large, gas
planets that look like big-blue green balls
in the sky.
• It is so cold on Neptune that you would
need skin thicker than a polar bear to stay
warm.
• The planet has large dark, circle on it
surface which are believed to be storms.

16. Pluto is usually the farthest planet
from the sun and the smallest.
• Pluto is colder than other planets because it is
so far away from the sun.
• Pluto is usually the farthest planet from the
sun, but sometimes Neptune is because Pluto’s
egg-shaped orbit takes it inside Neptune’s orbit
for about 20 years out of every 250 years.

17. Bibliography
• Arnett, Bill (2002) The nine planets. Retrieved November 15, 2002,
from http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nine planets.html
• Berkowitz, R., & Eisenberg, M (1990). Big6. Retrieved November 18,
2002 from Big6 web site: http://www.big6.com
• Branley, F. (1981) The planets in our solar system. New York:Harper
Collins.
• California Institute of Technology. (1995-2001) Welcome to our
planets. Retrieved Nov 18, 2002 from
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome.htm
• Star Child Team (n.d.). The planets. Retrieved Nov 20, 2002. from
http://StarChild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system

18. The End