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**Student Resources ** **Meet Our Solar System ** The PDF document produced by NASA personalises each of the planets, getting them to introduce themselves. It also lists some interesting facts about each planet that can be used in your PowerPoint presentation. This is a great starting point for your research.
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=Kids Astronomy = This website is a tool in which both teachers and students can use to build knowledge on the planets and the solar system. It helps with descriptions as well as educational games and worksheets.



**Kid Zone website ** Is a website in which both teachers and students can use to assist them with knowledge of the planet within the solar system. The website has brief descriptions on each planet which will help student with gathering the information needed for their end projects.



**Solar System Song ** This is a You Tube song which informs student of the order in which the planets are aligned, along with what they are made up of and how many moons they have, this is a fun way to learning and keeping student motivated in learning the topic.



**Facebook ** There has been a class facebook page set up for you to look into the solar system, and ask any questions to other students you would like answered, please feel free to add any information on your planet to this page. This is to be used as research purposes only, any undesirable use of this website will cause loss of internet priveledge.



**DON'T FORGET TO USE SOME BOOKS AS WELL. Below are a few books that would be useful for finding information about your planet: ** **SPACE (by Bobbie Kalman) ** This book has interesting information on every planet. It also has some pictures that you can use to help you design your model. You might be able to find this book by searching the website of your school or local library. If you can't find it then I'm sure that you can find other books about your planet by searching 'Space'.

This little book has some very detailed descriptions of all the components of the solar system. Each of the planets has their own page and Fact File containing the important information. If you would like your research to be more detained or would just like some extra reading this book would be a great place to start.
 * <span style="color: #f54f00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">The Little Guides: SPACE (edited by Dr John O'Byrne) **