Solar System Lapbook

The Solar System Distance

Mercury

Venus

Earth

Mars

Jupiter

Saturn

Uranus

Neptune

from the Sun

Glue blank square to the back of Mars. Write in distance from Sun under each planet. Glue Neptune to book. Accordion fold on lines. “The Solar System” can be used for the center or cover.

To move in a circle around something

Changing shapes of the moon

Large ball of gas that gives heat and light to Earth

A group of stars given a special name

To turn on an axis or one point

A person who travels to space

A device that helps you see things very far away

An invisible force that attracts things to each other

Space Words

Orbit Sun Astronaut Constellation Telescope Rotate Magnetism Phases

Cut out both boxes above. Glue definition box to bottom. Following the dotted lines, cut the slits into Space Words box. Apply glue or double stick tape to just the center underside of Space Words box, running horizontally. Place on top of definition box.