Printable ScholarSolar System Worksheets
The Sun, the Earth and the planets for kindergarten to 2nd grade: watch Kit the fox find the hottest planet, read the free book, then match planet names and learn how the Sun warms the Earth, in black and white.
The Sun, the Earth and the planets for kindergarten to 2nd grade: watch Kit the fox find the hottest planet, read the free book, then match planet names and learn how the Sun warms the Earth, in black and white.
A 5-minute mystery video, a free book that retells it, and four worksheets: one science lesson, start to finish.
Kit the fox follows the clues: the Sun, a campfire, a freezing night on Mercury and the thick clouds of Venus. Download the video (for classrooms where YouTube is blocked) · More Kit mysteries on YouTube
Kit's Space Mystery retells the video in six pages to print, cut and staple. Free in two editions: one short line a page for kindergarten, fuller sentences for grades 1-2.
Kindergarten book Grades 1-2 bookSunlight warms the Earth (NGSS K-PS3-1), the Sun is a star (1-ESS1-1), and an early look at the planets (the solar system is taught in grade 5, 5-ESS1-1).
Each is a PDF to print right away, in black and white. Sheets with right answers have the answer key on page 2.
The Sun, the Earth on its orbit, and the Moon, with each one named.
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Draw your favorite planet, name it, and write one thing about it.
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Five sentences about the Sun to finish from a word bank, then draw the Sun and the Earth. Answer key on page 2.
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The whole unit in one place: all 7 Solar System worksheets in one print-ready file with every answer key, and the Kit's Space Mystery reader in both editions, kindergarten and grades 1-2 (the grades 1-2 book has fuller sentences on every page).
Only in the pack:
Life Cycle of a Chicken, Living and Nonliving, Plant Life Cycle, Animals, Weather and Seasons, Solid, Liquid and Gas, Dinosaurs, Pumpkins and Apples, and all topics on the K-2 science page.
Start with the free Kit video lesson: Kit the fox flies toward the Sun and follows the clues to find the hottest planet. Kids guess Mercury, the closest planet, but the answer is Venus, because its thick clouds trap the heat. Then print Kit's Space Mystery, the free book that retells the video in two editions.
The worksheets keep it simple: match five planet names to their pictures, name the Sun, the Earth, its orbit and the Moon, finish five sentences about the Sun, and draw your favorite planet. The solar system is a grade 5 standard, so this is an early look; the K-2 science underneath is that sunlight warms the Earth and the Sun is a star.
For older students, see the solar system diagram and teaching pack, and for the weather the Sun makes here on Earth, the weather and seasons unit.
Hot or Cold?
Why Is Venus So Hot?
Planet Names
The Sun