Summary
A Ready Jet Go! clip on PBS LearningMedia. Jet gives his friends a tour of our solar system, naming the sun and the eight planets in order from closest to farthest. A simple, sing-along introduction to the planets.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Take a tour of the sun and the eight planets that orbit it.
- What is at the center of our solar system?
- Which planet is closest to the sun?
- How many planets are in our solar system?
- Which planet do we live on?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: solar system, sun, planet, orbit, Earth.
Try it: Draw the sun and put the eight planets in order. Star the one we live on.