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`YES' Connect 4 The Solar System

TEACHERS NOTES

CONTENTS

• A board with a four by four grid on it

• Set of small cards with questions on them

• Two worksheets

• Solar system information sheet

• Wordsearch

PREPARATION

• Photocopy the four by four board enlarging it so that it is A3 size.

• Photocopy two versions of the small cards - in two different colours (one colour for each team) again enlarge them to A3 size.

HOW TO USE THE ACTIVITY:

• This is an activity for two teams (one or two people in each team).

• Each team has a set of cards (a different colour for each team).

• Teams take it in turn to take a card. One person reads out the question on the card. If the answer is `Yes', it can be placed on the grid. If it is `No' the card must be discarded.

• The opposing team can challenge if they think the player has made a mistake.

• The winning team is the first to place four cards in a line on the board.

`YES' Connect 4 - The solar system - Question Cards

Photocopy two versions of these small cards - in two different colours (one colour for each team) NB enlarge to A3

Does Saturn have lots of rings?	Does Mars have lots of rings?	Is Mercury the planet nearest to the Sun?	Is Mercury the biggest planet?
Does Uranus have five moons?	Does Uranus have ten moons?	Is Jupiter the biggest planet?	Is Jupiter the smallest planet?
Is Neptune further away from the Sun than Mars?	Is Neptune closer to the Sun than Venus?	Is the Sun bigger than the Earth?	Is the Earth bigger than the Sun?
Is Mercury closer to the Sun than Saturn?	Is Mars closer to the Sun than Earth?	Is Venus the hottest planet?	Is Venus the coldest planet?

Racing to English - `YES' Connect 4 Base board (enlarge to A3)

Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

The solar system

Sun	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune
very, very hot very, very big	small hot closest to the Sun	hottest planet no moons	blue and green one moon we live on Earth	red and white two moons	biggest planet red spot	big planet lots of rings	blue and green five moons	blue two moons

Racing to English Worksheet

The solar system

1

Ask your friend some questions:

Does

Earth Jupiter Mars Mercury Neptune Saturn Uranus Venus

have

any moons? two moons? five moons? a red spot? many rings?

Now write 10 questions and answer them.

Ask your friend some more questions:

Is

Earth Jupiter Mercury Saturn the Sun

bigger smaller

than

Mercury? Jupiter? the Sun Saturn? Earth?

Now write 10 questions and answer them.

Ask your friend some more questions:

Is

Earth Jupiter Mars Mercury Neptune Saturn Uranus Venus

closer to further away from

the Sun than

Mercury? Venus? Earth? Mars? Jupiter? Saturn? Uranus? Neptune?

Now write 10 questions and answer them.

Racing to English Worksheet

The solar system

2

Sun	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune
very, very, very hot very, very, very big	small hot closest to the Sun	hottest planet no moons	blue and green one moon we live on Earth	red and white two moons	biggest planet red spot	big planet lots of rings	blue and green five moons feint ring	blue two moons same size as Uranus

Ask your friend some questions:

1. Which planet is the furthest away from the Sun?

2. Which planet is the biggest?

3. Which planet is the nearest to the Sun?

4. Which planet is closest to the Sun?

5. Which planet has got five moons?

6. Which planet has got many rings?

7. Which planet has got a red spot?

Ask your friend some more questions:

How many planets are there between

Earth Jupiter Mars Mercury Neptune Saturn the Sun Uranus Venus

and

Earth? Jupiter? Mars? Mercury? Neptune? Saturn? the Sun? Uranus? Venus?

Now write ten questions and answer them.

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The solar system wordsearch

J	u	p	i	t	e	r	E	a	r	t	h
M	V	e	n	u	s	S	a	t	u	r	n
e	f	M	S	a	t	u	r	n	b	N	h
r	u	e	U	r	i	n	g	s	i	e	o
c	r	r	r	S	r	h	o	t	g	p	t
u	t	c	a	u	e	S	u	n	g	t	t
r	h	u	n	n	d	b	i	g	e	u	e
y	e	r	u	g	r	e	e	n	s	n	s
M	s	y	s	s	m	a	l	l	t	e	t
a	t	p	l	a	n	e	t	b	l	u	e
r	n	e	a	r	e	s	t	m	o	o	n
s	c	l	o	s	e	s	t	s	p	o	t

Words in the wordsearch:

Sun, Sun, Sun, Mercury, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, big, biggest, hot, hottest, nearest, closest, small, planet, moon, blue, green, red, spot, rings, furthest

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© Gordon Ward 2010. Photocopiable only for use in the purchasing institution. Step 20: The solar system Connect 4

© Gordon Ward 2010. Photocopiable only for use in the purchasing institution. Step 20: The solar system Connect 4

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