Name: ___________________________
Our Solar System
Scavenger Hunt Activity
Materials:
Question worksheet (pages 2-3)
16 Solar System Cards (pages 4-8)
Tape and Scissors
Preparation:
Print the fact cards on card stock or brightly-colored
paper and cut them out.
Make copies of the question sheet (2-sided). Each student will
need his/her own copy.
Hide the fact cards around your classroom where kids
will be able to find them. You can stick them on your computer
keyboard, on the file cabinet, on the sides of student desks, on
chairs, on the chalkboard, on the back of your classroom door,
or wherever you like.
Activity:
Students receive a copy of the question worksheet. They
have to search the room and find all of the fact cards to
answer the questions.
After they have completed the question sheet, you can go
over the answers together with the class.
Management tips:
You may want to make this a silent activity so students
don't share answers with each other.
You can have the kids work alone or with a partner.
Don't be afraid to hide the facts in “tough” places. Kids
think it's more fun when they have to search around a
little.
Examples of good hiding spots might include:
the back of the classroom door
laying flat on the bookshelf
on the side of your computer monitor
Have a plan for students who finish early. You may want to
have an assignment for them to complete when they're done,
or you may have them help other students find fact cards.
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Name: ___________________________
Side A
Solar System Scavenger Hunt
Fact Card #1:
How far away is the sun?
______________________________________________
Fact Card #2:
What is the hottest planet?
______________________________________________
Fact Card #3:
Which planet has the most volcanoes?
______________________________________________
Fact Card #4:
How many stars are in our solar system?
______________________________________________
Fact Card #5:
Name all of the planets people have walked on.
______________________________________________
Fact Card #6:
What does a Mars rover do?
______________________________________________
Fact Card #7:
Name all of Mars' moons.
______________________________________________
Fact Card #8:
What is Jupiter's “Great Red Spot”?
______________________________________________
Fact Card #9:
Name all of the planets that have rings.
______________________________________________
Fact Card #10:
Name all four “Gas Giants.”
______________________________________________
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Side B
Solar System Scavenger Hunt
Fact Card #11:
What is the coldest planet in our solar system?
______________________________________________
Fact Card #12:
How fast do winds blow on Neptune's wind storms?
______________________________________________
Fact Card #13:
Why isn't Pluto considered a planet any more?
______________________________________________
Fact Card #14:
Name all five dwarf planets in our solar system.
______________________________________________
Fact Card #15:
How long does it take light to travel from the sun to Earth?
______________________________________________
Fact Card #16:
Name Pluto's three moons.
______________________________________________
Fact Card #17:
What were the names of the first two people to walk on the
moon?
______________________________________________
Fact Card #18:
When was the last time someone walked on the moon?
_______________________________________
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Scavenger Hunt
Fact Card #1
The sun is 93-million miles
Fact Card #2
Mercury is the closest
away from Earth. This is equal
planet to the sun, but it is not
to 146-million kilometers.
the hottest. Venus is the
hottest planet because it has
many clouds that trap in
heat.
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Fact Card #3
Fact Card #4
There is only one star in
our solar system - the sun.
Our galaxy has millions of
stars.
Venus has more volcanoes
than any other planet.
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Fact Card #5
Earth is the only planet
people have ever walked on.
Astronauts have also walked
on the Earth's moon, but that's
not a planet.
Fact Card #6
Scientists have sent
robots, called rovers, to
explore Mars. The rovers
drive around the surface of
Mars, take pictures, and send
them back
to Earth.
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Solar System
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Scavenger Hunt
Fact Card #7
Fact Card #8
Jupiter, the largest planet,
has a “Great Red Spot.” The
red spot is a huge wind
storm.
Mars has two small moons,
named Phobos and Deimos.
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Fact Card #9
Fact Card #10
Saturn is famous for it's
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
bright rings, but it isn't the
and Neptune are known as
only planet with rings.
“Gas Giants” because they're
Jupiter, Uranus,
made of mostly gas.
and Neptune also
have them.
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Fact Card #11
Fact Card #12
Neptune is the stormiest
Uranus is the coldest planet
in our solar system.
planet. Its wind storms blow
three times as fast as
hurricanes on Earth.
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Fact Card #13
Pluto used to be considered
Fact Card #14
There are five known
a planet. Scientists decided it
dwarf planets in our solar
was too small to be a “real
system. Their names are
planet,” so it is now a dwarf
Pluto, Ceres,
planet.
Haumea,
Makemake,
and Eris.
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Fact Card #15
It takes light eight minutes
Fact Card #16
Pluto has three moons.
to travel from the sun to
Their names are Charon, Nix,
Earth. The sunlight you see
and Hydra.
outside right now, actually left
the sun's surface eight
minutes ago.
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Fact Card #17
Fact Card #18
Twelve astronauts have
walked on the moon. The
first astronaut walked on the
moon in 1969. The last
Neil Armstrong and Buzz
Aldrin were the first people to
astronaut walked on the
moon in 1972.
walk on the moon.
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ANSWER KEY
Side A
Solar System Scavenger Hunt
Fact Card #1:
How far away is the sun?
93-million miles or 146-million kilometers
Fact Card #2:
What is the hottest planet?
Venus
Fact Card #3:
Which planet has the most volcanoes?
Venus
Fact Card #4:
How many stars are in our solar system?
one
Fact Card #5:
Name all of the planets people have walked on.
Earth
Fact Card #6:
What does a Mars rover do?
Drives around the surface of Mars and takes pictures.
Fact Card #7:
Name all of Mars' moons.
Phobos and Deimos
Fact Card #8:
What is Jupiter's “Great Red Spot”?
a wind storm
Fact Card #9:
Name all of the planets that have rings.
Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune
Fact Card #10:
Name all four “Gas Giants.”
Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune
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ANSWER KEY
Side B
Solar System Scavenger Hunt
Fact Card #11:
What is the coldest planet in our solar system?
Uranus
Fact Card #12:
How fast do winds blow on Neptune's wind storms?
three times as fast as Earth's hurricane winds
Fact Card #13:
Why isn't Pluto considered a planet any more?
it's too small
Fact Card #14:
Name all five dwarf planets in our solar system.
Pluto, Ceres, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris
Fact Card #15:
How long does it take light to travel from the sun to Earth?
8 minutes
Fact Card #16:
Name Pluto's three moons.
Charon, Nix, and Hydra
Fact Card #17:
What were the names of the first two people to walk on the
moon?
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
Fact Card #18:
When was the last time someone walked on the moon?
1972
Written by Tim Weibel
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