Solar System Crowns

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This packet is designed to offer a fun, engaging and educational way to practice fine

motor skills and discover simple facts about our solar system during your space

unit. This packet is low prep. Simply print the crowns you want your students to

work on. There are 14 crowns included within the packet. For this activity your

students will color the title word(s) and pictures. Cut the crown and bands out.

Staple or tape them together and fit to individual child’s head.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Name the eight planets and recall a distinguishing fact about each, such as Mars being the red planet with huge dust storms
Name the eight moon phases, from new moon and waxing crescent through full moon and waning gibbous
Practise fine-motor coloring, cutting and assembling while building the crowns

Teaching tips

Print only the crowns that match the lesson at hand — the packet is designed so each crown stands alone
Have students read the fact bands on classmates' finished crowns aloud as a quick whole-class review
Pair the planets name crown with the individual planet crowns so students connect each name to its facts

Skills covered

Solar-system fact recall — each planet crown's bands state facts students revisit while assembling, such as Jupiter's red spot being a storm or Neptune being farthest from the sun.
Moon-phase vocabulary — the moon-phases crown names all eight phases for students to color and wear.
Space vocabulary recognition — constellation and exploration crowns label Orion, Leo, Scorpius, probe, lander, telescope and space station.

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Questions teachers ask about this resource

What kind of information sits on the bands of each planet crown?

Four short facts per planet. Mercury's bands note it is closest to the sun, the smallest planet, has no seasons and has the most craters; Earth's note its one moon, that 70% of it is covered by water, and that we live on it.

How do students put a crown together?

They color the title words and pictures, cut out the crown and its bands, then staple or tape the pieces together and fit the ring to the child's head.

Which crowns go beyond the individual planets?

Six of the fourteen: a moon-phases crown, a moon facts crown, a sun crown, a constellations crown, a space-exploration crown and a crown naming all eight planets together.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

Solar system
Planets
Moon phases
Space exploration

Topics

Solar system crowns Planet craft Space science Color and cut Wearable activity

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