GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

1. It is a request to keep yourself muted and cameras off and be a good listener.

2. I will ask questions during the session. So be attentive and alert.

3. Any doubts or any queries you have you can just type in the chatbox but do not unmute in between the class.

4. Sometimes due to a network issue, if you are still unable to login, then you can view from the Microsoft teams screen and respond in the chatbox.

5. I hope you all are ready with your material for the activity as mentioned in the chat while I had scheduled the class.

A quick recap

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What all we know about the inner planets

1. They are terrestrial planets.

2. They are made of rocky material.

3. Mercury is the nearest planet to the sun.

4. Venus is the brightest planet and the hottest planet.

5. Earth is the only planet that has life, the only planet with water, and has one big natural satellite moon.

6. Mars has two moons, and it has iron oxide.

​It is sometimes called a “mini solar system” because of its numerous moons, around 67 and several rings.

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​It is a gas giant, meaning it is mostly made of gases.

​It is the largest planet.

​It is the fastest spinning planet in the solar system.

​It is the fifth planet from the sun.

​It is an outer planet.

​JUPITER

​Red spot- the size is approx - where two to three earths can fit in.

​INTERESTING FACT

​ It is the second-largest planet after Jupiter.

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​Saturn is made mostly of gases. It has a lot of helium. This is the same kind of gas that you put in balloons. It is also a Gas giant.    

​SATURN

​6POSITION

​Outer planets have rings. Saturn's rings are the only ones that can be seen from Earth. Its beautiful rings are not solid. They are made up of bits of ice, dust and rock, caused by super-fast winds. All you need is a small telescope.

​Saturn is the only planet that could float in water. That would take a really big bathtub! Credit: NASA

​AN INTERESTING FACT

​URANUS

​SEVENTH POSITION FROM THE SUN

​Uranus is very Blue in color due to the large amounts of methane gas it contains.

​Uranus has a very large and rocky core at its centre.

​Uranus has 27 moons in total.

​Uranus has 13 rings.

​It was the first planet found with the aid of a telescope

​It is the third-largest planet.

​ In the Solar System, it is the fourth-largest planet.

​The eighth and farthest known Solar planet from the Sun is...

​NEPTUNE

​Like Uranus, it is also very blue in colour due to the large amounts of methane gas it contains.

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What all we have learnt about the outer planets

1. These are gas giants.

2. These are made of gases and we cannot stand on them.

3. We know their position in the solar system.

4. Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.

5. ​Saturn is the second-largest planet after Jupiter and it has rings which we can see with the help of a telescope.

6. Uranus is the third-largest planet and it is in the seventh position.

7. ​Neptune is the last planet in the solar system and it is the fourth largest planet after Uranus

​This is how it will look.

​You can hang it and keep revising your planets sequence and their sizes too.

​After it is ready you will upload it in the padlet. I will share the link in the chatbox.