Interest Inventory
3rd Grade Science
Solar System Unit
State Core: Standard#1

- How
many planets are there?
- Can
you name any planets? List the ones you know.
- What
planet is the closest to the sun?
- What
planet is the farthest from the sun?
- Is the
Earth the only planet with a moon?
- Is the
Earth the only planet with life?
- What
makes it so that we have night and day on Earth?
- Have
you ever looked through a telescope?
If so, when and where?
- Have
you ever seen a “Shooting Star”? If
so, when and where?
- Can
you find the Big Dipper or the Little Dipper? Do you know any other
Constellations?
- Why do
you think we need the sun?
- In
what ways does the Earth move?
- What makes
the different seasons here on Earth?
(summer, spring, winter and fall)
- What
is something you would like to learn about our Solar System?
- If you
could visit any planet, which one would it be and why?