Interest Inventory

3rd Grade Science

Solar System Unit

State Core: Standard#1

 

 

  1. How many planets are there?

 

 

  1. Can you name any planets? List the ones you know.

 

 

  1. What planet is the closest to the sun?

 

 

  1. What planet is the farthest from the sun?

 

 

  1. Is the Earth the only planet with a moon?

 

 

  1. Is the Earth the only planet with life?

 

 

  1. What makes it so that we have night and day on Earth?

 

 

  1. Have you ever looked through a telescope?  If so, when and where?

 

 

  1. Have you ever seen a “Shooting Star”?  If so, when and where?

 

 

  1. Can you find the Big Dipper or the Little Dipper?  Do you know any other              

Constellations?

 

 

 

           

           

  1. Why do you think we need the sun?

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. In what ways does the Earth move?

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What makes the different seasons here on Earth?  (summer, spring, winter and fall)

 

 

 

 

 

  1. What is something you would like to learn about our Solar System?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. If you could visit any planet, which one would it be and why?