This is a video that could be used in a 5th grade science class, during an astronomy lesson. This video is a great visual to show students the actual size of our solar system and the relation of the planets. This video is well edited with music that is not too distracting like the other videos that I found. This video could be use during almost any lesson talking about the solar system or galaxies.
This is a link to the field trip page on James S. McDonnell Planetarium's website. The planetarium is connected to the Science Center in St. Louis. They offer planetarium shows followed by a Q&A that would be great for a 4th or 5th grade class to experience.
This website could be used in a 5th grade astronomy lesson. This is an interactive website that students could go to to find out information on our solar system and surrounding areas. You could create a worksheet that could be a website scavenger hunt that the students would have to complete while exploring the website.
I would use this video in a 5th grade lesson on our solar system. This video discusses the formation of our solar system and then follows through with information on all of the individual planets. This video could be incorporated into a science lesson very easily without being too distracting due to the short length of the video.
This is an awesome book that the students could complete over the course of a few days, while learning about the solar system. The book has a page for each planet in our solar system that requires the students to find out information about each planet. This is a great activity that allows students to become familiar with the rest of our solar system in a way more hands on than just reading a chapter.
This is another lesson I found that would be great for a 5th grade astrology lesson. This is a complete lesson that has students do research no computers do gather information on the solar system, after they have been through guided discussions.
I couldn't bookmark the individual activity but the Scale Distances in the Solar System lesson would be great to use in the classroom to demonstrate and give students a visual on the size of our solar system and the distance between our planets.