Today we get to vote on "Stand Outs" for 5th grade.

Click on the link below to take the survey and vote for your classmates.

• Ms. Western's Standouts
• Ms. Wiese's Standouts

Students have been researching the Solar System. Here is how your information can be presented:

• Poster(2)
• Poem
• Song/Rap
• PowerPoint (must be worked on at home)
• Book
• Play
• Create a Game
• ???? You tell me your creative idea!

5th graders have been working on a project on the Solar System. Click the link below to download the project page.

Here are the requirements for the project.

Or...

Solar System Project/Research

• 3-D Model of your planet or solar system object
• Planet name and where the name comes from
• Composition of the planet (what it’s made of)
• Atmosphere
• Order in the Solar System
• Distance from the Sun
• Size
• Length of time to ROTATE on its axis (“day”)
• Length of time to REVOLVE around the sun (“year”) (also called solar revolution)
• Temperature/temperature range
• How many satellites
• Rings or no rings
• What would a 100 lb person weigh on your planet?
• Acrostic Poem (name of planet/object used to create a list of statements)

Acrostic Poem Example

S – Solar System is a group, or system, of objects rotating around the sun

O – Only one star in our Solar System

L – Luna is another name for Earth’s moon

A – Asteroids circle the sun between Mars and Jupiter

R – Rust is in the dirt on Mars

S – Satellites revolve around planets (moons)

Y – Year is how long it takes for the planet to revolve around the sun

S – Saturn has the most beautiful rings

T – Tails of comets are made from the burning off of ice and dust

E – Earth is the only planet that has water

M – Mars will be the next planet we visit (probably)