If the students still can't answer the questions, the teacher will scroll through the attached website and locate the answer. List the planets in order, from the sun. At the end of the week, during class silent reading time, the teacher will call each student to the teacher's desk and ask the student to list the planets in order from the sun by using nine labeled, pre-cut circular models. The student can quickly place them in order on the teacher's desk. The student will also point out which planet is hottest and which planet is coldest.
Groups share their model of the solar system and their questions about the planets and the sun.
The other students try to answer each groups' questions. Each group picks one question to add to the TrackStar Solar System Journey presentation. The presentation is modified to include the questions. The students will display their models in the classroom. For extra credit, students can prepare a lesson and create their own track, or they can research information to add to the Solar System Journey presentation.