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Solar System Art Worksheet

Year 5 | Visual Arts

Solar system illustration

🪐 Part 1: Planets of the Solar System

WALT: Name all planets and describe their order from the Sun.

Success Criteria: I can correctly name and sequence all 8 planets from the Sun.

1. Write the 8 planets in order from the Sun. Use the word bank to help you.

Word Bank: Saturn, Venus, Uranus, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Jupiter, Earth

1. ___________________    2. ___________________    3. ___________________

4. ___________________    5. ___________________    6. ___________________

7. ___________________    8. ___________________

2. Circle the correct answer. Which planet is the largest in our solar system?

Saturn

Jupiter

Neptune

Uranus

3. Match each planet to its description and colour. Draw a line from the planet to its matching description.
Mars
Saturn
Earth
Neptune
Deep blue; the windiest planet
Red and rocky; known as the Red Planet
Blue-green with water and life
Pale yellow with spectacular rings

🎨 Part 2: Plan Your Solar System Artwork

WALT: Apply visual conventions (scale, colour, proportion) to plan a solar system artwork.

Success Criteria: I can use shapes and colours to plan a detailed solar system artwork that reflects scientific knowledge.

4. In the drawing box below, sketch your plan for your solar system artwork. Include:

✏️ All 8 planets in order from the Sun  |  🔵 Different sizes to show scale  |  🎨 Colours that match each planet

5. Colour planning: Write the colour(s) you will use for each planet in your artwork.

Mercury: _____________________    Venus: _____________________

Earth: _____________________    Mars: _____________________

Jupiter: _____________________    Saturn: _____________________

Uranus: _____________________    Neptune: _____________________

6. 🌟 Extension Activity: Check the extra features you plan to add to your artwork.

Moons orbiting one or more planets

Saturn's rings shown in detail

The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter

Planetary atmospheres or textures

Stars or a galaxy in the background

💭 Part 3: Reflection

WALT: Reflect on artistic choices and explain how our artwork represents scientific knowledge.

Success Criteria: I can explain my artistic decisions and link them to facts about the solar system.

7. Which visual convention did you use most in your artwork? Explain why.

Scale (different sizes for planets)

Colour (matching planet colours)

Placement (order from the Sun)

Texture (surface details)

I chose this because: _______________________________________________________

8. Describe one artistic choice you made and explain how it connects to a scientific fact about that planet.
9. 🌟 Extension Reflection: If you added moons, an asteroid belt, or other features, explain how they improved your artwork and what you learned about them.

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