Solar System Poster
All 8 planets in order from the Sun, with key facts about each. The science classroom standard.
Preview
Page count: 3. Print-ready PDF — letter / A4 friendly. Click image to see all pages.
Learning objective
Name and order the planets in our solar system, and recall key facts about each.
About this resource
- Subject: Science
- Type: Display Poster
- Grade levels: Grade 2 (ages 7-8, ≈ Year 3), Grade 3 (ages 8-9, ≈ Year 4), Grade 4 (ages 9-10, ≈ Year 5), Grade 5 (ages 10-11, ≈ Year 6), Grade 6 (ages 11-12, ≈ Year 7)
- Pages: 3
- Date added: 2026-11-20
- Credit: Qualified primary teacher
Space books for primary classrooms
Convenience links if you'd like to look any of these up. We've recommended these books in the resource above.
Picture books and reference
- K Knowledge Encyclopedia Space! — DK Children
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The Cosmic Diary of Our Incredible Universe — Tim Peake
British astronaut writing for KS2 - E Eyewitness Space Exploration (DK) — Carole Stott
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Cosmic — Frank Cottrell-Boyce
KS2 fiction set partly in space
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