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by Brigid Del Carmen
Topics: Middle School, Science

An easy and fun way to review astronomy information, or other types of study materials, is to use the “Mix & Match Planet Game”. You can reinforce essential knowledge in a non-threatening, stress-free way by making and playing this game together. All you need are pencils, paper and some scissors to get started. When you finish, your child will be ready for that big solar system test – with planet facts lined up and in order!

What You Need:

  • white paper/pencils
  • scissors

Step 1

Cut paper into approximately 60 cards.

Make:

  • 27 planet cards (3 sets of planet names)

  • 27 cue cards (3 descriptions, or “cues”, for each of the 9 planets)

The following chart contains the planet names and 3 cues for each:

Planet

# of moons

Length of Year

Temperature
Mercury
0

88 days

-279F to 800F
Mars
2

687 days

-266F to -62F
Venus
0

225 days

896F
Earth
1

365 days

-130F to 136F
Jupiter
16

4,333 days

-278F
Saturn
18

10,759 days

-292F
Pluto
1

90,800 days

-364F
Uranus
15

30,685 days

-346F
Neptune
8

60,190 days
-353F

Step 2