Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.7

Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.10

By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

ISTE*S 6.C - Students communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety of digital objects such as visualizations, models or simulations.

This is a digital visualization of the solar system. I've kept the project to a 3rd grade reading level. This would be a great example to show students to make their own scientific or nonfiction book.

This is the solar system. The solar system is what we call the sun and the eight planets that surround it.

This is the sun. It is at the center of the solar system. The sun is largest part of the solar system and is made up of super hot gas.

This is Mercucry. It is the closest planet to the sun.

This is Venus. It's next after Mercury. It is also the hottest planet in the Solar System.

Next is Earth. We live on Earth and it is the only planet that has life on it.

After Earth is Mars. It is called the Red Planet. Mars gets its red coloring from iron found on its surface.