The Solar System
The Solar System is a curriculum strand within Earth and Space — a thread that runs across grades and deepens each year.
Entity profile
Every node stores the same attribute set, which is why the hierarchy can grow without new templates.
Strand
Depth 2 in the graph
science/earth-and-space/the-solar-system
11,180
60 topics · 1,800 concepts · 9,000 micro-concepts
Units
Every unit below is a full entity with its own skills, objectives, misconceptions and resource set.
Planets
Planets is a unit of teaching within The Solar System, usually two to four weeks of lessons with one assessment point.
The Moon
The Moon is a unit of teaching within The Solar System, usually two to four weeks of lessons with one assessment point.
Day and Night
Day and Night is a unit of teaching within The Solar System, usually two to four weeks of lessons with one assessment point.
Seasons
Seasons is a unit of teaching within The Solar System, usually two to four weeks of lessons with one assessment point.
Eclipses
Eclipses is a unit of teaching within The Solar System, usually two to four weeks of lessons with one assessment point.
Skills and learning objectives
Skills hang off the entity; objectives hang off the skill; activities and assessment hang off the objective.
Explain the solar system
UnderstandExplain the solar system accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Explain the solar system independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Explain the reasoning behind the solar system using correct vocabulary.
Activities — Talk-through with a partner · Write a model answer · AI Tutor Socratic session
Assessment — Extended written response, levelled
Calculate the solar system
ApplyCalculate the solar system accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Calculate the solar system independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Compare the solar system
AnalyseCompare the solar system accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Compare the solar system independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Explain the reasoning behind the solar system using correct vocabulary.
Activities — Talk-through with a partner · Write a model answer · AI Tutor Socratic session
Assessment — Extended written response, levelled
Justify the solar system
EvaluateJustify the solar system accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Justify the solar system independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Semantic relationships
Prerequisite and related edges are what make this a graph rather than a menu.
- EnergyDomain
Misconceptions
Stored on the entity so worksheets, quizzes and lesson plans all target the same known errors.
Learners apply the correct method to the solar system but ignore the context or units.
Correction — Require an answer sentence with units on every applied question.
Confident students rush the solar system and skip the checking step.
Correction — Build in an estimate-before-solve routine so an unreasonable answer stands out.
Curriculum alignment
Curricula, boards and countries are data — adding one never changes the architecture.
COL-747.1
Mapped statement covering The Solar System.
AQA-690.2
Mapped statement covering The Solar System.
What comes next
Curriculum order is an edge in the graph, so every entity knows the step that follows it.
Earth Structure
Earth Structure is a curriculum strand within Earth and Space — a thread that runs across grades and deepens each year.
Living Things
Living Things is a major domain within Science, grouping the strands that share the same underlying ideas and methods.
Human Body
The organ systems that keep a human alive, and how they interact.
Matter
Matter is a major domain within Science, grouping the strands that share the same underlying ideas and methods.
Difficulty ladder
The same entity, six levels of demand — easy through to olympiad and exam level.
Scaffolded first attempt with worked support.
Standard curriculum demand, unscaffolded.
Multi-step questions and unfamiliar contexts.
Stretch tasks that need reasoning, not recall.
Competition-style problems built on the same idea.
Board-styled questions with mark schemes.
Learning intent
Not every visitor wants the same thing. Each intent routes to the resource that actually does that job.
Audience views
The Solar System in Grade 5, surfaced differently for each reader.
AI Tutor context chain
Open the tutor from here and it already knows where you are — this is the sequence it recommends.
- 01Prerequisite lessonenergy
- 02Video explanationThe Solar System modelled end to end
- 03Interactive practiceAnswer on screen with instant checking
- 04QuizTen graded items with hints
- 05FlashcardsRetrieval on a 14-day schedule
- 06Common mistakesThe misconceptions stored on this node
- 07Harder worksheetSame concept, exam-level demand
- 08Past paper questionsBoard questions on this concept
- 09Mock testTimed, marked, with feedback
- 10Book a tutorOne-to-one on exactly this gap
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Connected resources
30 resource types are generated for The Solar System automatically — the graph never produces an entity without them.
Concept Explanation
The idea itself, explained from first principles.
Lesson
A taught sequence with modelling and checks for understanding.
Real Life Examples
Where the idea shows up outside school.
Common Mistakes
The misconceptions and how to correct them.
AI Tutor
Socratic one-to-one practice on this exact idea.
Quiz
Graded retrieval with hints and explanations.
Question Bank
Every question filtered to this entity.
MCQs
Multiple choice items with distractor analysis.
True or False
Fast misconception checks.
Fill in the Blanks
Cloze items for vocabulary and method.
Matching
Pair terms, models and definitions.
Short Questions
One to three mark responses.
Long Questions
Extended responses with method marks.
Exam Questions
Board-styled questions and command words.
Past Papers
Authentic papers filtered to this entity.
Solved Papers
Full worked solutions and examiner notes.
Frequently asked
- What sits underneath The Solar System in the knowledge graph?
- 0 domains, 0 strands, 5 units, 15 chapters, 60 topics, 300 subtopics, 1,800 concepts and 9,000 micro-concepts — every one of them carrying its own worksheets, quizzes, flashcards, lesson plans and AI tutoring.
- What should a learner already know before The Solar System?
- The graph lists Energy as prerequisites. Each links to its own practice so a gap can be closed before moving on.
- Which grades is The Solar System taught in?
- Typically Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, though every resource can be regenerated for any grade in the platform.
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