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The Solar System A Lisa Simpson Lesson Plan 1) Get into the mood with minutes of classical music by Gustav Holst 2) Say the names of the planets 3) Listen to five minutes of tedious jokes about “Uranus” 4) Describe gravity, velocity, atmosphere composition for all planets 5) Sound alarm bell to wake up students, teacher 6) Each planet is named for a Roman god. The only female is Venus 7) 15 minute discussion of gender inequality in the solar system 8) Explain that astrology is not science 9) Give up and do everyone’s horoscope What happened to Pluto? There used to be nine planets and the furthest one away is called Pluto. Then one day some people decided that it shouldn’t be a planet any more because it didn’t seem special enough. What’s next? Is Mars going to stop being a planet because it’s named after a candy company? Should we get rid of Mercury because a certain car company has stopped manufacturing that line? Listen people, you can’t just change the facts kids are taught in second grade, because if facts can change, then anything can change and the next thing you know we’re Italy. Although that wouldn’t be so bad. Italy is lovely, especially in the springtime.