Thirty-six space words on unique printable cards: the eight planets, the Sun and Moon, comets, rockets and astronauts, with a caller list for a solar system unit.
36 items · a 5 × 5 card with a free space needs 24 or more. More items make the cards differ.For review bingo, type answer | clue (“56 | 7 × 8”): the card shows the answer, the caller reads the clue. Two columns pasted from a spreadsheet work too. Start a line with an emoji (“🐶 dog”) for a picture square.
Showing 4 of 31 pages. (Print always prints every page.)
To save a PDF, choose Print, then “Save as PDF” as the printer. Only the sheets print.
30 different cards. No two are the same. The card number and set number on every card let the caller check a winner (press C while calling).
About this set
A unit on space is full of vocabulary that children love to say, and bingo gives them a reason to hear every word several times. This set lists the eight planets in order from the Sun, then the other objects in the sky (the Moon, stars, comets, asteroids, meteors, galaxies), then the people and machines that explore it (astronauts, rockets, rovers, satellites, telescopes, the space station) and the ideas that tie them together (gravity, orbit, eclipse, light-year). First graders match the names they know, and fifth graders define orbit and gravity before they mark a square.
Grades: 1st to 6th grade. Best in: January, April, May.
The words on the cards
Sun · Moon · Earth · Mercury · Venus · Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptune · Solar system · Star · Galaxy · Milky Way · Comet · Asteroid · Meteor · Orbit · Rocket · Astronaut · Space station · Telescope · Satellite · Spacesuit · Gravity · Crater · Eclipse · Constellation · Big Dipper · Planet · Rover · Launch · Light-year · Universe · Dwarf planet · Saturn’s rings
How to play, and five ideas
Planet order: call only the eight planets and ask the class to say the order from the Sun before anyone covers a square.
Fact first: before covering, each student must say one fact about the object called (Mars is red, Saturn has rings, the Moon has craters).
Mini-quiz caller: read a clue (“the planet with the most famous rings”) and let students find the answer on their cards.
Model link: when “orbit” or “gravity” is called, two volunteers act it out with a ball on a string or by walking a circle around a lamp.
Space journal: the winner writes two sentences about the word that completed their line, as if writing a postcard from there.
Pluto appears only as part of “Dwarf planet”. Scientists reclassified it as a dwarf planet in 2006, so the list shows the eight planets and lets you add Pluto if your class studies it.
How do I make a planets-only game?
Delete everything except the eight planets, the Sun and the Moon, then choose 3 × 3 cards. Kindergarten and first grade can play with that shorter set.
Can I change the words?
Yes. The 36 words are in the box above the cards. Delete, add or edit any line and the cards are rebuilt at once. Nothing is saved on our servers.
How do I call the game?
Press “Call the game”. Each press of the space bar tumbles the ball cage and pops out the next item in very large type, with the list of items already called beside it. Press C and type a card number to check a winner, P to change the win pattern, V to have each call read aloud, and F to fill the projector.
How do I save the cards as a PDF?
Press Print and choose “Save as PDF” as the printer. Each page can also be saved as a PNG picture from under its preview.
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