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In this activity, you will make a model of the planets in the solar system and specifically model their distances to scale. Will it explain why the Voyager 2 took so long? Try it and see!
Using online mapping software, such as Google or Bing maps, right-click on the location that represents the Sun (e.g., your home) and click “measure distance” to identify where the scale planets should go.
• Talk about what a solar system model that demonstrates the relative average distances between the planets and the Sun and the relative sizes of the planets would look like. Save your Solar System Statistics cards for future activities.
Grades 1-6. Time 30 mins - 1 hr. Students predict the scale of our solar system and the distance between planets, then check their answers using fractions.
Do you want to make a scale model of the solar system where both the distances and diameters are proportional to reality? This table expresses the diameters in A.U, so the size of the planet is proportional to its distance from the Sun. Remember that we set 1 AU, the distance between the Earth and Sun, as equal to 1 meter.
This hands-on science lesson will help your students get a more accurate view of the solar system by making a scale model. They will do the calculations, make model planets, and find out where to place them so their model reflects reality.
19 kwi 2023 · In this section of the Year of the Solar System guide, the nine sets of problems call for students to use proportions, unit multipliers, scientific notation, and geometry to determine travel times to the planets and calculate distances and sizes of planets.
