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PDF. To make it fit on a single 8.5x11" sheet of paper (diagonally), you may use the. distance scale 1 cm : 1 astronomical unit (note the mention of lower-case) or 149,597,870.7 km. Provide a simple ruler, a pencil, and an example, and have students make their own to take home.
- Student Project: Make a Scale Solar System | NASA/JPL Edu
Download the Scale Size and Distance Spreadsheet (XLSX or...
- Create a Solar System Scale Model With Spreadsheets
In this activity, students use scale, proportion and/or...
- Student Project: Make a Scale Solar System | NASA/JPL Edu
This 2D visual model illustrates the scale of the sun and planets in our solar system, and their current distance from each other.
Download the Scale Size and Distance Spreadsheet (XLSX or CSV) or the Solar System Sizes and Distances reference guide if calculating manually. Decide on the diameter of Earth in your scale model. Keep in mind that a 1-cm Earth means the scale distance from the Sun to Neptune is about two miles.
Sun is scaled one meter (39") in diameter. Actual Size of Sun: 1,391,000 km (864,000 mi) AU (“Astronomical Unit”) is the average distance between the Sun and Earth: 150 million km (93 million mi) A little more than 100 Sun diameters will span the distance of one AU.
Make a Scale Model of the Distances in our Solar System. About the Activity. Using a strip of paper, construct a quick scale model of the distances between the orbits of the planets, the Asteroid Belt, and Pluto as part of the Kuiper Belt. Topics Covered. Scaled distances of orbits in the Solar System. Types of objects in the Solar System.
Although we could print the planet sizes to scale, the paper would need to be way too large to show the scaled distances. Instead, to help you understand the sizes and distances of our solar system, we’ve created a scale model. Our Solar System, real imagery but not to scale.
In this activity, students use scale, proportion and/or ratios to develop a scale solar system calculator. Using spreadsheet software, students will determine the size of and/or distances between planets on a solar system model that fits on a playground.