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Science • Classifying objects • Movement of planets in the Solar System • Movement of the Moon relative to Earth • Shape of Solar System objects • The Sun is a star Literacy • Ask relevant questions to extend their understanding and knowledge • Give well-structured descriptions, explanations and narratives for different purposes
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Did you know that the Voyager 2 spacecraft took 12 years to travel from Earth to Neptune, the furthest planet in the solar system? This sounds like a really long time! Maybe not that long if you consider what distance the spacecraft had to travel to get from Earth to Neptune. In this activity, you will make a model of the planets in the solar syste...
Yarn, if possible, in up to 8 different colorsMeasuring tapeThumbtackTwo pieces of cardboard, about 6 cm by 6 cm eachYou probably noticed how the four planets closest to the Sun (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) are all much closer to the Sun (at 4, 7, 10, and 15 cm from the Sun in your model) compared to the other four planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune). These last four are much more spread out (at 50, 95, 190, and 300 cm from the Sun in your model)....
Planets are celestial bodies that orbit (or circle around) a star. In our planetary system, this star is the Sun. Planets are not self-luminous, they do not emit light like the stars, but they can be seen in the sky because they reflect light emitted by other celestial objects. The Solar System is the system of objects that orbit the Sun directly o...
Let your planets circle around the Sun at different speeds and see what happens to their relative positions.Calculate how small the planets would need to be to represent them accurately in your shrunken model. You can find the necessary information on the Solar Planet Data Sheet.Make a second model that accurately represents the different sizes of the planets in the solar system. One way to do this is explained in the How Big Are the Planets in Our Solar System?activity.Measure the distances between planets, example between Earth and Neptune. In what position on their orbit do the planets need to be for the distance to be the shortest possible, and in what positio...Links
1. NASA: Solar System Overview 2. National Geographic: Watch This Guy Build a Massive Solar System in the Desert
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Super Science Fair Projects: Guide to projects, topics, experiments, and tips for successfully completing a science project, including the six steps of the Scientific Method. http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/
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The current definition—established in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), the organization that officially names objects in space—specifies that to qualify as a planet, a...
The science activities in this module deal with the concept of travel as it relates to natural objects (planets) traveling around the sun. The activities are designed to let the students discover Kepler’s Laws of Planetary Motion by completing assignments about the laws.
Here, the objective is to understand the scale of the Solar System by modelling the size of all the Planets, plus the distance of each from the Sun. Background Information for Teachers: Useful facts about the Earth and Moon: Earth diameter: 12,742 km. Moon diameter: 3,474 km. Earth circumference: 40,075 km. Moon circumference: 10,921 km.
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planets and their distance from the Sun. Start by asking about distances kids have traveled. • How many miles is it from home to school? How much time does the trip take?
