This scale properties of objects in solar system activity helps students to understand the true scale and proportions of our solar system! This activity has clear, step-by-step directions to create a (really long!) poster of our solar system.
NO CALCULATIONS REQUIRED!
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In this activity, students will follow these steps:
PLEASE READ BEFORE PURCHASE: A note regarding the scale of the drawing… the scale of the distances of each planet from the sun is correct, and then separately the scale of the planet’s diameters is correct. However, combined in this drawing, the planet diameter measurements and distance from the sun measurements aren’t the same scale. This creates a MORE REALISTIC VIEW of the solar system than students are used to seeing, but it is not mathematically perfect. A drawing with the diameters AND distance from the sun being on the same scale would make drawing it in a classroom virtually impossible!
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