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Scale of the Solar System

Science · Space Exploration · procedural

Use scale models, diagrams, or calculations to represent the relative sizes and distances of objects in the solar system, understanding that the distances between planets are enormously larger than the planets themselves

What mastery looks like

  • Explain that if the Sun were the size of a beach ball, Earth would be a pea about 26 metres away
  • State that the distances between planets are much greater than the sizes of the planets themselves
  • Create or interpret a scale model showing both relative sizes and distances

Check your understanding

Has Scale of the Solar System ever built or looked at a scale model of the solar system? Can they explain why the planets would need to be spread across a whole playing field to be the right distance apart?

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