Classroom activity
Solar System Scroll
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/solar-system-scroll/
How is the Solar System?
1º Take a guess
Draw and label the Sun on one end and Kuiper Belt on the other, using colored pencils or markers.
1º Take a guess
Fill in the remaining objects of our solar system in the space between the Sun and Kuiper belt, paying attention to the relative distances between the objects
2º Actual distances
First, have them fold the strip in half. Using a bold color, label the midpoint (1/2 mark) Uranus
2º Actual distances
Now, take the side where you have the Sun labeled and fold it to the Uranus mark. The new crease (at the 1/4 mark) is where Saturn is located.
2º Actual distances
Repeat the last step but this time with the Kuiper Belt side. This crease (at the 3/4 mark) is Neptune.
2º Actual distances
Starting with the Sun again, fold the strip of paper to the Saturn mark. This new crease is at the 1/8 mark and is where we would find Jupiter.
2º Actual distances
Repeat again, taking the Sun to the new Jupiter mark. This represents 1/16 and is where the asteroid belt is found.
2º Actual distances
Repeating once more, at the 1/32 mark, we find Mars.
2º Actual distances
That means that all of the remaining inner planets (Earth, Venus and Mercury) are between Mars and the Sun. So when you hear them called the “inner planets,” there is a good reason why!.
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Esther Larrosa
Created on October 7, 2020
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Classroom activity
Solar System Scroll
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/solar-system-scroll/
How is the Solar System?
1º Take a guess
Draw and label the Sun on one end and Kuiper Belt on the other, using colored pencils or markers.
1º Take a guess
Fill in the remaining objects of our solar system in the space between the Sun and Kuiper belt, paying attention to the relative distances between the objects
2º Actual distances
First, have them fold the strip in half. Using a bold color, label the midpoint (1/2 mark) Uranus
2º Actual distances
Now, take the side where you have the Sun labeled and fold it to the Uranus mark. The new crease (at the 1/4 mark) is where Saturn is located.
2º Actual distances
Repeat the last step but this time with the Kuiper Belt side. This crease (at the 3/4 mark) is Neptune.
2º Actual distances
Starting with the Sun again, fold the strip of paper to the Saturn mark. This new crease is at the 1/8 mark and is where we would find Jupiter.
2º Actual distances
Repeat again, taking the Sun to the new Jupiter mark. This represents 1/16 and is where the asteroid belt is found.
2º Actual distances
Repeating once more, at the 1/32 mark, we find Mars.
2º Actual distances
That means that all of the remaining inner planets (Earth, Venus and Mercury) are between Mars and the Sun. So when you hear them called the “inner planets,” there is a good reason why!.