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NewsHour Extra - Mars: Planets in Proportion

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NewsHour Extra - Mars: Planets in Proportion

Description:
The following lesson looks at the distance and relative size of the rest of the planets with respect to Earth and the Sun. The activity will give students an appreciation of the vastness of their universe and the minuteness of their part in it. Students will discover scales for both the solar bodies' relative sizes and their distances from the Sun. Students will find equatorial circumference and volumes of the solar bodies. They will apply estimation strategies and proportional reasoning to determine a scale comparing the planetary bodies to Earth. Students will convert measurements of time and distance using scientific notation. Both the metric and customary units will be applied. Students will determine the time required to reach other planetary bodies from Earth using different modes of transportation.
Education Levels:
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Higher education
Subject:
Astronomy, Earth Science, Space Sciences, Patterns, Algebra, Probability, Statistics, Number Sense, Technology, Geometry, Discrete Mathematics, Process Skills, Applied Mathematics
Medium:
Text/HTML
Fee Status:
Free
Online provider:
PBS

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