Zipping Through Our Solar System and Beyond

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Zipping Through Our Solar System and Beyond

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This is a team-structured inside and outside classroom activity incorporating the concepts of scale, ratios, and proportion. Students construct many solar system models to scale and see our solar system as an action location in the vast void of space.

Education Levels:

6, 7, 8

Subject:

Astronomy

Resource Type:

Activity

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Online provider:

Beacon Learning Center

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Keywords:

Solar system, Space, Galaxies, Planets, Sun, Orbits, Models, Stars

Mediator:

Middle school teachers, Elementary school teachers

Publisher:

Beacon Learning Center

Contributor:

Richard Angelini, Sr.

Is Part Of:

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/Lessons/Level3SC.asp

Language:

English

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Science

Learning Outcomes:

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Science (1996)

Strand E: Earth and Space

Standard 1: The student understands the interaction and organization in the Solar System and the universe and how this affects life on Earth.

Benchmark SC.E.1.3.3: The student understands that our Sun is one of many stars in our galaxy.

Conforms To

Sunshine State Standards Grade Level Expectations: Science (1996)

Strand E: Earth and Space

Standard 1: The student understands the interaction and organization in the Solar System and the universe and how this affects life on Earth.

Benchmark SC.E.1.3.1: The student understands the vast size of our Solar System and the relationship of the planets and their satellites.

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