Activity # 4



Objective:

- Practical understanding of the distances and sizes associated with the solar system
 
Procedure:

In groups, use a 60 m adding machine paper tape.  On a handout table, list the sun and planets, and use the website data from Activity 2 to convert distance and size data.

Based on 1 cm = 1,000,000 km, calculate the distances and relative size of each planet at that scale.

Mark the Sun as a 1.3 cm circle on one end of the tape, and plot each planet as appropriate dots at scaled distances along the tape.

 Materials:

 - 60m adding machine tapes
-- Handout: empty table form
 - Calculators, marking pens
 
Ongoing Assessment:

- Continuing participation

- Comments in Journals on the experience and new understanding
 

 
 
Activities
Phase 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Phase 2
 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Phase 3
 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Phase 4
 27 28 29

 

I- Search Project Created by Francis Perry, last update April 2002