This activity will help your students comprehend the huge scales of time and space by using familiar objects. You can explore the massive distances of our Solar System using scale models made out of string. Included is a scale model of the solar system worksheet and answer key.

Concepts

planets, scale

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Additional Tags

khan academy, scale distance of planets, solar system, universe, solar system models

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice