Learning Exercise
Voyager & Planets
This lab/activity will show the relative the size and distance of the planets in the solar system and the solar system to other stars in the galaxy.
- Material:
- NASA Website
- Date last modified:
- June 30, 2006
- Created by:
- Kendia Herrington
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Exercise
Have the students bring in an old baseball cap and give them a planet. They
color the hat in the color of their planet and they make a scaled model of their
planet and place it on the rim. When they go to their spot in the solar
system, have them point the rim of their hat in the direction of the orbit.
This allows you to bring in vectors and motion to the activity.
color the hat in the color of their planet and they make a scaled model of their
planet and place it on the rim. When they go to their spot in the solar
system, have them point the rim of their hat in the direction of the orbit.
This allows you to bring in vectors and motion to the activity.
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Technical Notes
You need a large field to do this activity.