Find out if it's possible to travel to the edge of the solar system. Learners use a piece of string to model the distance between planets in the solar system. They then use the distances to calculate how long it would take to travel to each planet.

Concepts

the solar system, planets, distance

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Create a solar system model to hang from the ceiling to use as a reference
• Add planets to scale in the distance model

Classroom Considerations

• Collect and prepare materials prior to the activity

Pros

• Provides a link to online accessible telescopes for data collection
• Uses easily obtainable materials

Cons

• None