Scale Model of Solar System Lab Activity NGSS Middle School MS-ESS1-2 MS-ESS1-3
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TRY ME FOR FREE!!!! This NGSS aligned two-day lab activity is a FUN, EYE-OPENING, and mathematically accurate way to model planet size and orbits in our solar system and incorporate the Performance Expectations for MS-ESS1: MS-ESS1-2. Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system and MS-ESS1-3. Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system as well as the Crosscutting concept of Scale, Proportion, and Quantity. Students use the Science and Engineering Practice of Analyzing and Interpreting Data to create a scale model
(Scale, Proportion, and Quantity) of the sizes and orbits of the planets and the sun and take them to a large area to "WALK THEM!!!"
My students are always shocked to see just how different in size and distance each planet is to one another! Ideally, it could be used within an astronomy unit after students have an understanding of the unique differences between the planets but can be taught at any point in the unit even as the hook at the very beginning. It provides students with data on the sizes of the planets as well as their distances from the sun using units that are measurable on earth. Students measure, create, and "walk" the planets outside to model the sizes and distances from one another. Truly eye-opening! NOTE: The sun is just too big to make with paper, but it's super cool for the students to discover this on their own in the activity!
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