What is a Solar System?
Learning TargetÂ
Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.
Success Criteria
I can identify objects in the solar system
I recognize the use of models
I understand how models have limitations
Questions to Ponder
How do you define a Solar System?
What is in a Solar System?
Can you name some of the objects in our Solar System?
Organize the Solar System
Put the following 17 objects in our solar system in order starting with the center and working your way out.
Sun, The Asteroid Belt, Uranus, Mercury, Pluto, Comets, Jupiter, Ceres, Earth, Quaoar, Kuiper Belt, Mars, Neptune, Makemake, Oort Cloud, Saturn, Venus
Models
How are these models like and unlike the real thing they are representing?
Why do we create models?
What is the Scale of the Solar System?
What is a scale model?
Complete the Activity on Pages 122-124 in the PBIS Astronomy Text.
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What is an advantage of using an apple to represent the size of the Earth?
What is a disadvantage of using an apple to represent the size of the Earth?
What else could you choose to represent objects in the solar system?
