Scale Model of Our Solar System Modeling distances

Object Distance from the sun Mercury 6 cm Venus 11 cm Earth 15 cm Mars 23 cm Asteroid Belt (Ceres) 55 cm Jupiter 78 cm Saturn 143 cm Uranus 287 cm Neptune 450 cm Pluto 590 cm Eris (dwarf planet) 690 cm

What to do Gather 1 meter stick, 1 roll of paper and a pencil Write the names of everyone in your group on the back at the beginning of the paper. Write the word “Sun” at the beginning of the paper on the front. Draw a line after the word and color up to the line yellow. MEASURE ALL LENGTHS FROM THE LINE. Measure from the line to each object, make a small mark and label with the object’s name. Tear off the paper at 7 meters. Write everyone’s name at the end of the paper again.