Target – model the solar system
Pairs task Research a planet Create a scale coloured drawing of your planet Complete fact sheet for your planet Arrange planets in corridor Resources – Fact sheet + diagram sheet Internet
Planet research – Number data – size, distance from sun, temperature Atmosphere – what is the atmosphere like? Could anything live there? Gravity – how does gravity compare to the Earth’s? Moons – does the planet have moons? How many? What size? Rings – does your planet have rings? Other facts – anything interesting!
dia. (km) diameter (cm) dist sun (km) rel dist (m) Mercury 5000 2.5 60000000 1.0 Venus 12000 6 110000000 1.8 Earth 13000 6.5 150000000 Mars 7000 3.5 230000000 3.8 Jupiter 140000 70 780000000 13.0 Satrun 120000 60 1400000000 23.3 Uranus 52000 26 2900000000 48.3 Neptune 50000 25 4500000000 75.0 Pluto 3000 1.5 6000000000 100.0
Launch points ..... http://space-facts.com/planets/ http://www.planetsforkids.org/ http://www.spacekids.co.uk/solarsystem/ http://www.fun-facts.org.uk/planets/planets.htm