Solar System to Scale

 

The Sun King and Solar System Sizes

 

Make a scale model of the Solar System and learn the REAL definition of "space."
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• http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/
• http://www.janeswalk.org/canada/toronto/walkable-planets/
• http://www.noao.edu/education/peppercorn/pcmain.html 

 

Data from Journey through the Universe and the Exploratorium

Lunar Measurements and Impact Crators

Journey to the Universe: Lesson Plans and Activities

http://journeythroughtheuniverse.org/downloads/Content/Voyage_G58_L3.pdf

Making Craters (DRY MIX) http://teachers.greenville.k12.sc.us/sites/mdacko/Pages/DRY%20MIX%20and%20Graphing.aspx


The circular features so obvious on the Moon’s surface are impact craters formed when impactors smashed into the surface. The explosion and excavation of materials at the impacted site created piles of rock (called ejecta) around the circular hole as well as bright streaks of target material (called rays) thrown for great distances.
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/180572main_ETM.Impact.Craters.pdf 
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/science/68moon.html