Natural Sciences and Technology Grade 5-B ... - Thunderbolt Kids

My model of the solar system is not to scale. If we want to
make one to scale, we will need areally big area!
Teacher's Note
In the image of Sophie, her model of the solar system should have
all planets on the same plane to be correct. Perhaps ask your
learners what Sophie should do to make the model correct if they
compare it to the previous diagram of the solar system? She can
rotate the rings so that they all lie in the same plane.
Let's make a scale model of the solar system using our bodies to
understand what it means to orbit the sun!
ACTIVITY: A scale model of the solar system
Teacher's Note
This activity is useful to help learners understand the structure and
scale of the solar system, especially how far apart the planets are
from the sun. The activity requires a large open space, such as a
school field. The model only uses 9learners at once, so swop the
learners so that each one gets achance to be one of the celestial
bodies. The teacher can be the sun in the middle and the learners
can be divided into 8 groups, each group assigned to a planet. The
teacher should note that as each learner/planet revolves around
the Sun, he/she also rotates! This is even trickier to get right, but
let the learners attempt to do so.
Chapter 1. Planet Earth
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