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This group is beginning to realize how far Pluto is Earth. |
Here Mrs. L. helps students draw Mercury. Its distance from the sun is .42 Astronomical Units or 42 centimeters for the scaled drawing. |
Planet Distance/Size
Scale
Our class drew the planets' sizes (1 meter = 100,000 miles) and distances (1 meter + 93,000,000 miles) to scale on the playground. The lesson had to be done over 2 different days because planet size and planet distance can't be drawn on the same scale. In addition, this lesson was taught in conjunction with our study of metric measurement.
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This group is beginning to realize how far Pluto is Earth. |
Here Mrs. L. helps students draw Mercury. Its distance from the sun is .42 Astronomical Units or 42 centimeters for the scaled drawing. |
