Lesson Planning
Teaching
- Create a scaled solar system model using spherical representations.
- Research and collate planetary data online and represent it graphically.
- Use ratios for scale and calculate and measure distances using a scaled system.
- Select and use an effective medium to create an artistic representation of a chosen planet.
Activities
- Use fruit to create a model of the solar system.
- Calculate scales and ratios for a model of the solar system.
- Research, collate and create graphs for data about the planets.
- Paint the planets from known images and the nature of the planets.
Investigation - exploring/analysing secondary sources
Create a scale model of the solar system.
Vocabulary
Earth, planets, Sun, solar system, celestial body, sphere/spherical, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, 'dwarf' planet, orbit, opinion/fact, accuracy, precision, scatter graphs, line graphs, support/refute