OLogy: Solar System Scavenger Hunt
Size up the planets with a model scavenger hunt.
The Earth is a large, round ball. It just looks flat because you can only see a tiny part of it at one time. The Sun and the planets are also round because when they formed, gravity pulled all their parts as close to their centers as possible.
Though they’re all round, planets are NOT all the same size. Mercury would be as big as an orange, and Jupiter would be the size of a small car.
To size up the planets for yourself, create a scale model of the solar system using objects from around your home!
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Size up the planets with a model scavenger hunt.
The Earth is a large, round ball. It just looks flat because you can only see a tiny part of it at one time. The Sun and the planets are also round because when they formed, gravity pulled all their parts as close to their centers as possible.
Though they’re all round, planets are NOT all the same size. Mercury would be as big as an orange, and Jupiter would be the size of a small car.
To size up the planets for yourself, create a scale model of the solar system using objects from around your home!