Last Tuesday, we went to the park to make a model of the planets. We used our steps to represent HUGE distances in the solar system. It helped us learn how BIG the solar system really is. We learned that the planets are really very far away from each other, even if they look really close in illustrations. We learned how big the asteroid belt is and how far away it is.
Our class used cones and placed them in specific places where we thought planets would go. We pretended that each step we took was really 10 billion kilometers in space. Cones represented planets and their distances from the sun. After we placed each one, we looked back to see if we could see the sun. Our class got a better image of how big the space between planets really is. We walked as far as Saturn (because the ground was too wet) and we wouldn't have been able to reach where the other planets would be. If we did try to reach the other planets, we would have walked over 300 steps! Using our model, the closest star to our sun would be in San Francisco!
Brady and JoJo picked up all the cones when we were finished. We went to play at the park. The park had a playground and it was Bialek Park. While we were at the playground, we were the models!
We all had a blast!
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