3rd Grade-Week 7 Our Solar System Part 2 (Last week in Earth Science Lab)

7^th Lab Session Week

Vocabulary Quiz

Concept: The Solar System

Investigation: How far away are other planets?

Distance of planets and the Sun from the 

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The distance of planets from the Sun

These pictures we usually see of the solar system are to to scale. 

Here's an activity you can do at home to build a scale model of our solar system and the distance of the planets from the Sun. Click here.

4d. Students know that Earth is one of several planets that orbit the Sun and that the Moon orbits Earth.

5c. Use numerical data in describing and comparing objects, events, and measurements.