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• paper • pencils • scissors Materials K–6 <strong>Activities</strong> • B–80 • Comparing the Size of the Planets Note To scale down the size of the planets, you can use any unit of measurement. The smallest unit can be the smallest planet. For example, you might use 1 centimeter as 1 unit. Procedure • Mark off 1 unit on a piece of paper. This represents the diameter of Mercury. Make a circle from this diameter as shown. • Use the table below to measure the diameter of each planet. • Cut out and label each planet. • Discuss: Which planet is the largest? Which planet is the second largest? Which planets are about the same size as the earth? How might you compare the size of the sun with the size of each of the planets? • Suggestion: You might make a mobile out of your planets. Make the planets out of heavy paper or back them with cardboard and hang them on a clothes hanger. Units of Diameter Venus — 2 1 / 2 Jupiter — 29 Neptune — 9 Earth — 2 3 / 5 Saturn — 25 Pluto — 1 Mars — 2 2 / 5 Uranus — 10 Sun — 287
Drawing Words Some words can be written so they show their meaning (see drawings at right). Procedure • Ask the students to think about how they might draw other words about the solar system. • Have them try their luck using words such as the following. Constellations Satellite Reflecting Orbit Meteors Solar System Comet Eclipse Galaxy Winter Rotation Summer Mercury Autumn Revolution Spring Jumbled Words At the conclusion or beginning of a group of activities or a unit on a certain subject, duplicate the following scrambled words and/or use other special vocabulary from the unit. See how many words the students can unscramble in a specified time. nselcolatiosnt (constellations) sptlean (planets) nortsaomy (astronomy) etpeolces (telescope) treeom (meteor) mcote (comet) smra (Mars) srats (stars) czodia (zodiac) • B–81 • K–6 <strong>Activities</strong>
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STARLAB Portable Planetarium System
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Note One set of the 13-volume PASS
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Grade Two Grade Three K-6 Activitie
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P J M E V M Neptune N 6" long #50 B
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How to Remember Orion’s Stars Bet
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K-6 Activities • B-24 • on the
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K-6 Activities • B-28 • 24-hour
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