Build A Solar System Exploratorium
The exploratorium s observatory the nine planets.
Build a solar system exploratorium. Nssdc solar system page. Photo credits 1997 ron hipschman. You should check your toilet paper for length. Students create a scale model of planetary distances in the solar system.
Build solar house kmart step world sustainable energy build solar powered house. Most of the pictures in my books made the distance between planets seem small and easy to travel. Two triangular shipping tubes taped together make a good solar viewer. Ask questions question answers and understand your world.
You should check your toilet paper for length. Exploratorium has put together a handy calculator that lets you see exactly just how old you would be on the other planets in our solar system image. A standard roll of toilet paper has about 450 sheets that are about 4 375 inches long hence the roll is about 164 feet long. One of the most exciting excercises i ever did as a kid was to make a scale model of the solar system.
A standard roll of toilet paper has about 450 sheets that are about 4 375 inches long hence the roll is about 164 feet long. If you build your solar system on a roll of toilet paper you can make the sun about 4 inches 10 mm across and still fit the entire solar system on the roll. Views of the solar system. Step into the world of sustainable energy and build your very own solar powered house.
Build a solar blog diy. It is a good way to demonstrate the vast distances among the outer planets and to apply math skills in proportion. The exploratorium is more than a museum. Nasa jet propulsion laboratory pasadena california.
Find or make a long box or tube. Explore ouryabo app for learning at home. If you build your solar system on a roll of toilet paper you can make the sun about 4 inches 10 mm across and still fit the entire solar system on the roll. Getty images news views and top stories in.
The exploratorium creates joyful learning experiences online and off trains teachers and collaborates with partners worldwide. Located at pier 15 on san francisco bay the exploratorium is en route to becoming one of the first and largest zero net energy museums in the world. With 330 000 square feet of indoor and outdoor space the award winning waterfront museum is itself a dynamic exhibit and living experiment in green building and sustainability. Solar system scale after activity d 5 in solar project astro resource notebook grades.
Astronomy picture of the day. Museums were no help either. Build a solar system. Sizes and distances in the solar.
1611 x 1628 jpeg 461kb file carport gewölbt jpg wikimedia commons. If you can t find a long tube you can tape together two or more shorter ones.