Planet Placement

We have been learning about the Solar System and have been trying to get an idea of the distances between the planets.  We imagined that the sun was just 5mm big.  First we used our hands and then our bodies to show our estimates of the distances between the first planets and the sun.

We had to move outside for the last planets because the distances were too large for our classroom!

Then we found out the actual distances of the planets from the sun and measured rope to match each one.

 The first four planets we could fit inside with the tip of Mickey's finger doing a brilliant job of being the sun.

  We had to move outside to fit in all the planets and saw how the first planets (on the right) are close together and the last few are REALLY spread out.