The Universe is HONKING big and what is that planet about? FRIDAY

Watch the video on the projector.



Today, your teacher should pass out the powerpoint for the second unit.
You should each pick a piece of the solar system and try to find out five facts about it using either http://www.nineplanets.org or that henious website, Wikipedia. Post these on your blog, along with a relevant (not just the first one you find) video or photo, or set of photos.. I think there are enough pieces that no one should have to duplicate.
The Moon
Comets
Sun
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Asteroid belt
Ceres
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Kuiper belt
Eris
Oort cloud

When you get done, you and a partner need to go to Exploratorium
Pick a diameter for the sun that is somewhere between 1 and 1000 mm. After you do this, assume that I put this sun right in the media center. Where would each of the planets be on the WD campus? (Hint: if you try to print the worksheet, it will NOT work. You need to make a table that lists the planet, the distance to the nearest foot, and the location in the school where you think the planet will be. Hand this into your teacher)


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