Astronomy Planets Size and Scale 4 Labs Middle School Science

Description
Are you teaching your students the planet’s size, density, and tO distance from the sun? This interesting hands-on project will motivate your students to learn and apply math concepts to science.

This product contains

1. Directed Reading

2. 2 Mini Labs

3. Lab A Compare the size of planets to the size of certain objects in the real world

4. Lab B Pennies and Coke Cans (One of my all-time favorite activities)

5. Walking to the Rocky Planets (Get your students outside, active, and review math skills)

MATERIALS

Permanent marker

11 clean empty 12-ounce (340g) aluminum soda cans

Masking tape or duct tape

1,100 pennies ($11 in pennies coins

1 Full, unopened can of the same liquid

Permanent marker

11 clean empty 12-ounce (340g) aluminum soda cans

Masking tape or duct tape

1,100 pennies ($11 in pennies coins

1 Full, unopened can of the same liquid

1-meter stick

1 yogurt cup

1 large nail

1 small nail

Total Pages
15 pages