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This activity from
T
N A explains how
NASA
to o use beads and string
to o make a model that
sh
hows the relative
shows
di
istances between the
distances
sun
su
un and planets in our
solar
so
olar system.
system For the
fu
ull directions go to:
full
jp
pl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/
jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/
a activity/solar-system-
ctivity/solar -system-
b bead-activity/
ead-activity/
You don’t have to leave town to explore space this summer. You can
blast off for fun all summer long as Kid Scoop takes readers on a trip
through the Solar System with our mascot, Woodword!
Mercury
P Pluto
lut o
Sun
Earth
Moon
Uranus
Neptune
Mars
Venus
Jupiter
Jupit
er
S Saturn
a
One way to remembe
remember
er the order of the planets in
i our solar system
is to make up a sente
ence with each word startin
ng with the first
sentence
starting
starting
letter of a planet, star
rting with the one closest to o the sun. This
example worked whe
en Pluto was still considere
ed a planet:
when
considered
Our Sol
Solar
lar System formed in
M
W
a ay galaxy about
the Milky
Way
4.6 billion years ago.
Th
he sun is at the center
The
of the solar system. Eight
plan nets and their natural
planets
satellites
satel
t l lites
lit which
hi h i include
l d
Earth’ s moon, dwarf planets,
Earth’s
me eteoroids orbit or revolve
asteroids, comets and meteoroids
around the sun because of its gravitational pull.
Can you make up a new
n sentence without a word
wo rd starting with P?
S
tart your scale model
Start
by y cutting a 5.0 meter
pi
iece of string and
piece
tying
ty
ying the largest
lar gest “sun”
bead
be
ead to one end using g
a double knot.
Using the distances in
U
centimeters,
ce
entimeters, measure
the
th
he distance from the
su
un on the string to
sun
each
ea
ach planet.
Tie
T
ie a colored bead in
place
pl
lace for each planet
u using
sing
i a double
d bl knot.
k
N
Note:
The bead
colors
co
olors are
ar e rough
r ough
o
approximations
ap
ppr oximations of the
colors
co
olors of the planets
and
an
nd the sun. However,
Howeverr ,
you
yo
ou can use whatever
color
co
olor of beads you
have
ha
ave handy.
handy .
S Sun
un
0 cm
Y Yellow
e ello w
M
er cur y
Mercury
4 cm
S Solid
olid R Red
ed
There are billions of other r solar systems in our galaxy
and there are billions of f galaxies in the Universe.
Spac e junk is
Space
i a major pr
problem.
oblem. S Some
ome of f it is v very
er y lar
large,
ge , such as bur
burnt-out
n t - out r rocket
ocket stages
stages, ,
spac
p ec r af t , and a f few
ew t tools
ools lost dur
r ing
g spac
p ew alks . W
or k ing
g satellites
sa t ellit es can cr
ash in
t o
dead spacecraft,
during
spacewalks.
Working
crash
into
the spac
unk , cr
ea ting mor
nk . S Sometimes
ometimes spac
lls back t to
o the Ear
th.
space e ju
junk,
creating
more e spac
space e jun
junk.
space e junk fa
falls
Earth.
Venus
V
enus
7 cm
Cream
C
r eam
Earth
E Ear
th
1 10 0 cm
C
Clear
Blue
Our solar system has 8 planets.
p
(Pluto is now consid
considered
dered a dwarf planet.)
Scientists continue to stu
udy our fellow planets, even n though they are far,
far , far away.
awa ay .
study
Do the math to fi
find ou
ut how long i it would take to o get fr
f from
r om
o Earth to each
out
system.
planet in ourr solarr syst
tem.
Mars
M
ars
1 15 5 cm
C
Clear
R Red
ed
Number
N
u m b e r G
Game
a me
Each player n needs a page from
the sports s section. In one
minute, each player circles as
many numb
bers as they can.
numbers
Who can circle
circl le the most? Who
can circle th
he most over 50?
the
numb bers add up to the
Whose numbers
largest
lar
gest sum? Whose numbers
add up to th
he lowest sum?
the
NOTE: This is not an easy
ea asy question
to answer
answer. . The length of f time depends
upon many dif
ff ferent factors,
fac ctors, including
different
the spacecraft used and the location
of each planet in its orbit.
orbi it. The time
approximated
periods here are approxi
imated and
spacecraft
refer to the previous spa
acecraft that
flew to or near each plan
planet.
net
net.
Standards Link: Lan
Language
nguage Arts: Follow simple
written
n directions.
directions
If you wanted to approx
approximate
ximate the size differences
difff ferences of f the planets in
c ould use these foods to do it.
it . Unscramble
our solar system, you could
the letters below each h food to reveal which planet
plane et is which.
lemon
grape
g
r ape
pea
CURRYEM
CURR Y EM
SUNRUA
SUNRU
A
pumpkin
p
pu
umpk
p in
SEVUN
SE
VUN
ca
cantaloupe
an taloupe
cherry
cher r y
PIT
TRUJE
PITRUJE
THERA
THER
A
NUR
N
A T S
NURATS
blueber
r y
blueberry
plum
SRM
A
SRMA
PE
TENUN
PETENUN
Standards Link: Reading
g Comprehension: Follow simple written
n directions.
SP
SPACECRAFT
P ACE
A ECRAFT
MERC
UR
R Y
MERCURY
NEPTU
UNE
NEPTUNE
SYSTE
EM
SYSTEM
URAN
US
URANUS
SA
A TUR
T RN
SATURN
PLANET
PLANE
ET
VENUS
S
EARTH
EAR
R TH
T H
ORBIT
T
SPACE
SP
P ACE
A E
PLUT
O
PLUTO
SOLAR
R
JUNK
MARS
Jupiter
Ju
upit er
5 52 2 cm
O
Or
ange
Orange
S Saturn
a tur n
9 cm
96
C
Clear
G
old
Gold
Ur
U
anus
Uranus
1 192
92 cm
D
Dar
Dark k Blue
Neptune
N
3 300
00 cm
L Light
igh t Blue
A R K U V O E S O Y
A A E N R N R G E O
F L C D U A I B S C
P O A T M J N O I O
L S P V V E N U S T
A E S N R U T A S U
N H T R A E E S R L
E Y M E R C U R Y P
T F A R C E C A P S
This week’
week’s s word:
APPROXIMATE
APPROXIMA
A TE
T
The verb approximate
T
appr oximatee means
t come close to something in
to
quality, , size or nature.
quality
The astronaut had to
appr oximate
i t the
h distance
di
approximate
to the planet.
Try
T
r ry to use the word
appr oximate in a sentence
approximate
today when talking with
your friends and family
family. .
Package from E
Earth
Pretend you are sending a package into
space that, if life on othe
er planets exists,
other
Earth.
will tell about life on Ear
rth. Find newspaper
pictures and articles that you would put into
Tell
you
the package. T
ell
e why yo
ou selected each.
Standards Link: Research: Use the ne
newspaper
ewspaper to locate information.
Tell other kids about a book
you think they should read
this summer. Have fun
describing the details but
don’t give away the ending!