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A MISSION FOR SIXTH GRADE SCIENCE STUDENTS. INTERSTELLAR. DO NOW: DRAW A PICTURE OF THE PLANETS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM (IN THE CORRECT ORDER). Planets in order. OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. One light year = 5,878,499,810,000 miles (5.8 trillion miles) Measures distance not time*** What is a theory?
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A MISSION FOR SIXTH GRADE SCIENCE STUDENTS INTERSTELLAR DO NOW: DRAW A PICTURE OF THE PLANETS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM (IN THE CORRECT ORDER)
OUR SOLAR SYSTEM • One light year = 5,878,499,810,000 miles (5.8 trillion miles) • Measures distance not time*** • What is a theory? • An explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiments.
CENTERS • How Big Is Earth? • Directions on handout • Clumping Planets • Directions on handout • Video on the Big Bang • Answer questions in your notebook • Models of the Solar System • Read pgs. 79-81 and answer all questions that go with it.
AFTER CENTERS • Read the my planet diary on pg. 82 and answer the two questions. • Write a list of the planets in order from biggest to smallest.
SCALED TO US! • We will line up in height order in the back of the class and decide who would represent which planet if we scaled it down to our heights.
EXIT TICKET • Explain how the solar system was created.