Solar system scale models

What you need:

• equipment as listed below
• a large area (the school playground is good).

What to do

•  Label the items below with the names of the planets they represent:

•  Place the beach ball (Sun) at one end of the area.

•  Get your students to pace out the following distances from the beach ball.

•  Don't be surprised if you run out of space before you reach Neptune!

•  These objects and distances are not exact but they are reasonably accurate.

•  If you wanted to add the next star in our galaxy you would need another beach ball and it would be in England!