Seeking the Sun
Main Activity
Project Name: Realizing the Space
Mission: This activity is designed to expand the student's awareness of the vast distance from earth to the sun. Students must determine the diameter of the Earth, and the distance from the earth to the sun. Students then choose an object, such as a penny, to represent the earth's diameter. If a penny represents the earth's diameter, how many pennies, laid side by side, represent the distance from the earth to the sun? Is that distance greater than the main hallway of your school? What other ways can students physically demonstrate this numerical relation?
Alternate Activities
1) Students will record the sun's activity (rising,
setting, if it is cloudy, sunny), and how the sun
affects their mood and activities.
- Learn more about the sun, and its distance from the earth.
- Examine the sun's behavior and how it affects your life.
Main Activity
Project Name: Realizing the Space
Mission: This activity is designed to expand the student's awareness of the vast distance from earth to the sun. Students must determine the diameter of the Earth, and the distance from the earth to the sun. Students then choose an object, such as a penny, to represent the earth's diameter. If a penny represents the earth's diameter, how many pennies, laid side by side, represent the distance from the earth to the sun? Is that distance greater than the main hallway of your school? What other ways can students physically demonstrate this numerical relation?
Alternate Activities
1) Students will record the sun's activity (rising,
setting, if it is cloudy, sunny), and how the sun
affects their mood and activities.
- See the Sea & Sky- The Sun for more information and facts about the sun.
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