Solar System In Your Pocket

Credit:

NSO

Using a length of till-roll create a scale representation of the Solar System. Great for learning the order of the planets and for showing how they're spaced within the Solar System.

Duration:

15 mins

Age Suitability:

7 to 11

Solar System in your Pocket

You will need a length of till-roll around 30-45cm long.

Write “Sun” at one end of the paper and “Dwarf Planets” at the other end
Fold the paper in half, write “Uranus” on the crease
Re-fold, then fold in half again, write “Saturn” on the 1/4 closest to the Sun, write “Neptune” on the 3/4 fold
Fold from the Sun up to Saturn, write “Jupiter” at this 1/8 crease
Fold from the Sun up to Jupiter, write “Asteroid Belt” at this 1/16 crease
Fold from the Sun up to asteroid belt, write “Mars” at this 1/32 crease
Write the rest of the planets evenly in the remaining space (in this order); Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars