Download Scale Model Planets

Objective - Use models and graphs that accurately depict scale to compare the size and distance between objects in
the Solar System.
Scale Model Planets
Materials
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Construction paper (black, white, blue, red)
White butcher paper (6 feet long)
Yellow butcher paper (5 feet long)
Blue butcher paper (3 feet long)
Green butcher paper (3 feet long)
Meter stick
15 yards of string
Four index cards
Compass
Pencil
Tape
Procedure
1. Make paper scale models of the four smallest planets by drawing a circle according
to the radius sizes and colors of paper indicated on the chart.
Planet
Paper Color
Circle Radius
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Black
White
Blue
Red
½”
1.4”
1.5”
¾”
Objective - Use models and graphs that accurately depict scale to compare the size and distance between objects in
the Solar System.
2. Cut strings a little longer than twice the radius in the table. Tie the two ends
together. Using the loop, draw a circle the radius of the planet on the butcher paper.
Planet
Paper Color
Circle Radius
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
White
Yellow
Green
Blue
33”
28”
12”
11”
3. Glue all the planets on the Jupiter sheet. When completed, it will look something
like the diagram below.
Key
1 – Earth
2 – Venus
3 – Mars
4 - Mercury