Explore the Solar System, learning about the weather and conditions on each one.
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Mars Diary
Activity 2.1
This exercise helps students to comprehend the scale of the solar system and the huge distances involved in travel in space. It gives students a chance to take an overview of the solar system as a whole while also learning about how orbits affect the distances between individual planets. It also introduces students to Astronomical Units (AU).
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Ancient Astronomy
Examine an ancient diagram of the Solar System to discover what we’ve learnt over time.
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