Week 7

What did you do in lab today?

- went over some 1st-7th grade standards. 

- we created a scale model of the sun, our moon, and four inner planets. It was crazy to see how far away we had to put the planets away even though they were such tiny pieces of play dough. 

What was the big question?

How can we create a scale model of the solar system?

What did you learn in Thursday’s discussion?

https://pressbooks.uiowa.edu/methodsii/chapter/earth/

What did you learn?

- rocky planets are smaller, gaseous planets are larger

- Why isn’t Pluto a planet anymore? It was reclassified as a dwarf planet. It also doesn’t meet the third requirement of “clearing the neighborhood”.

What was most helpful?

Seeing this scale picture really put into perspective of how small Earth really is. Which is so mind blowing to me. 

What do you need more information on?

I don’t really understand the “clearing the neighborhood” requirement that they described. I feel like I need more information or for that to be simplified for me.

What questions, concerns, and/or comments do you have?

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