Thursday 7 May 2009

Planets Scaling

Sorry it's a bit late!!!
Last week we worked out how big the diametre of all the planets would be if we scaled them down. We also found out how far they would be from the sun if Pluto was 250 metres from the Sun. To do this, we worked what the scale was from
7,379,000,000 km (approx) from the Sun to 250 metres from the sun. Then, we used this scale to figure out how far all the other planets would be. We did the same with the diametre using the same scale. It was quite hard but once we got used to it, it was not as hard (granted we did get a lot of help from Excel and the teachers! Well some of us did!).

It was another great STEM club.
Can't wait to go to Sainsbury's!!!

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