1. A MISSION FOR SIXTH GRADE SCIENCE STUDENTS
INTERSTELLAR
DO NOW: DRAW A PICTURE OF THE PLANETS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM (IN THE CORRECT ORDER)

2. Planets in order

3. OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
One light year = 5,878,499,810,000 miles (5.8 trillion miles)
Measures distance not time***
What is a theory?
An explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiments.

4. CENTERS How Big Is Earth? Clumping Planets Video on the Big Bang
Directions on handout
Clumping Planets
Video on the Big Bang
Answer questions in your notebook
Models of the Solar System
Read pgs and answer all questions that go with it.

5. AFTER CENTERS
Read the my planet diary on pg. 82 and answer the two questions.
Write a list of the planets in order from biggest to smallest.

6. SCALED TO US!
We will line up in height order in the back of the class and decide who would represent which planet if we scaled it down to our heights.

7. EXIT TICKET
Explain how the solar system was created.