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Interplanetary Distance and Travel Time

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Students are introduced to the challenges involved in understanding the space travel distances and the time involved to do so through the use of an interactive fable. The modeling and comparisons deal with specific distances at different speeds.

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fables, space travel, the solar system

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astronomical distances, fable, mach numbers, solar system, space travel, science
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Grade
5th - 9th
Subjects
Science
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For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
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Inquiry-Based Learning
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