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Pbs Learning Media: Scaled Images of the Solar System PPTPbs Learning Media: Scaled Images of the Solar System PPT
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6th - 8th
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Pbs Learning Media: Scaled Images of the Solar System

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Use the following lithographs to envision the scale of our solar system. View different models of planets at different scales, an infographic about the relative sizes of the planets and distance from the sun, and images of the largest moons and smallest planets on the same scale.

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planets

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planetary orbits, size of planets, solar system

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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