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Sixth graders calculate a light day, light hour, and light minute from the standard of a light year. After establishing the distances, a one meter scale is created to demonstrate the distance between the sun and the planets of our solar system.

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light years, scale, distance

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distance, light year, scale, science
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6th
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Science
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45 mins
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