Solar system

Learning Outcomes

1 know and understand the different celestial bodies

2 know and understand about the solar system

3 they will be able to know about the distance of planets from the sun

 

4 they will know about the size of different planets.

Description Of Activity

Children of different physical sizes will be taken to show the solar system, the eldest child will be made to stand in the middle, 8 circles will be made around it, this circle will show the orbit of the different planet, the circle will show the way of rotation  We will go that no one will intersect each other, a student will be made on the nearest circle, which will revolve on the circle which will show the planet Mercury, with the help of that we will tell that it is the nearest planet to the Sun after that of the second circle.  The second student will be standing above the circle will move round the circle which will show the planet Venus, thus all the planets will have a different circle All the students will move on their respective circle because it will tell that the orbit of all the students is different.  does not go to orbit, the distance of the planets from the sun will be told according to the circle, they will be told about the size of the planets according to the size of the students and it will also be told which planet takes the most time to revolve around the sun .

Variations

Children of different body sizes will be taken according to the size of the different planets, they will be called by the name of the planet itself

Coaching Tips

The students who will be the participants will be given the name of the different planet will be called by the name of the same planet. They will be asked to move around a certain circle. They will be told that no one will leave the line of their circle. Not will go in the line of any other.

Equipment/Material Required

1 A rope to draw a circle

2 lime to draw the circle line