Earth and Space: Our Solar System · Earth & Space
The Scale of the Solar System
Investigating the relative sizes and distances of planets and other space objects.
Key Questions
- 1How can we represent the vastness of space using a understandable model?
- 2Why are the inner planets so different in composition from the outer planets?
- 3What determines the strength of gravity on different celestial bodies?
Ontario Curriculum Expectations
ON: Space - Grade 6
Grade: Grade 6
Subject: Science
Unit: Earth and Space: Our Solar System
Period: Earth & Space
Suggested Methodologies
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