solar+system+proportional+model

=Solar System Proportional Model=

toc Read here about an educational agenda, activity or curriculum that relates to the concept of scale.

=Background=

The construction of a solar system to scale is a popular educational activity and many lesson plans and guides have been published on the subject.

=Criticism=

Generally, a model of the solar system leaves implicit the distortions of space and time inherent in such a compression of meters over so many orders of magnitude.