Dear Parents/Guardians,
Today we had quite the interactive class about the solar system! Our students drew on their prior knowledge in their ratios and proportions math lesson. We created our own proportions and ratios for the 'legend' or 'scale' in our solar system map, and used that scale to create a model of the solar system. We ended up finding out that we cannot use the same scale for both the distances between planets and the size of the planets - it would have either made our scale too far apart or too big!
Once our scales were created, our Science groups made scale-sized versions of all of the planets and we took them out into the hall outside our classroom. With the help of a yardstick, our class went down the hallway, putting the planets up on the wall where they were supposed to be in relation to each other. Our solar system took up the entire hallway! If you have some time to come to the school soon, stop through our hallway and check out our scientists' great work!
Our students do not have any assigned homework tonight, but if they would like to talk about our interactive class today, please ask them questions! Created scales and the math involved can get a little tricky, so please let us know if your student is struggling to grasp the math material from today. We would be more than happy to help any students review how to create and/or how to use ratios and proportions in their work. Any other questions, feel free to post, email, or call us. Have a great evening!
Ms. Opdyke
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