Toilet Roll Planets
In this activity learners build a scale model of the solar system using a roll of toilet paper.
Toilet roll planets. Several roles of toilet paper blow up planets. Working to the scale of 1 sheet of toilet roll to 10million km means jupiter would be just over a. Page 24 doing the activity ta ke one sheet of toilet paper as a test sheet for the pens. Make sure the ink is not too wet.
Scale of the solar system d2 a toilet paper solar system scale model. Of the distances in the solar system using a roll of toilet. The planets and not. Make your own solar system.
A toilet roll unused and complete. Mark where each planet will go on the toilet roll. Toilet paper solar system is a high interest kinesthetic group activity in which students create a scalar model of distances in the solar system using a single roll. Roll of toilet paper.
The activity should start with a summary of the planets that make up our solar system and which orbit the sun at the centre. They begin by labeling the first sheet of toilet paper as the sun. The scaled distance to the planets are included in toilet paper solar system worksheet.