This interactive website shows the Newtonian model of the
solar system. This site also gives information on each planet as well as the
sun and the moon, with distances, size and characteristics of the surface of
the planet. Discussion about the solar system and how our solar system is one
of many and that there is much about the universe still unknown can be a good
starting point in order to engage the students.
This website can be used in par with student worksheets in order to
build a knowledge base on the solar system and the movement of each planet.
Students can then relate this information to that of the components of the
universe.
PFA – Outcome 4.1: A
student identifies historical examples of how scientific knowledge has changed
people’s understanding of the world.
4.1 The history of science
b) Describe some models and theories that have been
considered in science and then been modified or rejected as a result of
available evidence
Outcome 4.9: A student describes the dynamic structure of
the Earth and its relationship to other parts of our solar system and the
universe.
4.9.1 The Newtonian model of the solar system:
a) Describe qualitatively relative sizes, distances and
movements of components of our solar system
b) Describe relative movements of the planets, moons and sun
c) Explain night and day in terms of the Earth’s rotation
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