Planet Beads

Students select beads to represent the planets and place them at the appropriate spacing on a string to represent the distances between the planets.

Grades covered: 3 through 8
Curriculum Topics: Solar System, Planets, Scaling, Modeling

Standards

Idea Sheets are cross-referenced to subjects listed in the Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, and California Content Standards.

Categories include:
  • Earth and Space Science
  • Grades 3-5
  • Grades 6-8
  • Science
  • Math
Tags: Solar System, Ratios & Proportions, Measurement & Data
Subjects covered: ["Earth\/Space Science","Math"]