Activity 1: Solar System Model (30 minutes) Hands-on Activity : Students will create a model of the solar system using Styrofoam balls, paint, and string. Assign each student or group a planet to ...

In 2009, a pair of astronomers at the Paris Observatory announced a startling discovery. After building a detailed computational model of our solar system, they ran thousands of numerical simulations, ...

Lycoming College’s Detwiler Planetarium recently welcomed third grade students from Donald E. Schick Elementary School for their end-of-the-year educational field trip. Led by Lycoming College’s ...

The solar system is incredibly vast, and it is almost impossible to grasp the enormous distances between the planets. To give an idea of the sizes involved, imagine there is a scale model of the ...

the largest 3d model in the western hemisphere, stretching 40 miles along route one, from pluto to the sun. >> it boggles people’s minds when they drive through and they get a full-scale idea of ...