The solar system is immensely vast. It is difficult for us to comprehend just how big some of the planets and distances are. With this activity, students will work in groups to create their own scale model of the solar system. They will learn about the planet sizes and distances, make a model and then answer questions about what they learned. Now, to be fair, if you made an actual 100% to-scale model of the solar system, you would need about 7 miles of empty space to make a solar system with the