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Sixth-grade science students explore solar system

A cosmic walkabout through the solar system delivered experiential lessons to Tallulah Falls School sixth-grade science students.

Teacher Hannah Satterfield led field trips to the upper school campus for all science classes on Nov. 12, culminating in a study of the universe.

Students used a Planet Walk Bingo game to learn more about the solar system, Satterfield said. 

“They were required to conduct research on different characteristics of their assigned planet such as distance from the sun, size, composition, orbital period and surface features,” Satterfield said. “In addition, students created a scale model replica based on their planet. This was a great project used for students to analyze and interpret data to compare and contrast objects in our solar system.”

The school has a scale model of the solar system, researched and installed by astronomy students from the 2005-06 academic year.

According to teacher Linda Harris who led the project, the 3,680,000,000 miles that Pluto is from the sun have been condensed down to a mere .4 miles on the TFS campus.