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Dry Ice Comet
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In this activity, dry ice and other items are used to construct a demonstration model of a comet that illustrates the comet nucleus, coma, and tails.
Morning Star and Evening Star
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This demonstration activity models how Venus appears from Earth.
Transit Tracks
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In this space science activity, learners explore transits and the conditions when a transit may be seen.
Light of the Moon
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Learners model the Sun-Earth-Moon system to show what causes the Moon's appearance to change when viewed from the Earth.
The Thousand-Yard Model
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This is a classic exercise for visualizing the scale of the Solar System.
Eclipse: How can the little Moon hide the giant Sun?
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In this activity, learners explore how distance can affect the way we perceive the size of an object.