Seventh-Graders measure to infinity and beyond

Seventh-graders in Kristin Suer’s class used proportional math to calculate a smaller sized version of our solar system, and utilized bouncy balls, fishing bobbers, and tennis balls, among other objects, to represent the planets. “We want students to put the information they learn into practice and build to the next step,” science teacher Kristin Suer said. “Along with utilizing knowledge from sixth grade, students are preparing for our next chapter and beginning to ask why jovian planets, like Jupiter and Saturn, need to be farther away from the sun than terrestrial planets, such as earth.”