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When asked simple questions such as “How big is the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun?”, we can easily provide numerical answers: the Earth has a diameter of about 12,000 km, the Moon about 3,400 km, and the Sun about 696,000 km. However, for most of the public, these numbers remain difficult to understand, especially for those without a strong sense of scale.
To promote astronomy education, the Estuary Planetarium team developed a hands-on outreach program based on a model of the Solar System scaled down by a factor of 1:3 billion. In our activities, participants can not only construct the scale size of our Solar system but also learn the characteristics of each plant through painting. In this presentation, we will share our design approach, teaching experience, and practical tools for improving public understanding of astronomy.
| Participate the oral/poster presentation award competition | No |
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