{"id":12224,"date":"2015-11-19T15:58:08","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T15:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/StNicholasPrimarySchool\/?p=12224"},"modified":"2015-11-19T15:58:08","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T15:58:08","slug":"solar-system-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/StNicholasPrimarySchool\/2015\/11\/19\/solar-system-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar System"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week p7 have started their \u00a0topic on Space. Already we have learned lots of new information about the Solar System. Calum learned that Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System and it has a greater mass than all the other planets put together. Nikola learned the order of the Planets; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. We also created a rhyme to help us remember the order M<\/strong>y V<\/strong>ery E<\/strong>ager M<\/strong>other J<\/strong>ust S<\/strong>evered U<\/strong>p N<\/strong>atchos. \u00a0Sophie learned that there are two different types of planets; Rocky planets and Gas planets. Rachael learned that Saturn, Uranus and Neptune have rings. Lewis learned that the Sun is a star.<\/p>\n

Primary 7 have also been gaining an awareness of the scale and distance between the planets. To do this we created a scale drawing of the Solar System. During this task we had to use a scale and measure very carefully to ensure our drawing were actuate.<\/p>\n