Toilet Roll Solar System

Make a dot on the seam of the first sheet of toilet paper - this represents the Sun. Write ‘Sun’ somewhere near the dot so that you know what it is!

Using the table of distances given below, mark the distances to each object in the Solar System along the length of the toilet roll. The number in the table is the number of sheets of toilet roll needed to reach that particular object in the Solar System, relative to the Sun. At each distance, mark a dot and name the object alongside the dot until you reach Pluto.

Go outside and carefully unravel the toilet roll. Get a student to stand alongside each planet, so that the distances can be seen more clearly.