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My cosmic address nesting map

15 minutes · Paper · Pencil

Your investigation

  1. Draw four nested boxes labeled Earth, Solar System, Milky Way, and observable universe, with Earth in the smallest.
  2. Place the Moon near Earth in the Solar System box, and the Sun elsewhere in that box.
  3. Add another star and an imaginary planetary system in the Milky Way box.
  4. Write “these boxes show membership, not scale or exact boundaries.”

Think, draw, explain

Which is larger: Solar System or Milky Way?

Should every star be placed inside our Solar System box?

Compare your explanation with the grown-up answer guide after you have tried.