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href="https://benjaminfranklinhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Week-13.jpg" title="Live Science Class for Kids: Ben Franklin and the Solar System"><img width="845" height="321" src="https://benjaminfranklinhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Week-13-845x321.jpg" class="attachment-entry_with_sidebar size-entry_with_sidebar wp-post-image" alt="Diagram of the orbits of planets in the solar system" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" /></a></div></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text" ><p>Join our series of weekly virtual classes to learn how Ben Franklin’s inventions and scientific discoveries illuminate the national curriculum! You can recreate all the featured science demonstrations at home using household materials.</p> <p><strong> </strong>In 1769, Venus could be seen passing across the Sun from Earth. Scientists in Philadelphia carefully tracked its journey and used this to measure the distance between the Sun and the Earth. Ben Franklin wrote about their findings and this helped American to enter the global scientific community. Learn more about the transit of Venus as well as the other planets before creating your own model solar system!</p> <p><strong>Materials: </strong>black paper, tin foil, acrylic/ poster paints, paintbrush, PVA glue</p> <p><strong>Links to the Science Curriculum:</strong></p> <p>KS2: Earth and Space (Y5)</p> <p>KS3: Space Physics</p> <p><strong>Most Suitable for KS2 and KS3 (US Grades 2-8) but all ages welcome!</strong></p> <p>If you have any questions, please contact <a href="mailto:education@benjaminfranklinhouse.org">education@benjaminfranklinhouse.org</a></p> <p><strong>Our Solar System:</strong></p> <p><img decoding="async" class="wp-image-3975 aligncenter" src="https://benjaminfranklinhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Solar-System-300x177.png" alt="" width="456" height="269" srcset="https://benjaminfranklinhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Solar-System-300x177.png 300w, https://benjaminfranklinhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Solar-System-768x453.png 768w, 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