While listening to the YouTube video song about the Solar System (pUZ2tfr1bsU), have students check off the solar system targets as they are presented in the song. This list of planets in order is a review of the work done to date in learning about the planets and dwarf planets along the New Horizons route.

Teacher then displays the main path of New Horizons: Earth, past Mars, Jupiter with gravity assist, Pluto-Charon flyby, using visual http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Mission/The-Path-to-Pluto-and-Beyond.php#Mission-Timeline

In groups of three, have students lay the yardstick along the poster board in its longest direction. Using stickers or original artwork, they place 4 targets in relative distance marking the path from Earth to Pluto. Targets include Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Pluto.

Using the following facts, students code the relative speeds along the path using color codes for the ozobot. "What codes/speeds can we use for LAUNCH 1, LAUNCH 2, and SPEED UP AT JUPITER? Students work in groups of three to discuss "If we are using about 26" along the length of our poster, and we are modeling ONLY from Earth to Pluto about how many Astronomical Units (AU) would we assign to each inch?" Facts: Launch January 19, 2006 watch launch video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNJNaIoa5Hk >> LAUNCH 1 Second firing accelerates the spacecraft to 36,400 mph, the highest ever launch velocity of a human-made object >> LAUNCH 2 June 13, 2006 Tiny asteroid challenge (course correction) February 28, 2007 Jupiter gravity assist increases velocity by 9000 mph and shortens the trip to Pluto by 3 years >> SPEED UP AT JUPITER June 2007 - December 2014 Hibernation Pictures of Pluto arrive at Earth April 2015

Students stop working and document their progress in design journals. If time permits, students will photo-document their New Horizons path for later sharing. Students put away supplies and sit quietly for teacher Q & A.