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2. Somerset Space Walk - Wikipedia

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   The walk begins here: the Sun model at Higher Maunsel Lock. The Somerset Space Walk is a sculpture trail model of the Solar System, located in Somerset, England.The model uses the towpath of the 22-kilometre (14-mile) Bridgwater and Taunton Canal to display a model of the Sun and its planets in their proportionally correct sizes and distances apart.

3. Sagan Planet Walk - Wikipedia

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   The Sagan Planet Walk has inspired the creation of other scale-model Solar Systems in the United States. The Delmar Loop Planet Walk in St. Louis, Missouri: "In 2006, I became aware of the Sagan Planet Walk in Ithaca, NY, and as an amateur astronomy buff, I found the idea of a scale model solar system to be a fascinating concept.

4. Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomy/Solar System task force

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   Reyk (talk · contribs) Asteroids, small moons, history of the solar system, and anything that's not well understood; RSStockdale (talk · contribs) all; Ruslik0 (talk · contribs) Outer planets and satellites. Serendipodous (talk · contribs) Now focusing on the solar system featured topic, though Definition of planet has become an issue yet ...

5. Heliostat - Wikipedia

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   In a solar-thermal power plant, like those of The Solar Project or the PS10 plant in Spain, a wide field of heliostats focuses the Sun's power onto a single collector to heat a medium such as water or molten salt. The medium travels through a heat exchanger to heat water, produce steam, and then generate electricity through a steam turbine.

6. Science fair - Wikipedia

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   A science fair or engineering fair is an event hosted by a school that offers students the opportunity to experience the practices of science and engineering for themselves. In the United States, the Next Generation Science Standards makes experiencing the practices of science and engineering one of the three pillars of science education.

7. Google Science Fair - Wikipedia

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   The 2014 Google Science Fair started accepting entries on February 12, 2014, and the entries closed on May 13, 2014. And the results for the local, regional and Science in Action award nominees were declared. The Grand Prize was won by three girls from Ireland, Ciara Judge (16), Emer Hickey (16) and Sophie Healy-Thow (17). They were the first ...

8. Science project - Wikipedia

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   This student is carrying his science project to school. Display projects involve a creative assembly of a display board and construction of a model to show a visual representation of a larger fact. Making a model of the Solar System, a house, or of a simple electric circuit are considered display projects. Display boards are used to enhance the ...

9. Discovery and exploration of the Solar System - Wikipedia

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   Robotic space probes, the Apollo program landings of humans on the Moon, and space telescopes have vastly increased human knowledge about the atmosphere, geology, and electromagnetic properties of other planets, giving rise to the new field of planetary science. The Solar System is one of many planetary systems in the galaxy.