What would planets look like on our skyline?

What about Earth?

If we could see our own planet at a distance equal to how far the moon is away from us....

Ha. Those are great.  Certainly seems like something my students would get a kick out of.  I actually think they work nicely as a good hook into a lesson.  Simply share the images and have students take a guess at what they are supposed to represent. Seems like it could be a fun conversation. Thanks for sharing Donetta.  

These are awesome images Donnetta Elsasser ! I agree with you Todd Nussen ! These would work great as a hook - I plan on saving these images to use for next year. Would work great as a motivation activity before the To Scale: The Solar System video (another one of my favorites). The creators of that video would LOVE these images! 

 Donnetta Elsasser these images are excellent hooks to introduce the solar system on scale as they will help students grasp the real dimension of the planets from Earth's view considering them at the same distance of our moon. I think that I will use them when I introduce how our understanding of the universe changed over time, from a geocentric to a heliocentric model and later in Threshold 4 before the video To Scale: The Solar System and prior to representing the solar system on a football field. Thank you Donneta!

 Laura Massa , When I found these images, I didn't even think of geocentric vs heliocentric. It was all about scale. But you have a great idea to bring it up early, and then again later. That's my favorite kind of learning!

 Thr scale of the solar system is one of my favorites, too, Adriane Musacchio