Why does the sun look so small?

Today we did an activity in science class to explain how the sun can be SOOOOOO bit, but look so small!  We learned that when things are farther away, they look smaller than they really are.  We measured a paper plate to see how wide it was, then measured  it again when our partner took it five steps farther away.  Lo and behold, it measured as smaller!  Here are some pictures in a slideshow that the students help make showing what we did today.

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