The space theme continues and so for our next Make and Do the boys decided they wanted to make some planets. We made a model of the Solar System with the planets orbiting the sun.
Materials:
10 styrofoam balls (1 very big for the Sun, 2 large for Jupiter and Saturn, 4 medium for Uranus, Neptune, Venus and Earth, 3 small for Pluto, Mars and Mercury),
a small hoop,
little picture hooks,
wire/fishing line,
a small piece of cardboard to make Saturn's ring and paint.
Creating the Solar System:
Our first task was to make Saturn's ring. We traced two circles onto cardboard, using the styrofoam ball to measure the inner circle. Cut the inside of the smaller circle out, making a donut. We then pushed the ball into the hole to make Saturn:
Thepirates astronauts were then set to work painting the planets. The Captain now has as an extensive collection of space books so we loosely based our colour choices on how the planets were depicted in the books:
I helped out with painting Earth:
We stuck tiny framing hooks straight into the top of each planet for hanging:
And then used framing wire (fishing line would have been better in retrospect though) to hang the planets. I cut 10 roughly equal lengths for each planet:
I strung two pieces of framing wire to make a cross in the centre of the hoop. From the centre of the cross we then hung the sun:
On the criss-crossed bits of wire we then hung Mercury (closest to the sun), Venus (second planet from the sun), Earth (third planet) and Mars (fourth planet). On the hoop itself we hung Saturn (sixth planet), Uranus (seventh planet) Neptune (eighth planet) and Pluto (furthest from the sun and also the smallest).
The mysterious 11th planet that you might be able to see hanging there is actually the moon, the astronauts insisted that it be included:
Materials:
10 styrofoam balls (1 very big for the Sun, 2 large for Jupiter and Saturn, 4 medium for Uranus, Neptune, Venus and Earth, 3 small for Pluto, Mars and Mercury),
a small hoop,
little picture hooks,
wire/fishing line,
a small piece of cardboard to make Saturn's ring and paint.
Creating the Solar System:
Our first task was to make Saturn's ring. We traced two circles onto cardboard, using the styrofoam ball to measure the inner circle. Cut the inside of the smaller circle out, making a donut. We then pushed the ball into the hole to make Saturn:
The
I helped out with painting Earth:
We stuck tiny framing hooks straight into the top of each planet for hanging:
And then used framing wire (fishing line would have been better in retrospect though) to hang the planets. I cut 10 roughly equal lengths for each planet:
I strung two pieces of framing wire to make a cross in the centre of the hoop. From the centre of the cross we then hung the sun:
On the criss-crossed bits of wire we then hung Mercury (closest to the sun), Venus (second planet from the sun), Earth (third planet) and Mars (fourth planet). On the hoop itself we hung Saturn (sixth planet), Uranus (seventh planet) Neptune (eighth planet) and Pluto (furthest from the sun and also the smallest).
The mysterious 11th planet that you might be able to see hanging there is actually the moon, the astronauts insisted that it be included:
2 comments:
wow ... i love this project. how exciting to fall asleep and wake up looking at that wonderful creation.
Thanks Sarah, I agree. Completely inspiring. Well done Emma and the Pirates!
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