Solar System

 Solar System

Aim:

To make a realistic solar system.

Research:

The solar system is what makes our world go round. It consists of earth and many other planets. The sun is actually a star and we orbit around it. The solar system is the gravitational bound system of the sun and the objects that orbit it. Either directly or indirectly. Of the objects that orbit the sun directly, the largest are the eight planets with the remainder being smaller objects. 

Equipment: 

Cardboard

Paints

String

Balloons

Ping pong balls 

Paper Mache

Method:

• Use cardboard as a structure.

• Paint background black with stars.

• Make the planets using ping pong balls, balloons and paper mache. 

• Paint them. 

• Hang them up on the structure using string. 

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Sun	1	Yellow, Orange
Jupiter	2	Orange-yellow, blue rays
Saturn	3	Yellow, brown, beige
Uranus	4	Blue, gray
Neptune	5	Blue
Earth	6	Green, blue, white
Venus	7	Yellow, orange

Mars	8	Rusty Red/brown
Mercury	9	Grey