making a model solar system

[UmMusa]

Hi,

My DS10 would love to make a model solar system with foam balls and stuff. How do I go about doing this? Anyone BTDT to give me a quick answer?

 

Are there kits, online instructions, and can he do it mostly on his own?

 

Thanks.

[Occasionally]

We got a kit from Michael's that had styrofoam balls and skewer-like sticks. You paint the balls and use the sticks to connect the planets to the sun. It was a fun an easy activity for DS5. They also had a kit where the planets were already colored. Check a craft store. Otherwise, there are online instructions (I wanted the simplicity of the kit.)

[MissKNG]

We got a kit from Michael's that had styrofoam balls and skewer-like sticks. You paint the balls and use the sticks to connect the planets to the sun. It was a fun an easy activity for DS5. They also had a kit where the planets were already colored. Check a craft store. Otherwise, there are online instructions (I wanted the simplicity of the kit.)

 

We also found one at Walmart like this and made it! Very fun!

[stripe]

There are directions in the back of The Planets in Our Solar System

 

and directions for a styrofoam ball type model here http://www.craftsforkids.com/projects/real_solar_system.htm

 

also http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/astronomy/solarsystemmodel/ and

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/

[LAS in LA]

SOTW2 Activity Guide has instructions to make one which hangs from the ceiling. Not like a mobile, but with each planet attached separately to a piece of posterboard with the orbits drawn on. We're in the middle of this project (started last fall :blush:).