5/6J were given the challenge of making an Orrery. An orrery is a model with moving parts, often used to describe models of the solar system.

In pairs, students had to create an orrery of the earth, moon and sun and have the celestial bodies orbiting and rotating.

They were given a selection of materials and no instructions!  Take a look at what they came up with!

6 thoughts on “Earth’s Place in Space”

  1. That science was cool!
    I wish I could try to make it too.

    Regards,
    Stephanie 2R

  2. Dear Miss B
    My students are doing orreries this term. If you don’t mind I will show them the images of your children completing an enjoying the activity.

  3. Dear Miss B
    If you don’t mind I would like to share this post with my students as we are doing orreries this term.

  4. No worries, that’s fine to share! I hope your students enjoy the orreries as much as my class did.

    Miss B

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