Making an Orrery

For our design and make science task, students in 5/6J had to make an orrery, a model with moving parts. The challenge was to get the earth to revolve and rotate around the sun while the moon rotated around the earth. Challenging? You bet!

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Earth’s Place in Space

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…

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