what should i do to makemy sis's project on solar system look great ???????

Answer 1

One of the most exciting excercises I ever did as a kid was to make a scale model of the Solar System. Most of the pictures in my books made the distance between planets seem small and easy to travel. Museums were no help either. The models they displayed usually had the sizes of the planets to scale, but the distances between them were a completly different scale, giving the impression of a rather close-knit family.

I made my first scale model on a roll of teletype paper tape (anyone remember that stuff?) On this 1-inch tape, my Sun was the size of the tape - 1 inch in diameter. It all started out well. Mercury was only about 3-1/2 feet from the sun and Earth was almost 9 feet from the Sun. What I didn't bargain for was that Pluto was 354 feet down the tape! I used up almost the entire roll.

I also calculated the sizes that I should make the dots that represented the planets. I found that even the largest planet, Jupiter, should have a spot size smaller than 1/8 inch. The other planets, especially the small rocky inner planets, would be virtually invisible dust spots.

Needless to say, this was an eye-opening experience. This one excercise taught me the real meaning of the word "space." It sure made me feel insignificant looking at the scale of the Solar System - never mind the rest of the universe!

Answer 2

Bareak it into 2 parts. Draw circles to scale to represent the sizes of the planets, for example, Jupiter will have over 10 times the diameter of the earth, so if the earth is one inch in diameter Jupiter will be over 10 inches in diameter. Then for the second part, get a roll of long paper , like adding machine paper, and represent the sizes of the orbits of the planets to scale. You will see the inner planets are relatively close to the sun and then the outer planets are quite far away. You cannot represent the sizes of the planets and their distances to the sun on the same scale because of the great differences.

Answer 3

don't make it look cheap, use clay or paint it don't worry if your not a good painter just try your best. clay would be good because it hardens even though it's kinda heavy. use a wire hanger and make a spiral shape out of it and slide the clay models on it then make sure you have little flash cards to tell about each object in your Lil' sis' project

Answer 4

Go to an art supply store and for a few dollars you can buy foam spheres. Get varying sizes for each respective planet and then form a mobile. Be creative, paint them, use glitter on the sun, etc.

Answer 5

get a big cardboard box and paint the inside of it black.(like the night sky) Then get syrofoam balls and create the planets with them, painting them to look like the actual planets. Hang them from inside the box. put stars in the inside of the box. My dad actually put little bulbs inside each of the strofoam balls and ran power to it to actually make the planets light up. I won first place for this project.

Answer 6

You can make it better by helping her get the best material available. Then don't just give it to her and tell her to make it work, you continue to help her and make it a sibling project.

Answer 7

So something really different, not the old standard with styrofoam balls or rubber balls. How about doing with with a computer, making it animated?

Answer 8

use the beaded foam stuff at Wal-mart it is bright and conforms to anything and make the different planets light up.

Answer 9

How about make your sister do her own project.

Answer 10

And why again are you doing your sis's homework? Will you be getting credit for her grade?