Solar System Project by the Fourth Grade of

Estabrook School, Lexington, MA

Models of some of the planets constructed by the students

Making a paper mache model of a planet
Painting the model of Jupiter
Painting the models of Saturn and Neptune.
Writing down facts about
one of the planets
Typing a sign with facts about a planet.
Conducting research.
Constructing the model of the Sun
The ten foot diameter model of the Sun in the lobby at the Estabrook School.

 

 

Web Site used to show the planets-- http://bang.lanl.gov/solarsys/
(NOTE 11/28/2009 by Estabrook Webmaster DLK: This Los Alamos National Lab's 1998 web site has changed several times since then so this link actually now is to the web archive of what the children used for this project.)

 

Take a look at the NASA Astronomy site for children too-http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov

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This page created by the 4th grade students and maintained by Renee Sack, rsack@sch.ci.lexington.ma.us (NOTE: 11/27/09 Ms Sack has retired from teaching at Estabrook since this project in January 1999 so this email link to her no longer works. The 2009 update notes are by David L. Kaufman, Estabrook Webmaster.)