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special theme: space
make it: spinning solar system model
acitivity kit:
for range: all ages

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instruction video | make your own spinning solar system model — www.youtube.com/watch?v=MszdEv4fVDs
from: Crafts with Kripa

— gather | your materials —

• glue
• cardboard box
• cardboard circles
• foam piece -or- cardboard
• big straw -or- dowel
• planets: drawn on paper
• jewelry wire: flexible

— step 1 | getting started —

• Take your cardboard box and place it in a position so that the cranks are placed on the open ends.
• Make 2 holes for the dowel to pass through horizontally.
• Make 1 hole on top for the dowel to pass through vertically.
• If you have a big straw you can put it through the top hole.
• The dowel needs to pass through the straw for it turn smoothly.
• If you don’t have a straw you can use paper.

— step 2 | building the crank —

Now let’s build the crank.
1 wheel is passed over the dowel like this: see video
pass another wheel through the horizontal dowel

 

 

https://doodle.kiwico.com/solar-system-project-kit.html