Design Brief Project

The Professor
Needs Help!
Year 5
Introduction
The Sun, Earth and Moon all belong to the Solar System, which
includes all the space objects that are in orbit around the Sun.
Planets are kept to their orbits around the Sun by the force of Evaluating
gravity between them and the Sun. The further a planet is from
the Sun, the longer it takes to go once around the Sun (its year). This is what Professor Brown will be looking for when you give him back his model.

Design Does your design Are the planets in Is the sun in the Is the appropriate
Evaluation: show each the correct order? correct place? plastic ball used
Brief
planets orbit? to represent each
Professor Emmet Brown’s Solar System model was knocked planet?
over during the night before a very important presentation today
for his University students. He doesn’t have time to rebuild the
model before the presentation, so he asks his assistant (you) to Resources You Are Provided: Model Specifications
rebuild his model. It is your job to help Professor Brown by
remaking his model! On the floor where the model has broken, you Your model must:
find the following resources:
o Be able to fit on a 1mx2m desk.
Generating Designs  A 1mx1m piece of black fabric o Be accompanied by the notes you
Before the Professor leaves, he tells you quickly some features  String have wrote some facts about the
he wants in his solar system:  Various sized plastic balls solar system on.
 Small rocks o Address as many of the design
 All parts must be labelled.  Glue areas as possible specified by
 The sun  Crayons Professor Brown.
 At least 6 planets  Textas
 An outline of each planets orbit  Sticky Labels
 The Earth’s moon  Scissors
 The asteroid belt
Final Product: