The Sun, Earth and The Moon Orbiter Model provides students with a visual representation of how the moon and earth sit in orbit to the sun. This model can inspire students doing further research about day and night, seasons, sunsets and sunrises, and eclipses. This is a great accompaniment to a science class or as a decorative feature in your classroom.

Additional resources

This model comes with a teacher’s activity guide so that students and teachers alike can understand and learn more about the orbiter.

Useful labels

This model has the months and seasons labelled at its base so that students can see how seasons function in orbit. The model of earth also has accurate country labels. The Sun, Earth and The Moon Orbiter Model can be used during class lessons as a demonstrational tool about earth and space science. The earth can be manually moved to show its rotation around the sun, and the moon can be moved to show its rotation around the earth. The sun has LED inside which demonstrates the effect that sunlight has on the earth and moon. 

For younger students, this can be used to learn how seasons are affected by the earth’s orbit, whilst older students may use this as a reference for more advanced study of astronomy and gravity.

In full, this product contains:

• 1x The Sun, Earth, and The Moon Orbiter Model

Additional information:

• Requires 2x AA batteries (not included)
• The diameter of the sun is 150mm, the earth is 102mm and the moon is 25mm
• Model measures 410 x 300mm tall