planets in the universe project for a kid of 5 yrs

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My kid has got a science project in her school her topic is " Planets in the universe( description with pictures in chart) & model of planets". Need your help to get the basic idea of presentation as i am unable to think for a level of 5yrs old kid as she doesn't have basic idea of universe and planets..

Thank you,
Prathyusha.

[theborg]

prathyu,

Welcome to science buddies and thank you for your question. My 4yr old just did similar line of study at school and at the end had a really good understanding of the solar system. He was able to name them all in order and even knew Pluto is a dwarf planet. I suggest getting an age appropriate book on the planets, one with good pictures of each and a basic description of each planet that you and your daughter can read together, then help her draw/color each planet on a piece of paper, roughly scaled to show the size difference, cut them out and make a mobile from wire coat hangers, string, and tape, with the planets in order and the sun at the center. You can find planet coloring pages so that you wouldn't have to draw them. If you don't have time to draw/color each planet, you can print color pictures of each planet and just cut those out to hang on the mobile. But I think she'll get more understanding if she has to think about and draw some of the basic features of each planet.