- Motorised Solar system and Planetarium
- Two Astronomy discovery projects in one
- Turn your room into a Planetarium
- Projects stars on the walls and ceiling
- Bring the solar system to life with a flick of a switch
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Model Number5237
Number of Puzzle Pieces1
Batteries Required?Yes
Batteries Included?No
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The solar system is a fascinating and amazing place, and children are as enthralled by it as adult are. Children get a better understanding of our solar system with this motorized model that rotates and revolves. Then convert the sun into a planetarium for a closer look at the stars. Requires 4 C batteries, not included. Suitable for children aged six and over. Learning Resources is a leading manufacturer of innovative, hands-on educational materials for classrooms and homes world-wide and as learning toys. For more than 20 years, Learning Resources has been a trusted source for teachers and parents for quality, award-winning educational products.
Product Description
Educational Insights MOTORIZED SOLAR SYSTEM. Launch into space with this spectacular orbiting solar system! The brightly lit sun lights the planets around it and a unique stardome (included) converts any room into a planetarium! Powered by four C batteries (not included) or AC adapter (not included). SMALL PARTS [1]. Not for < 3 yrs. Grades 3+ Ages 8+
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66 of 67 people found the following review helpful
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Having read the universally scathing Amazon reviews of the other planetarium projectors, I tried this one on the shaky grounds that at least nothing bad had yet been written about it. So to redress that balance, here's something bad:
First off, it does try harder than the others as it's both a star projector and a simple orrery, a model of planets rotating in the solar system. As could be seen from the box, it quite reasonably doesn't carry the moons that a better orrery would have. However a basic feature of an orrery is that it should show the inner planets rotating faster than the outer planets. This one doesn't - they all rotate together. Despite the great big box of plastic, there's no gearing in there and you might as well paint the planets onto a flat disk and rotate that.
The star projector is about as bad as the others and looks as if it was designed in the 1970s. It's a clear plastic hemisphere with stars printed in black, illuminated by a torch bulb. That's just not good enough. If it was simply replaced with a black dome and drilled holes, with a bright point-source LED inside, it could give a far better projection image. This is 2010 - LEDs are cheap, commonplace and I can buy a mobile phone for the price of this toy. There's just no excuse to still use torch bulbs.
On the whole, this thing is worthless. Now will someone please make a decent one? I have 50 quid to spend.
Minor points are that (positive) it has a 5V power supply socket, so that a spare phone charge etc. can be used instead of the 4× C cell batteries. On the negative side, the motor is noisy.
First off, it does try harder than the others as it's both a star projector and a simple orrery, a model of planets rotating in the solar system. As could be seen from the box, it quite reasonably doesn't carry the moons that a better orrery would have. However a basic feature of an orrery is that it should show the inner planets rotating faster than the outer planets. This one doesn't - they all rotate together. Despite the great big box of plastic, there's no gearing in there and you might as well paint the planets onto a flat disk and rotate that.
The star projector is about as bad as the others and looks as if it was designed in the 1970s. It's a clear plastic hemisphere with stars printed in black, illuminated by a torch bulb. That's just not good enough. If it was simply replaced with a black dome and drilled holes, with a bright point-source LED inside, it could give a far better projection image. This is 2010 - LEDs are cheap, commonplace and I can buy a mobile phone for the price of this toy. There's just no excuse to still use torch bulbs.
On the whole, this thing is worthless. Now will someone please make a decent one? I have 50 quid to spend.
Minor points are that (positive) it has a 5V power supply socket, so that a spare phone charge etc. can be used instead of the 4× C cell batteries. On the negative side, the motor is noisy.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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my son loves it, he likes planets and finds it interesting on where they are all positioned , it gives you a calender so that you can see where the planets move around on the different dates.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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I was really disappointed with this. Firstly, all the planets orbit at the same speed (the makers obviously are unaware of Kepler's laws) - which means it also reinforces all the misconceptions that this should be used to dispel. Secondly, the "product description" says "...listen to the CD tour of the solar system. Use the remote control to locate planets and make comets and meteors streak through the night sky", but there's no CD or remote.
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My 4 1/2year old son begged for this model. Had my doubts, as the rods & planets are easily removed. We've not broken or lost any bits yet though! Read more
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GREAT !
The only FAIL. Is that the planets rotate on the same speed .but the rest, is wonderful, I recommend .
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