Primary 6 and P6 from P6/7 will be learning about the Solar System this term and particularly the scale, sizes, times and relative motion within it.

For their homework on this subject, they should research facts about on planet, the Sun or any of the dwarf planets and make a fact file including a drawing on their findings. They should also make a poster or a Powerpoint presentation on some of the various space missions that have set out to provide information about the planets over the last 50 years, for example, Venera, Messenger, Cassini-Huygens and the Viking space missions. They could also create models of some of the planets using decorated polystyrene balls available from craft shops.