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The TOMI wooden solar system board on a light blue background — engraved orbits and asteroid belts above, and labelled pieces for the eight planets and the Moon below
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Solar System Kit

Put the planets in place and discover the secrets of space.

EGP 249

What you will learn

  • The Sun is a star at the centre, and its gravity keeps the planets in their orbits.
  • There are eight planets — Mercury is the closest and Neptune the farthest.
  • Planets come in two kinds — small rocky worlds, and gas or ice giants.
  • A day is one spin of a planet on its axis; a year is one trip around the Sun.
  • The Moon reflects sunlight, and Pluto is a dwarf planet.
Age
10+
Build time
Under 1 hour
Steps
5
Manual included
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In this box you will build your own wooden model of the solar system, then travel through it one stop at a time: the Sun, all eight planets, the Moon, and Pluto, the dwarf planet that no longer counts as one.

Put each planet in its place, from Mercury out to Neptune. Then test yourself: why is Venus hotter than Mercury? Why do we see the Moon shine? And what is the difference between a day and a year?

The Sun pulls each planet towards it, while the planet’s own motion carries it forward. Together they keep it travelling round its orbit instead of falling in.Science concept illustration

The science inside

Held in place by gravity.

The Sun pulls each planet towards it, while the planet’s own motion carries it forward. Together they keep it travelling round its orbit instead of falling in.

  1. 1The Sun pulls
  2. 2The planet moves on
  3. 3An orbit forms

What's in the box

  • Wooden board engraved with the orbits
  • Wooden sheet of pieces — the Sun, the eight planets and the Moon
  • Assembly and experiments manual

Try it yourself

  1. The Moon's face

    Walk a small ball around a chair, keeping the same side facing it the whole way — just as the Moon does with the Earth.

  2. Make an orbit

    Move a ball in a circle around a fixed point that stands for the Sun, and watch the path it traces.

  3. Tilted Uranus

    Spin a ball while holding it slightly tilted, then tilt it more. How does the movement you see change?

  4. The planet race

    Challenge your family — who can name the eight planets in order fastest, without looking?

  5. The space quiz

    Answer the manual's eight questions from memory, then check your answers on the next page.

Safety rules

  • Ask an adult to help press the pieces out of the sheet.
  • Never look directly at the Sun, even briefly, and never through a telescope or binoculars without a safe solar filter.
  • The kit contains small parts, so keep it away from young children.

Some steps need an adult alongside