Solar System Garden Design Challenge

Design Challenge

Real School Gardens has asked Cannon Elementary to expand their learning garden next year that incorporates a system. Since Mr. Parthemore loves the space science so much, he has persuaded Mrs. Blizzard to create a garden plan that models our Solar System. However, it needs to extend off the school’s current learning garden without looking out of place. You are a top landscaper and have been hired by Cannon to create a garden plan for the yard that models the Solar System. Think of different ways to represent the planets and show their sizes and relative locations.  Just remember to use what you learned in class about the size and location of each planet.

Criteria (Must Haves):

• You will need to include the following: Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Earth’s Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
• Each planet must be represented by a garden item.
• You must have a blueprint template of your garden plan with labels approved by project manager (Mr. Parthemore).
• The representation of each planet in the solar system must be positioned correctly in relation to the Sun.
• Your scale model of our solar system must include distance from the Sun and size of the planets, and include orbits.  
• Each orbital path must be represented by a stone path.

Restraints (Limited to):

• Groups of 3 or 4
• You may only use the materials given to you to design your plan.
• You may only extend the garden to grassy areas or the pavement by the playground with the basketball hoops. (The school has agreed to rip up that pavement area if they need to.)