Earth Moon and Sun Orbiter

Catalog description

Earth Moon and Sun Orbiter, part number AEP005, is a discontinued product from the 2007–2011 catalog. It was last listed at $164.98, down from a high of $219.99.

Use the Earth and Sun Orbiter to effectively demonstrate daylight night seasons and phases of the moon for a learning experience students will remember. This orbiter is available in a light-up version as well that plugs into a standard wall outlet via a 6-foot cord. With either orbiter the sun earth and moon manually revolve around one another on a gear-driven model.

While the orbiter has been scaled to show relative sizes distances and motions of the earth and moon a true scale is virtually impossible to show with a model of this size. The earth and moon are in true scale at 1-inch per 2000 miles. If the sun were show at the same scale it would be about 36-feet in diameter.

Basic Lessons Are:How the earth's rotation causes day and nightHow the earth's revolution around the sun and the tilt of its axis causes seasonWhy the sun rises in the east and sets in the westWhy there is a midnight sunWhy there are eclipses andAbout American Education Products LLCThe divisions of American Education Products LLC include Scott Resources Hubbard Scientific National Teaching Aids and Ginsberg Scientific. Working together these divisions have been supplying the highest quality classroom materials domestically and internationally for over 40 years. Thanks to their creative in-house product development team they are able to introduce many new products on a yearly basis. The products from American Education Products have helped teachers bring the joy of discovery through hands-on and investigative learning styles to generations of students. They are sincerely proud of their legacy and promise to continue to meet the needs of present and future students as they prepare to become knowledgeable and successful world citizens.

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