Science Can Solar System Planetary Projector Review

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The model features the sun, with all eight planets that can be manually rotated around it.

The base has a built-in speaker, and by pressing a touch-sensitive button relating to one of the planets, you'll get to hear a short educational blurb about the planet in question.

The projector here is essentially an added bonus, but it's a nice touch. The sun, in the center of the model, also doubles as a projector.

Three image disks are included, each featuring eight images, allowing you quick and easy access to 24 different images. You can see scientific projections of each of the planets, along with a range of other space-themed imagery, such as rockets, astronauts, rovers, asteroids and more.

With a dark purple base and a series of bright, colorful planets, the Science Can Solar System Planetarium Projector looks fantastic.

It's bound to catch the eye of any youngster with an interest in space ⁘ particularly once the included stickers have been applied to the base.

Unless you pick the model up and hold it sideways, you can only project on the ceiling, which, given the type of images, isn't the best. They'd likely be better on a wall, allowing kids to easily examine the planets and space-themed images. The model is certainly light enough to be picked up and held at an angle ⁘ our concern is that it's perhaps a little too light and flimsy.

We're not sure how many times it would withstand being knocked or dropped. Make sure your kids use this one with care, then.

The plants can be rotated by hand, with each one fixed to the base by a plastic branch. The planets are appropriately sized and distanced from the sun to give a true representation of the solar system, which we love.

The Science Can Solar System Planetarium Projector has a 3+ age rating, but we think this would be great for kids all the way through elementary school.