Materials: 
-1 Poster board per group
-Glitter glue sticks
-Glue sticks
-Construction Paper
-Template (see below)
Directions: 
 Before Class/Planning: 24 hours ahead
1. Cut out planet and sun shapes, being careful to keep them to scale. Template here
2. Pre-package planets and suns together in zippered bags for each group. 
3. Make a model poster to show your students (blue poster in picture).
4. Allow your masterpiece to dry for 24 hours.
  During Class: 
1. Divide students into groups by table number, alphabetic order, etc. 
2. Show students your poster and explain your directions for the project. Keep it visible as they complete their work, so it can serve as a model for their posters.
3. Distribute materials to each group.
4. Have students glue down the sun, then trace elliptical orbits around the sun.
5. Have students glue down their planets, one at a time, in order. Make sure to ask students to identify the planets as they work.
6. Trace orbitals with glitter glue and then allow students to decorate planets if they wish.
7. Label posters with group names and allow to dry.
8. Publish! Get that art out in the hallway and display with the corresponding standard - Georgia Performance Standard S4E2. Students will model the position and motion of the earth in the solar system and will explain the role of relative position and motion in determining sequence of the phases of the moon. d. Demonstrate the relative size and order from the sun of the planets in the solar system.