Model of Solar system - building it with my daughter


Model of Solar system
A small model of our solar system

Making this model with my daughter and telling her about the different planets in the solar system, I began to wonder about the beauty of this little solar system. In the visible universe our solar system is merely a tiny spec inside the Milky way galaxy which in turn looks like a spec among a network of hundreds of billions galaxies. Still it took Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, 35 and 40 years respectively to leave the solar system.

There is still much we don't know about our solar system, actually we know very little for sure. But that is the real beauty of it. Not knowing drives everyone to try harder and harder and explore each and every possibility. That is what I wish my daughter will do in her life as well. It is not just about astrophysics or any other particular subject. I would like to plant the seeds of curiosity and critical thinking in her mind. So that she may explore and come to her own conclusions in life.

I don't have to tell anyone about how many planets there are in the solar system and their names as this information is easily available and even little children know that. But simply knowing is not enough. The drive to explore the unknown, that should be the main goal. 

I'm glad to have had this little experience with my daughter and look forward to our future projects too. 



Location: Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan

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