The Photographic Card Deck of The Solar System: 158 Cards Featuring Stories, Scientific Data, and Big Beautiful Photographs of the Planets, Moons, and Other Heavenly Bodies that Orbit Our Sun

If you were thrilled by Theodore Gray's Photographic Deck of the Elements, don't just automatically get this box. The elements deck is wonderful for building the periodic table (in its many manifestations). But this deck is practically useless in the classroom. Because the cards aren't numbered, they can't be used by children independently.It is handy if you are doing some kind of lesson where you need illustrations of the planets, especially if you are out on the playground showing the distance between them to scale. But I ended up sorting my deck into lots of tiny little boxes, one for each planet, so that I could actually find the cards I needed when I was teaching them. What a waste of time. It would have taken them no time at all to number the cards...

This is perfect for my son who loves space but is constantly on the go so books aren't always the best option. He can take one out, look at it, talk about it and get back to what he was doing which was exactly the idea. I left off a star because the cards are already completely and hopelessly out of order because they're not numbered! In fact, that was one of the first things my son mentioned after he opened it on Christmas. At least each card is mostly self-contained.

Received the card deck today. It is not as I was imagining it to be.I anyway love it. Serves the purpose of feeding my hungry brain. Good Quality cards and amazing pictures. Would love to have the card deck for the elements too.It would be best if each card had a card no. on it. Would be easier to pick random cards, read and put them back in the sequence.It's always nice to look at the pictures you wish to order.That way you know what to expect :) Attaching few of them.

I do agree with the other reviewers though that numbering the cards would be useful, as it is pretty much a book the way it is designed, but in card format (so very useful if your intent is to customise it to student's current level of interest, attention span...etc!).I am drawn to number it myself.

Wow what a fascinating set of facts and pictures which are beautiful. Wish the box was not so tight and it was easier to get the cards back in order. Took a long time to come. Worth the wait.

Very sturdy cards with a ton of information on them. Both front and back of cards are used. Liked that the box/holder is sturdy as well.

I gave as a gift and my daughter is homeschooling our grandson and it is one of the best teaching aides she has had in the past 10 years. She continues to thank me for it each time I see her.

A very good way to learn about the Solar System. I am very pleased with purchase.

The cards are very thin. Small print and too much information like pages of a book. Not suitable for young children.

My 6 year old loves this. It's has lots of cards but the first thing she did was take the planets, dwarf planets and Moons in our Solar system. Great photos and information on all cards. She loves Space and this should keep her going for a while!

Bought it for my 4 yr old who loves planets. Lots of information in this set of cards, they only thing is the font is very small.

Excellent and easy way to read about specific planets. Also handy sized cards to take out when going on a nighttime stargazing trip.

I bought these cards for my 10 year old grand son and he just loves them. Very good quality and study box.