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The Solar System

Grades 4 - 8

Length: approximately 45 minutes

Format: Pre-recorded with live portion

Price: $3.50 per person

Join two ?dudes? for a somewhat wacky look at our solar system. The show includes recent spacecraft information, and very recent images from current space probes. We look at each planet and make some comparisons between them. A look at currently visible planets is included.

 

 

Click on the Play arrow to listen to a sample of the audio track for this show. (Speakers or headphones are required.)


 

Michigan Curriculum Framework Guidelines

"The Solar System"

Science IV

Motion of objects--Sun, earth, Moon, etc.

Science V.3

Comparison of the atmospheres and weather on the planets. Can humans live "there?"

Science V.4

The solar system, galaxy, and universe. Compare and contrast the Sun, Moon, and Earth. Explain how things move, and learn how we can observe this.

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