Space: All About the Planets ... 25 Minutes. Click to preview
For: Years 3 - 7
Format: DVD/VHS
Type: Video
Price: NZ - $67.50, Aus - $67.50, International - Not Available
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All About The Planets asks & answers questions like:
1. What is a solar system?
2. How many planets are there in our solar system?
3. What are some characteristics of the Earth that makes our planet different from others?
4. Besides planets, what other bodies can be found in the solar system?
5. What planet is farthest from the sun?
6. How long do you think it would take to travel to that planet?
The program answers these questions as it illustrates how the Earth and its moon are part of a solar system that contains nine planets. Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are known as the inner planets, which are all rocky and solid. A great distance — not to mention a heavily populated asteroid belt — separates them from the five outer planets. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are gas planets while Pluto, the planet farthest from the sun, is solid. While astronauts have travelled to the Earth’s moon, none have journeyed to the other planets, leaving that task to unmanned space probes and rovers. These high-tech space exploration tools collect data, specimens and photographs, all of which have shown that the other planets in the solar system are very different from Earth.