Video 1: Solar Systems
Recent images of the planets, moons, and small bodies of our solar system introduce your students to the places and processes they will explore throughout the series.
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- "A Family Portrait" introduces the two main categories of planets-terrestrial and gas giants-along with other smaller objects in our solar system.
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"Birth and Evolution of the Solar System" explores the broad expanse of time and space within which our solar system was born and evolved, from the Big Bang to the present.
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"Other Worlds" presents recent evidence of the existence of other solar systems in the universe.
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Through the video and related activities your students will:
- Understand the place of Earth and our solar system in the Universe.
- Distinguish among the relative sizes, surface features, compositions, and motions of the planets, moons, and other small bodies in our solar system.
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