Gas Giants Weather: Crash Course Kids #43.2

Gas Giants Weather: Crash Course Kids #43.2 with tags science, kids science, space, astronomy, planets, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune, atmosphere, crash course, crash course kids

Last time, we learned that there is in fact weather on other planets. But those were the rocky planets, like Earth. What about the big gas giants? What's the weather like there? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina takes us on a virtual tour of the gas giants and shows us what kind of weather we can expect.

///Standards Used in This Video///

5-ESS2-1. Develop a model using an example to describe ways the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact. [Clarification Statement: Examples could include the influence of the ocean on ecosystems, landform shape, and climate; the influence of the atmosphere on landforms and ecosystems through weather and climate; and the influence of mountain ranges on winds and clouds in the atmosphere. The geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere are each a system.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment is limited to the interactions of two systems at a time.]

Image Credits

NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

NASA/JPL-Caltech

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NASA / ESA / A. Simon, Goddard Space Flight Center

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Credits...

Producer & Editor: Nicholas Jenkins

Cinematographer & Director: Michael Aranda

Host: Sabrina Cruz

Script Supervisor: Mickie Halpern

Writer: Jen Szymanski

Executive Producers: John & Hank Green

Consultant: Shelby Alinsky

Script Editor: Blake de Pastino

Thought Cafe Team:

Stephanie Bailis

Cody Brown

Suzanna Brusikiewicz

Jonathan Corbiere

Nick Counter

Kelsey Heinrichs

Jack Kenedy

Corey MacDonald

Tyler Sammy

Nikkie Stinchcombe

James Tuer

Adam Winnik