Weather In Space (the Rocky Planets): Crash Course Kids #43.1

Weather In Space (the Rocky Planets): Crash Course Kids #43.1 with tags crash course, crash course kids, science, kids science, 5th grade science, astronomy, planetary weather, the rocky planets, mercury, venus, earth, mars, sabrina cruz, nerdy and quirky

Do other planets have weather? It turns out that, yes, they do! But, the weather isn't all the same on other planets because of things like the atmosphere. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina takes us on a tour of the weather on the rocky planets in our solar system.

///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.]

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NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

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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