Off-World Thrills on Every Planet

With muscles and bones made on Earth, you'll be a super star on the solar system's low-gravity worlds. Imagine zip lining on the scorched Mercury or snowmobiling when it really snows on Pluto. Bungee jumping into outer space from an asteroid is like low-g diving from the tallest cliff or rappelling into deepest canyon in the solar system. Without gravity's strong pull, you can glide over the hydrocarbon lakes of Titan, jet-pack in a geyser's spray on Triton, or even drive a monster truck along a steep lunar crater wall. THE GREAT PLANET ADVENTURES brings you each of these incredible off-world adventures.

Music & Score by Shai Fishman - www.shaifishman.com

THE GREAT PLANET ADVENTURES is also available in a condensed KIDS version for shorter attention spans.

THE GREAT PLANET ADVENTURES was developed under the NASA Future Space Grant 09-2009CP4SMP-0047 [Louisiana Art and Science Museum (LASM), PI].

• Pre/Post-show Questionnaire (for KIDS Version)

  The pre/post-show questionnaire is intended to serve as a measure of effectiveness of both the show itself and the supplemental material. Prior to any information about the show being provided to students they should take the questionnaire. This should serve as an accurate gauge of their prior knowledge.

  Upon completion of viewing the show and the activities on the following pages, students should be given the same questionnaire. By comparing the pre-show and post-show scores, the overall effectiveness of the program can be determined.

• Standards Alignment

  Details how this show aligns with the Next Generation Science Standards, including whether the standard is a primary focus, secondary focus, or ancillary material.

  ePlanetarium Show alignment with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

  ePlanetarium Show alignment with Texas Essential Knowledge and Skill (TEKS)

The following resources can be used to find more information about topics covered in the show.

NASA Sites:

• NASA - Human Exploration and Operations

• NASA - Beyond Earth: Expanding Human Presence Into the Solar System

• Office of Space Flight

• Space settlements

• NASA for students

• NASA TV

• The Space Place: A NASA website with spaced based games and activities.

Other Sites:

• The Great Planet Adventures: The show and additional resources at eplanetarium.com

• SpaceX: Commerical Space company

• Stellarium: A free open source planetarium for your computer

• Rice Space Institute: The Rice Space Institute provides a unique collaborative environment in which to meet the educational, research and technological challenges faced by the human and robotic exploration of space.

• The George Observatory: The George Observatory, located about one hours drive south of Houston within scenic Brazos Bend State Park, is a satellite facility of the Houston Museum of Natural Science.