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A Grand Tour of the Solar System & Beyond

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Learn from a real astronomer! A virtual journey visiting the Sun, planets, their moons, and debris left over from the earliest times of the solar system's formation.
Kevin Manning
43 total reviews for this teacher
8 reviews for this class
Completed by 50 learners
5-10
year old learners
Kindergarten-3rd US Grade Level
1-18
learners per class

$25

Charged upfront
Meets once
55 minute class

Available times

Pacific
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Description

Class Experience

1: Earth’s Place in the Universe
Using an orrery and other digitally graphic mechanical models of the solar system, galaxy and universe, positions and motions according to the heliocentric model are represented.
2: The Solar System
Comparative planetology with rocky worlds and gas giants, orbital dynamics, mass, size, moons, role of the sun.
3: Comets, meteors, asteroids and other solar system debris are addressed.
4: Search for extrasolar planets and the instruments used to discover them.
55 minutes per week in class, and maybe some time outside of class.
Sky & Telescope and Astronomy magazines, any books on the solar system.

Teacher

Kevin Manning
🇺🇸
Lives in the United States
Where the ABC's of the Universe are brought to Light!
43 total reviews
122 completed classes

About Me

Learn from a real astronomer!  I teach exciting astronomy classes about different aspects of the universe using incredible photos, awesome video clips, and fun STEM hands-on activities.  My passion about the universe really shows.
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