It's Imagination Time with Katie!
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Welcome to Super Simple's Imagination Time with Katie!
This episode is inspired by a song that parents call a total jam.
That song is Eight Little Planets.
We'll groove our way through outer space and learn some interesting things about each planet along the way.
Let's go.
It's good to be with you, my friend.
Hello, hello.
I'm glad we're together again.
We've got Zach on the keys.
Katie singing, la la la la la.
We'll have some fun and our imagination go on adventures again and again.
Hello, hello.
It's good to be with you, my friend.
Hi.
I'm Katie, and this is Zach.
Hello, hello.
Did you know that the planet Earth, the planet that we're on right now, is moving through outer space in a circle around the sun?
The sun... gives us light and warmth.
It's the center of our solar system.
And our planet Earth moves around it.
The circle that planets travel around the sun is called an orbit.
But it's not just planet Earth that orbits the sun.
There are eight planets that circle the sun.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
And they all have unique things about them.
Kind of like you and me.
Today, let's use our imaginations to go up into outer space.
And we can learn about the eight planets and imagine what each planet is like.
But before we blast off into outer space, let's clear our minds and calm our bodies.
Ready, Zach?
Ready, Katie.
Are you ready, friends?
Let's take a deep breath all together.
In one, two, three, hold it.
Out three, two, one.
Let's imagine we're sitting in a rocket ship.
We're strapped safely into our seats.
I can imagine I feel the seatbelt straps hugging tightly to my body, keeping me secure.
Can you feel them too?
There's no gravity in space.
That means without our safety straps, we would float up off our seats.
Maybe you can imagine the feeling of your body lifting up and floating, even though our bodies are still
Let's take one more deep breath before we blast off.
In one, two, three, hold it.
Out three, two, one.
We're ready to go into outer space.
Let's count down.
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, blast off!
Let's imagine we're blasting up high into the air.
The sky around us is shifting from blue to black until it's dark all around.
We're in outer space.
I imagine I can see stars shining everywhere I look.
Can you see it in your mind?
I also imagine I see planets.
One little planet circling the sun.
Two little planets circling the sun.
Three little planets circling the sun.
Four little planets circling the sun.
Five little planets circling the sun.
Six little planets circling the sun.
Seven little planets circling the sun.
Eight little planets circling the sun.
Let's take a closer look.
Mercury is the planet closest to the Sun.
It's also the smallest planet.
Because Mercury is the closest, Its circle or orbit is smaller.
So it circles the sun super fast.
One little planet circling the sun.
One little planet circling the sun.
One little planet circling the sun.
One little planet circling the sun.
Let's imagine zooming through space like Mercury.
I imagine the stars are all blending together because we're moving so fast.
Zoom around the circle, zoom around the circle.
Zooming, zooming, we all zoom round.
Whee!
Now, let's stop.
Freeze!
It's fun to go fast sometimes, but it's also important to take our time, especially when learning something new.
And we have lots more to learn about the eight planets.
The next planet is called Venus.
Venus is the hottest of the eight planets.
Even though it's not the closest to the sun?
That's right.
Venus is the second planet from the sun, but it's still hotter than Mercury because of the large clouds that surround it.
Can you imagine a thick layer of steamy yellow clouds floating around Venus?
Big yellow clouds circling the planet Venus.
I imagine the air around Venus feels really hot.
It's thick and heavy with heat, making me want to move really slowly.
It's way too hot on Venus.
It's way too hot on Venus.
Venus is way too hot for us.
But the next planet is just right.
The third planet from the sun is where we live, the planet Earth.
I love my home.
I love my friends.
I love my neighborhood.
I love my town.
Earth is the perfect distance away from the sun.
So it's not too hot and it's not too cold.
Let's imagine looking down at planet Earth from outer space.
There are over 8 billion people living down there, including you and me.
I imagine I see a perfect circle floating in space.
It's blue all over with greenish brown shapes.
That's water and land.
Yeah.
It makes up all the oceans and countries and places we know.
And I imagine I see wisps of white moving across it all like a stroke of white paint from a paintbrush.
Those must be the clouds.
Can you see it in your mind?
Our home is beautiful.
We'll be coming back home to Earth near the end of our journey.
But right now, we have more planets to explore.
Up next, the planet is Mars.
Mars has a nickname because of its color.
It's a reddish orange color, so it's called the red planet.
Red.
I see something red.
Red.
I see something red.
Can you see the red planet Mars in your mind?
If you see Mars, then you might also see the two moons Mars has.
Two moons?
That's right.
Our planet Earth has one moon. and Mars has two.
Isn't that neat?
Mars's moons are called Phobos and Deimos, and they circle around Mars, just like we all circle around the sun.
Two little moons circling around Mars.
Two little moons circling around Mars.
The next planet circling around the Sun is the largest of all the eight planets.
It's Jupiter.
It's the biggest planet.
It's also the oldest.
Big and old, big and old, big, big, big, big, old, old, old.
It's so big that 1,000 Earths could fit inside of Jupiter.
Whoa.
Let's see if we can fit Jupiter inside our imaginations.
Can you imagine a humongous planet floating in space?
It's so big.
And if you look closely you might imagine you can see a circle on the planet that looks a bit different from the rest.
That is called the Great Red Spot.
It's a huge storm that has been happening on Jupiter for hundreds of years.
It's a super spooky Jupiter storm.
A super spooky Jupiter storm.
And if you look super closely at Jupiter, you might imagine you can see a few rings around it made out of dust, like a faint circle around the massive planet.
They can be hard to see, but they're there.
In fact, all the rest of the planets we're going to visit have rings too.
But no rings are as special as the rings around the next planet.
That planet is called Saturn.
Saturn's rings are made out of rock and ice.
Let's imagine what Saturn and its rings look like.
I imagine I see a big planet, the second largest planet after Jupiter, of course.
It's a pale yellow-brown color with different colored clouds swirling around.
The rings are very thin but stretch out really wide all around the planet.
It looks amazing.
Can you see it in your mind?
I imagine I see some moons around Saturn, too.
Oh, yes.
Saturn has the most moons out of all the eight planets circling the sun.
Want to guess how many moons Saturn has?
How many moons does Saturn have?
How many moons does Saturn have?
How many moons does Saturn have?
Let's all count together.
Saturn has 274 moons.
Whoa.
So many moons.
274 moons circling around Saturn.
274 moons circling around Saturn.
We're almost at the end of our journey to the eight planets circling around the sun.
Up next is the seventh planet from the sun, Uranus.
Uranus is called an ice giant because it has so much water and it's so cold.
Twas a freezing day when I went to play down by Uranus.
As we get closer to Uranus, maybe you can imagine it's starting to feel a little bit colder.
The air is getting icy and almost feels like pins and needles against our skin.
Brr, that's really cold.
It's way too cold for us.
Uranus is actually the coldest planet that circles the sun.
Even though it's not the furthest away, it is the coldest.
One of the reasons why is because of the way it spins.
All the eight planets spin while circling the sun.
But instead of spinning around like a spinning top, Uranus spins sideways like a rolling ball.
If you're Uranus and you know it spins sideways.
Because of that sideways spin, One side of Uranus doesn't see the sun for a long time And that makes it super cold.
Even though it's not the furthest away from the sun, The planet that is the furthest away is called Neptune.
Neptune is the eighth and last planet circling the sun.
Let's imagine what Neptune looks like.
It's so far away from everything we know, approximately 3 billion miles away from Earth.
It's surrounded by the darkness of space.
I imagine I see Neptune's bluish-green color standing out against the black.
And if we're really quiet, we might imagine we can hear the wind on Neptune.
Neptune is the windiest planet circling the sun.
The winds on Neptune are so strong they would blow down anything in its path, even big, strong buildings.
Windy windy windy Windy windy windy windy Windy windy windy windy, Windy Neptune We've blown a long way from the sun and seen eight amazing planets on our journey.
Eight little planets circling the sun.
All the planets are amazing, but Earth is the only planet circling the sun that we can live on.
Let's imagine blasting back to Earth past Neptune, past Uranus, past Saturn and Jupiter, past Mars, and landing back down on Earth.
I imagine it feels very nice to be back home.
Our planet Earth is a special place.
It's unlike any other planet.
It's very important that we take care of it, just like we would take care of our favorite toy or our best friend.
How can we take care of a whole planet?
It can seem like a big job.
But there are little things we can do to be kind to our planet Earth.
Things like turning off the tap or the lights when we aren't using them, so we don't use extra water or energy from the Earth that we don't need.
We can also make less waste by using reusable things like water bottles and containers, instead of using plastic things that we throw away and that become garbage sitting on the planet.
And we can help plant gardens with trees and plants which help our planet, make fresh air for us to breathe.
There's so much to love about our planet Earth.
I love the mountains.
I love the rolling hills.
I love the flowers.
I love the daffodils.
And I love Earth.
Our third little planet circling the sun.
Thanks for coming along on an out-of-this-world imagination adventure today.
It's time to say goodbye, but we'll see you again for more Imagination Time soon.
Goodbye Goodbye Our time has come to an end.
Goodbye for now until we're together again.
Goodbye, goodbye from all your Earthling friends.
That's super simple.
From me, Katie, and from Zach.
See you soon.
Bye, friends.
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