Our Solar System ☄️

Sleep Tight Science - A Bedtime Science Podcast For Kids

Sleep Tight Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Did you know? In this episode of Sleep Tight Science we are going to start learning about our solar system. With the help of Bernice and Papa Bear we are going to learn what a solar system is and what is in our solar system. Bernice also asks why do stars twinkle. Let’s listen and see what she finds out. Sleep Tight!, Sheryl & Clark ❤️👂🔬 --- Please fill out our first listener survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/sleeptightscience --- 📢 Have an interesting science topic you would like investigated? Send us an email at hello@sleeptightscience.com and we may feature it in an upcoming show. 👉 First time listening to Sleep Tight Science? Please follow us or listen on Spotify. ❤️ We would love to hear from you, reach out to us via email. About Sleep Tight Science Sleep Tight Science is an engaging bedtime show for the whole family that answers the questions kids have about science. Have an interesting science topic you would like featured? Send us an email at hello@sleeptightscience.com and we may feature it in an upcoming show.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Sleep Tight Science. Did you know that there are more stars in the universe than sand on all of the Earth's beaches combined?
0:32.2	What?
0:33.7	Scientists believe there might be approximately 200 billion, trillion stars in the universe.
0:42.5	Wow!
0:43.8	That's a lot of stars.
1:02.4	Hello, friends, and welcome back to Sleeptight Science, a bedtime show that answers the questions you have about science. In this episode, we are going to start to learn about our solar system.
1:13.1	We are going to do that by following along with Bernice, as she asks Papa Bear the questions she has.
1:21.9	If you listen to Sleeptight stories, you might already be familiar with Bernice, her friend Bobby, and their
1:29.9	many interests, including science. In this story, Bernice has come home from school excited about
1:38.5	a class she had talking about the universe, space, and the planets of our solar system.
1:46.0	So Papa Bear opens some books and they try to learn together.
1:52.0	Before we continue with our story, let's learn a little about our topic, our solar system.
2:00.0	Our solar system.
2:06.3	Our solar system is made up of the sun and all of the smaller objects that move around it.
2:10.3	It's a little bit like a family with the sun,
2:13.1	which is a star, at the very center holding it all together.
2:21.4	Apart from the sun, the largest members of the solar system are the eight major planets. These are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
2:32.0	Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
2:37.0	The Sun is the biggest by far, and much bigger than Earth.
2:42.0	Much, much bigger, a million times bigger.
2:47.0	There are bigger stars than our Sun, but they are very far away.
2:53.6	The sun is what makes life for us possible on Earth.
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