Exploring The Planets - Our Solar System

Families and school groups enjoy the "Family of the Sun" display,
consisting of children's art with an accompanying video and audio tape.
The "Family of the Sun" lyrics are sung to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell".

The Family of the Sun,
Its planets number eight,
Plus other rocky, icy worlds
That we appreciate.

Mercury is hot
and Mercury is small.
Mercury has no atmosphere;
It's just a rocky ball.

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The Family of the Sun,
Its planets number eight,
Plus other rocky, icy worlds
That we appreciate.

Venus has thick clouds
That hide what is below.
The air is foul, the ground is hot.
It rotates very "slow."

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We love the Earth, our home,
Its oceans and its trees.
We eat its food. We breathe its air,
So no pollution, please.

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Mars is very red.
It's also dry and cold.
Some day you might visit Mars
If you are really bold.

Great Jupiter is big.
We've studied it a lot.
We found that is has many moons
and a big red spot.

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Saturn has great rings.
We wondered what they were,
Now we know they're rocks and ice
which we saw as a blur.

With atmospheres that swirl
& wispy white clouds too
Uranus and Neptune
are so cold that you'd turn blue.

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Pluto's small and cold
It has an icy face.
We call it a dwarf planet now,
But it's still quite a place.

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