A caption reads "TVO Kids presents."

An animation shows the solar system.

The theme song plays.

It says I LIVE ON EARTH I LOOK TO THE SKY SO MUCH WONDER FILLS MY MIND WE ARE SPACE KIDS SPACE KIDS.

A child says MARS.

(music plays)

In animation, planet Mars appears.

A girl says THIS IS MARS.
THE MOST EXPLORED PLANET
IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM.

A boy says DID YOU KNOW WE HAVE SENT
ROVERS TO MARS.
WE HAVE STUDIED ITS LANDSCAPE,
COLLECTED DATA
AND ANALYZED SAMPLES.
MARS IS FOURTH PLANET
FROM THE SUN
AND THE SECOND SMALLEST PLANET
IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

The Girl says IF EARTH WAS THE SIZE
OF A BASKETBALL,
MARS WOULD BE THE SIZE
OF A SOFTBALL.

The Boy says MARS IS ALSO KNOWN
AS THE RED PLANET.
THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF
A CHEMICAL CALLED IRON OXIDE
IN ITS ROCKS AND SOIL.
IRON OXIDE IS BETTER KNOWN
AS RUST.

The Girl says TEMPERATURES ON MARS
ARE COLDER THAN ON EARTH.
BRR!!
IT'S FURTHER AWAY FROM
THE SUN THAN THE EARTH,
AND IT'S ATMOSPHERE
IS 100 TIMES THINNER,
SO IT TRAPS LESS HEAT
FROM THE SUN.

The Boy says TOO BAD YOU CAN'T SKI ON MARS
BECAUSE IT HAS THE HIGHEST
MOUNTAINS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM.
THIS IS A VOLCANO
CALLED OLYMPUS MONS.

Pictures of the surface of Mars flash by.

He continues IT'S 24 KILOMETRES HIGH.
THAT'S THREE TIMES THE HEIGHT
OF MOUNT EVEREST ON EARTH.

The Girl says WOW.

The Boy says MARS ALSO HAS THE BIGGEST
DUST STORMS IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
SOME COVER THE ENTIRE PLANET
AND LAST FOR MONTHS.
YOU CAN EVEN SEE THEM THROUGH
A TELESCOPE ON EARTH.

The Girl says DO YOU KNOW,
MARS HAS TWO MOONS?
THEY ARE NAMED
PHOBOS AND
DEIMOS
AND THEY'RE SHAPED LIKE
LUMPY POTATOES.
FRENCH FIRES, ANYONE?

The Boy says A YEAR ON MARS IS 687 DAYS.
NEARLY TWICE AS LONG AS
A YEAR ON EARTH.
HUMANS HAVEN'T TRAVELED
TO MARS YET.
MAYBE ONE DAY YOU'LL BE ABLE
TO GO TO MARS?

An animated astronaut waves on Mars.

The Girl says SIGN ME UP!

The end credits roll.

The song plays I'M ON MY WAY, ON MY WAY TO OUTER SPACE. WE ARE SPACE KIDS.

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