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Unit 5 Videoscript
What can we know about our
neighbors in space?
Commander Zeek
Smartest dog in outer space
Commander Zeek
Secret from the human race
He lives on Earth like you and me
But works in space there secretly
He finds the answer
Figures out the key
Commander Zeek
Commander Zeek
The answers are waiting for you.
Zeek: “Good day, Yobi.”
Yobi:“Good day, Zeek, you have a message waiting.”
Admiral Otis: “Zeek! Thank doggie bones you’re there! POOCH needs your help.”
Zeek: “I’m always ready to help The Planetary Organization of Canine Heroes,
Admiral Otis. What’s the problem?”
Admiral Otis: “We’re not exactly sure, but something is out there, floating through
your solar system, somewhere near the rings of Saturn. It’s been sending this strange
message, over and over! We have to find out what this message means. We have to solve
this puzzle.”
Zeek: “I’m right on it, sir. I’ll have this whole thing wrapped up before my young
human returns from school. I don’t want anyone on Earth knowing that I am No
Ordinary Dog.”
Admiral Otis: “None of us want that to happen, Commander. Good luck. Admiral
Otis, signing off.”
Zeek: “Ship computer.”
SC: “Yes, Commander?”
Zeek: “Good day, SC. Set course for Saturn. We’ve got a space object to find.”
SC: “Yes, Commander. Prepare for superdrive.”
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Zeek: “Oh boy! Dogs LOVE superdrive! Saturn, here we come!”
Yobi: “Hello, I am Yobi, Commander Zeek’s friend and guide. It’s not easy being
a space hero, you know. He’s going to need your help to solve this puzzle, so pay close
attention to all the clues.”
SC: “Our solar system sure is an amazing place.”
Zeek: “SC, did you know that all the planets in our solar system orbit, or loop, around
the sun?”
SC: “Correct, Commander! Our sun is a star, a huge ball of fiery gas. It is so bug, a
million Earths could fit inside it.”
Zeek: “That is big. Our sun must be the biggest star there is.”
SC: “Actually, no, it isn’t. It looks so much bigger than other stars to us because it’s so
much closer to us than other stars.”
Zeek: “Things that are closer look much bigger. SC, show me the solar system.”
SC: “On screen.”
Zeek: “Ah, magnificent! I’d like to take a closer look at the planets, SC, and refresh
my memory. It’s always good to go over things, you know. It helps you to remember them
even better!”
SC: “The first four out from the sun are called the inner planets. They include
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.”
Zeek: “Our beautiful blue Earth is the third planet.”
SC: “Yes, Commander.”
Zeek: “Venus is the hottest planet, even though Mercury is closest to the sun.”
SC: “Venus is hotter than Mercury because it has thick gas clouds all over it that trap
in the sun’s heat. Mercury is a small, rocky place. It has no clouds, but it has a hole, or
crater, in it as big as the state of Texas.”
Zeek: “So the inner planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.”
SC: “Exactly. Mars is the fourth planet. It’s known as the Red Planet.”
Zeek: “Exactly. And I can see why.”
SC: “The next four planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are sometimes called the
‘giant planets.’ Jupiter is so large it would take over a thousand Earths to fill a ball the size of it.
Then there is Saturn, which has rings; very prominent rings which encircle the planet. They’re
made of pieces of rock and ice. Then there’s the planet Uranus. It spins on its side, almost as if
it were lying down. Neptune, the eighth planet, is so light that it could float on water!”
Zeek: “Rings? Floating planets? Remarkable! It spins my mind, hearing all these
fantastic facts!”
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