the traveling exhibit electronic guided tour images courtesy of nasa/jpl
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The Traveling ExhibitElectronic Guided Tour
Images courtesy of NASA/JPL
Key Partners
Welcome to the Exhibit
Family of the Sun – Introduction to our Solar System
Meet the Giants – Explore their Secrets
New Frontiers – The Future of Space Exploration
EXHIBIT AREAS
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Giant Worlds Floorplan (3,500 sq. ft.)Major Exhibit Areas
Family of the Sun
Gravity Lab
Exhibit Title
Portraits of the Giants
Tools of the Trade
Friend or Foe
Giant Worlds are Giant
Family of the Sun
•Where are the giant planets in our Solar System?
•What is gravity and what role does it play in our Solar System?
•How did life on Earth depend on giant planets?
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Family of the Sun
The BIG IDEA:
The giant planets were instrumental in the formation of the Solar System and of Earth as a suitable
place to live.
Family of the Sun
Upon entering the exhibit, visitors encounter scaled models of the giant planets showing their relative sizes and order extending from the Sun.
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Gravity_Lab
Friend or Foe
Family of the Sun
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Tools of the Trade
Family of the Sun
Gravity Lab: In this full-body interactive experience how gravity attracts and deflects masses, illustrating how bodies interact with each other in the Solar System.
Friend or Foe: Place giant planets in a gravity simulation and try to get icy bodies to deliver water to Earth. If a giant planet
gets to close, watch out Earth!
Exciting Interactives!
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Meet the Giants
Planet Plunge
Meet the Giants
Light Probe
Seeing the Unseen
Equatorial Bulge
Moon Dance
Magnetic Attractions
Cosmic Light Show
Neptune Up Close & Occultation
Uranus Up Close & Extreme Seasons
Saturn Up Close & Planet Rings
Jupiter Up Close
Meet the Giants
• What are the giant planets like & how do they compare to Earth?
• What are the most interesting moons?
• How do we explore these faraway worlds?
Key Questions:
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Meet the Giants
The BIG IDEA:
The giant planets are mini solar systems with dynamic atmospheres, magnetic fields, ring systems, moons, weather and strange forms of matter below their atmospheres.
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Light Probe & Seeing the Unseen Magnetic Attractions
& Cosmic Light Show
Ring Worlds
Extreme Seasons
Occultation
Meet the Giants
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Meet the GiantsExciting Interactives!
Planet Plunge: Create a probe and launch it into Jupiter’s crushing atmosphere. How close to the core can you get?
Seeing the Unseen: Compare what your image looks like in visible and infrared light; two of the wavelengths used to study the giant worlds and other objects in the Universe.
Magnetic Attractions: Fire charged particles at Jupiter’s magnetic field to learn how they behave and where they go.
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Meet the GiantsMore Exciting Interactives!
Equatorial Bulge: Spin two model planets and observe how much they bulge. Scientists can tell what’s going on inside a planet by how much it bulges.
Moon Dance: By flexing a model of Jupiter’s moon Io, learn why this
moon is the most volcanically active body in our Solar System.
Extreme Seasons: Using a virtual orrery
compare how seasons on Earth and Uranus differ.
Occultation: The rings around all of the giant planets, except Saturn, are hard to see. Discover how scientists detect them using the light from a distant star.
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New Frontiers
What’s Next: Missions of Tomorrow
Mission Teams
Giant Worlds Odyssey
Planet Challenge
New Frontiers
• What is the future of outer planets exploration?
• Are there other giant planets out there orbiting distant stars?
Key Questions:
The BIG IDEA: Exploration of the giant planets is an ongoing collaborative effort by scientists, engineers, programmers, students, and others.
Planet Challenge
Giant Worlds OdysseyMission Teams
What’s Next: Missions of Tomorrow
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New FrontiersExciting Interactives!
Mission Teams: Hear from several members of the Juno mission team about their experiences and work on the upcoming mission to Jupiter.
Planet Challenge: Play an action-packed trivia game
based on information presented in the exhibition.
Giant Worlds Odyssey: Take a journey through the Solar System on board the Odyssey spaceship. The tour to the four giant planets and some of their moons includes a gravity assist from the Sun and a bumpy ride through the asteroid belt.
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Ready… Set… EXPLORE!Enjoy your visit to the Giant Worlds exhibit! For more information on the science behind the exhibit, we highly
recommend downloading the Science Background Presentations from the Giant Worlds website under the education section.
Other great resources as well as virtual and in-person workshops are also available through the website.
www.giantworlds.org
Thank you for your kind attention.