Exploring Pluto’s Surface | Pluto and Beyond

PBS Learning Media
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Classroom Material
Keywords
WGBH NOVA Pluto and Beyond Exploring Pluto’s Surface science STEM Earth and space science planetary science geology astrobiology NASA New Horizons spacecraft dwarf planet seasons glacier volcanoes nitrogen methane ice Pluto space science astrogeology planetary geology exogeology
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Science
Grade Levels
Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8
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Classroom Teacher / Educator
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Exploring Pluto’s Surface | Pluto and Beyond

Learn about nitrogen glaciers and ice volcanoes visible on the surface of Pluto, and the processes that may be behind the extraordinary geological diversity of this dwarf planet, in this video from NOVA: Pluto and Beyond. Use this resource to investigate how geological features on a remote planetary body can be similar to those on Earth.
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PBS Learning Media

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