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Janet's Planet

Janet's Planet poster
Genre
children's television series
Country
United States
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A children's television show hosted by Janet Ivey and her explorers. Each episode covers one science topic like Mars or microgravity using puppets animations and guest musicians.

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What happens

Janet's Planet is an American educational children's television show hosted by Janet Ivey and her explorers. The show explores one topic per episode, such as "Mars", "Aviation", and "Microgravity". Janet's Planet originally aired on PBS and over 140 of its affiliated local public stations. The series aims to teach lessons about science to a preteen audience. The show has an appeal beyond the young audience by featuring national musical guests like Lord Huron and staples of classic children shows like puppets and animations. Janet's Planet also features engineers, designers, and makers like the designer of Lego's NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover. The television program has grown into a touring live stage show and related merchandise. Janet's Planet DVDs and New Media are frequently used in schools as an education source especially for STEM lessons. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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