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45. Which is closest? Pluto or the stars?

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July 26, 2008 11:17 AM PDT

Which is farthest away from the earth, the stars or Pluto? The answer may be obvious to you, but a lot of people get this wrong. Listen to TI director Linda Shore as she presents a little survey about how things are arranged in the heavens—and explains what the surprising results mean.

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Science Teaching Tips is produced by the Exploratorium's Teacher Institute at http://www.exploratorium.edu/ti.
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This podcast is a bite-sized podcast for science teachers, by science teachers. In each 5-minute episode, we give you hands-on activities, science facts, science history, pedagogy tips for new teachers, or other ideas for your science classroom.

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I'm a science communicator and educator currently employed at the University of Colorado at Boulder as a Science Teaching Fellow. Previously I was a postdoctoral fellow in the Teacher Institute of the Exploratorium. I have been a science journalist off and on for the past 7 years, including a summer spent on the science desk at National Public Radio. That's where I got my love of radio, and this podcast is an extension of that. The Teacher Institute has a great wealth of expertise, and I hope to bring it to some teachers who are not able to come to the Exploratorium programs.

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