Kids-on-Pluto

[Music plays, CSIRO logo appears on bottom right hand corner of screen, and text appears:  Kids on Pluto]

[Image change to show various images of children smiling] 

[Text appears on screen:  What is your favourite planet and why?]

[Image changes to show a girl speaking] 

Child:  My favourite planet is Pluto because...

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Child:  It’s, well Pluto, and it’s really blue and cool, and I like the colour blue.

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Child:  It’s unknown and you don’t really know what’s going to be on there, so it’s kind of like a mystery thing.

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Child:  It’s the colour of orange and yellow, and the colour of the sunset.  That’s why I like it.

[Text appears on screen:  How do you think Pluto feels not being a planet anymore?] 

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Child:  If I was Pluto I would feel so upset, angry and stressed.  I would feel left out and unlucky. 

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Child:  I’d feel really, really, really sad, and a bit angry. 

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Child:  Well I would feel left out. 

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Child:  I’d feel just lonely because no-one’s really trusting you, and they’re just kicking you out of like a friendship ring. 

[Text appears on screen:  What do you think Pluto looks like?]

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Child:  Maybe orange or red sort of colour.

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Child:  I think Pluto would look like a big grey ball just floating around in space.

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Child:  I think it would look probably a bit white, but mostly blue, and cold, look cold.

[Text appears on screen:  What would you say if you could call Pluto on the phone?] 

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Child:  If I could make a phone call to Pluto I would say, “Hello, the man on Pluto, how are you going?  Is it fun and cool on Pluto?” 

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Child:  I would say, “I’m sorry about what happened to you, and how you got kicked out of the planets.” 

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Child:  “What is it like being there?  Is it fun, sad or scary?” 

[Text appears on screen:  If you were travelling to Pluto what would you take with you?]

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Child:  If I was travelling to Pluto I would take a lot of food for the journey.

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Child:  I would take some warm clothes.

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Child:  Does Pluto have any cheese, like the moon?

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Child:  My mum.  I would take her because she’s like my best friend.

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Child:  Toys and water.

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Child:  And a hairbrush, because I love to do my hair.

[Text appears on screen:  Why do you think Pluto is so interesting?] 

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Child:  It’s a planet, and it’s really far away and it’s really cool. 

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Child:  You could be the first person to go on it. 

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Child:  It probably has lots of different colours. 

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Child:  I think Pluto’s interesting because anything can happen on there.  It’s not like you know what’s going to happen on there.  Weird stuff can happen on Pluto. 

[Text appears on screen:  This was filmed at the CSIRO Discovery Centre in Canberra, with the help of Grade 3 students from St Jude’s Primary School]

[CSIRO logo appears with text: Big ideas start here www.csiro.au]