Sep 14, 2026 · 18 min · 10 segments
Blast off with Mrs. Nelson as Carpool Classroom begins an out-of-this-world adventure through our solar system! In this episode, kids will zoom farther and farther away from home to discover their…
Let's build your regular address first.
Picture yourself sitting exactly where you are right now.
Imagine that we have a magic camera floating right above your head.
The camera begins to move upward.
Higher, higher, higher.
Soon you can see your whole car.
Keep going.
Now you can see the road.
Keep going.
Now you can see buildings and neighborhoods.
Higher.
Now your city starts getting smaller.
Even higher.
Maybe you can see rivers, lakes, mountains, or coastline.
Keep going.
Eventually, you could see your entire state.
And if our magic camera could keep going, you'd eventually see the entire United States.
Blue oceans, white clouds, land, and somewhere down there, so tiny that you possibly could never see it, is you.
Pretty wild, right? Let's work backward.
I'll say a place.
You tell me what bigger place contains it.
Ready? Your car is on a road.
Your road is in a city or town.
Let's build your regular address first.
Picture yourself sitting exactly where you are right now.
Imagine that we have a magic camera floating right above your head.
The camera begins to move upward.
Higher, higher, higher.
Soon you can see your whole car.
Keep going.
Now you can see the road.
Keep going.
Now you can see buildings and neighborhoods.
Higher.
Now your city starts getting smaller.
Even higher.
Maybe you can see rivers, lakes, mountains, or coastline.
Keep going.
Eventually, you could see your entire state.
And if our magic camera could keep going, you'd eventually see the entire United States.
Blue oceans, white clouds, land, and somewhere down there, so tiny that you possibly could never see it, is you.
Pretty wild, right? Let's work backward.
I'll say a place.
You tell me what bigger place contains it.
Ready? Your car is on a road.
Your road is in a city or town.
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