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Ready Jet Go! is a PBS KIDS earth science and astronomy series for children ages 3-8. The series follows two neighborhood kids: Sean and Sydney, who befriend the new kid on their street, Jet Propulsion, whose family members happen to be aliens from the planet Bortron 7. <br/> <strong>Ages:</strong> 3-8<br/> <strong>Educational Goal:<\/strong> Science
Endless Summer/Jet Shrinks the Kids
Season 2 Episode 4 | 23m 25s | CC
Jet is amazed to find out that the entire Earth doesn’t have the same season at the same time. So he flies with Sydney and Sean from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere to compare and experience holidays in winter and summer...all in one day! / Mindy feels bad that she’s the smallest kid in the group, so sympathetic Jet and friends use a shrink-ray and become her size.
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