A Field Guide to the Outer Planets (The Great Courses)

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This course received a 3 star rating from a participant!

Is there anything else that you learned or achieved during the learning circle?
Better understanding of planets

Do you feel more confident about what you just learned in A Field Guide to the Outer Planets ?
3

How do you intend to apply what you learned?
Talk to grandkids

How well did the online course work as a learning circle?
3

Why did you give the course 3 star/stars?
Middle

How likely are you to recommend participating in a learning circle to a friend or colleague?
3

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A Field Guide to the Outer Planets

This course received a 5 star rating from a participant!

Is there anything else that you learned or achieved during the learning circle?
met some new people I didn’t know

Do you feel more confident about what you just learned in A Field Guide to the Outer Planets ?
5

How do you intend to apply what you learned?
read more on the subject

How well did the online course work as a learning circle?
5

Why did you give the course 5 star/stars?
excellent [learning circle facilitator]

How likely are you to recommend participating in a learning circle to a friend or colleague?
5

Why?
during COVId, this was good to have

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A Field Guide to the Outer Planets

This course received a 5 star rating from a participant!

Is there anything else that you learned or achieved during the learning circle?
Now I have a far better understanding of our outer planets

Do you feel more confident about what you just learned in A Field Guide to the Outer Planets ?
5

How well did the online course work as a learning circle?
5

Why did you give the course 5 star/stars?
Very informative

How likely are you to recommend participating in a learning circle to a friend or colleague?
5

Why?
Very well presented

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A Field Guide to the Outer Planets

This course received a 3 star rating from a participant!

Do you feel more confident about what you just learned in A Field Guide to the Outer Planets ?
3

How do you intend to apply what you learned?
not sure

How well did the online course work as a learning circle?
3

Why did you give the course 3 star/stars?
the content was a bit above me

How likely are you to recommend participating in a learning circle to a friend or colleague?
2

Why?
I don’t know too many people interested in astronomy

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A Field Guide to the Outer Planets

This course received a 5 star rating from a participant!

Is there anything else that you learned or achieved during the learning circle?
I knew little about planets. This was a great educational tool

Do you feel more confident about what you just learned in A Field Guide to the Outer Planets ?
4

How do you intend to apply what you learned?
I do not think this knowledge can be applied, I will investigate the planets further to learn more.

How well did the online course work as a learning circle?
5

Why did you give the course 5 star/stars?
The presentations were long enough to hold my interest but not too long to absorb the material.

How likely are you to recommend participating in a learning circle to a friend or colleague?
5

Why?
It was my first and I did not know what to expect. I found it very valuable.

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A Field Guide to the Outer Planets

These are the specific lectures drawn from the 24 in the full series by The Great Courses.
#11 Mighty Jupiter: The Ruling Gas Giant 12
#12. Jupiter’s Planetlike System of Moons
#13. Saturn and the Rings: Gravity’s Masterpiece
#15. Uranus: A Water World on its Side
#16. Neptune: Windy with the Wildest Moon
#17. Pluto and Charon: The Binary Worlds

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