Sub-Orbital Space Flights & Satellite Exploration
Once available only for the enjoyment of the sighted, the Hubble Space Telescope’s dramatic glimpse of the Carina Nebula, a gigantic cloud of gas that bustles with star-making activity, can now be “seen” by blind students, as well. A touchable, 17-by-11-inch color image of the nebula that’s been embossed with lines, slashes, and other markings allow the visually impaired to feel what they cannot see and form a picture of Carina in their minds.
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Educational video covering Comets & Asteroids and their properties. This and other great videos can be purchased at www.songsofhigherlearning.com
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From the acclaimed Science Screen Report DVD series, provided to schools nationwide free of charge since 1970. Between Mars and Jupiter is the asteroid belt. Every so often, asteroids collide and tumble towards the Sun. If they pass Mars, they can be drawn towards Earth, sometimes colliding. Sixty-five million years ago an asteroid impact may have been the cause of the climate change that killed the dinosaurs. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It is a ball of gas with no solid surface. Regal Jupiter is orbited by more than 60 moons of which four are large enough to be small planets
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From the acclaimed Science Screen Report DVD series, provided to schools nationwide free of charge since 1970. Between Mars and Jupiter is the asteroid belt. Every so often, asteroids collide and tumble towards the Sun. If they pass Mars, they can be drawn towards Earth, sometimes colliding. Sixty-five million years ago an asteroid impact may have been the cause of the climate change that killed the dinosaurs. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It is a ball of gas with no solid surface. Regal Jupiter is orbited by more than 60 moons of which four are large enough to be small planets
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WEBSITE: www.teachertube.com The supernova explosion that created this object was witnessed on Earth about 400 ago years by many skywatchers including the astronomer Johannes Kepler. This object which now bears Keplers name is the remains of a massive stars demise.
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WEBSITE: www.teachertube.com In 2003 the Hubble Space Telescope took the image of a millenium an image that shows our place in the universe. Anyone who understands what this image represents is forever changed by it.
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Life and Death in a Binary Star System. Written by high school students for the 2008 BCCP Cosmology Workshop. Imagine 6 days of learning about the entire history of the universe, from its inception 13.7 billion years ago, to the stages of cosmic evolution; matter and antimatter; the electromagnetic spectrum; dark matter and dark energy; General and Special Relativity; neutrino astrophysics; and nuclear radioactive decay. Then you have to sort through this dense volume of information and …
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WEBSITE: www.teachertube.com Authentic Practice Galileo Kepler Jupiter Moons and using a telescope to find mass. Makes use of a FREE Jupiter Moons Clea Lab downloadable through the internet. Can be tailored for 2nd grade through 12 and undergrads. Runtime approx. 20 min.
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many I had to split this into *5* parts! This is Part 4, and these are the questions they asked me: 1) Is there another planet past Pluto or inside Mercury’s orbit? 2) Why can’t we live without the Sun? 3) How do stars form? 4) Have the constellations changed? 5) Why is space black? Why doesn’t the Sun light it up? 6) Do galaxies move around in space and do they collide? 7) What is the biggest galaxy? … “phil plait” “bad astronomy” astronomy science students Pluto aliens planets Moon Mars …
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WEBSITE: www.teachertube.com Visit Sun Mercury Neptune and Earth … system solar Planet science teacher teachers resource resources lesson plan plans teachertube tube back to school student students schools
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