Astronomy Unit Part III of IV – Outer Planetary Topics from www. science powerpoint .com

Posted by SpaceMan in Hubble Space Telescope on 09 24th, 2010 | no responses

This is Part III of IV of a Powerpoint presentation that can be found and downloaded at sciencepowerpoint.com which is one part of a teaching unit for students in grades 5-10. Each few seconds represents one slide on the actual Powerpoint Presentation. The entire unit covers Earth System History and Astronomy Topics. This unit includes an interactive and engaging Powerpoint Presentation of over a 1000 slides with built in class notes (Red Slides), lab activities, project ideas, discussion questions, assessments (Quiz Wiz), challenge questions with answers, links to create educational websites, videos, and much more. Text is in large print (32 font) and is placed at the top of each slide so it can seen and read from all angles of a classroom. Also included is a 13 page assessment that chronologically follows the slideshow for nightly homework and the end of the unit assessment, as well as a 10 page modified assessment for students who require. 12 pages of class notes with images are also included for students who require modifications, as well as answer keys to both assessments for support professionals, teachers, and home school parents. 39 video shorts (FLV files) are provided and a slide within the slideshow cues teacher / parent when the videos are most relevant to play. Video shorts usually range from 2-7 minutes and are included in organized folders. Two Powerpoint Jeopardy games are included. Answers to the Powerpoint Jeopardy games are also provided in Powerpoint …

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Earth Science ASTRONOMY Powerpoint Education Unit Lesson www.sciencepowerpoint.com

Posted by SpaceMan in Hubble Space Telescope on 08 25th, 2010 | no responses

This is a sample video of apowerpoint presentation that can be found at www.sciencepowerpoint.com which is one part of a teaching unit for students in grades 5-10. Each second represents one slide on the actual Powerpoint Presentation. THE ASTROFE covers Earth System History and Astronomy Topics. This unit includes an interactive and engaging Powerpoint Presentation of 909 slides with built in class notes (Red Slides), lab activities, project ideas, discussion questions, assessments (Quiz Wiz), and challenge questions with answers. Text is in large print (32 font) and is placed at the top of each slide so it can seen and read from all angles of a classroom. Also included is a 13 page assessment (THE ASTROFE) that chronologically goes with the slideshow for nightly homework and the end of the unit assessment, as well as a 10 page modified assessment. 12 pages of class notes with images are also included for students who require modifications, as well as answer keys to both ASTROFE’s for support professionals, teachers, and home school parents. 39 video shorts (FLV files) are provided and a slide within the slideshow cues teacher / parent when the videos are most relevant to play. Video shorts usually range from 2-7 minutes and are included in organized folders. Two Powerpoint Jeopardy games are included. Answers to the Powerpoint Jeopardy games are also provided in Powerpoint form so students can self-assess. Lastly, several class games such as guess the hidden picture …

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Spiral galaxy NGC 1309 Supernova (1080p)

Posted by SpaceMan in Supernova on 05 8th, 2010 | no responses

Created with a single image. Image credit: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

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Posted by SpaceMan in Mercury on 05 8th, 2010 | no responses

A quick video showing our Solar System to scale. It includes the 8 planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) and 3 out of the 5 dwarf planets (Ceres, Pluto, and Eris; missing Haumea and Makemake because this video was made before Pluto was demoted as a planet) Sorry there’s no sound. Other then that, enjoy! Please comment, rate, and subscribe!

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Neil deGrasse Tyson – The Pluto Files 5-8

Posted by SpaceMan in Science News on 05 5th, 2010 | no responses

Neil deGrasse Tyson, the bestselling author and director of the world-famous Hayden Planetarium, chronicles America’s irrational love affair with Pluto, man’s best celestial friend. In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union voted Pluto out of planethood. It is a wonder Pluto has any fans, yet during the mounting debate over Pluto’s status, people rallied behind the extraterrestrial underdog. Pluto is entrenched in the American cultural, patriotic view of the cosmos and Neil deGrasse Tyson is on a quest to discover why. Only Tyson

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Posted by SpaceMan in Mercury on 05 4th, 2010 | no responses

READ THIS FIRST! : The Size Of Planets and Stars to Scale (see NOTE) Name of planets as shown: Pluto Mercury Mars Venus Earth Neptune Uranus Jupiter Saturn Name of Stars as shown: Sun Sirius Vega Pollux Arcturus Aldebaran Rigel Deneb Pistol Star Betelgeuse Antares VV Cephei ========================================= Name of Song: Stakka & K Tee – Rubber Bullet Original video: www.youtube.com Author: jaxxrr Channel: www.youtube.com ======================================= NOTE: This video is a edited version of “Energy vs Information” made by jaxxrr (to which all credit goes to), I was very impressed by the production value both the video and music. Seeing that it received few hits, which may be due to the title and tags. In order for more people to see and enjoy this video I mirrored the edited version, so people won’t get too side tracked on the political message. (Although I’m against wars and big oil as well) Please see the original version if you like here www.youtube.com -=NOTE=- This video was made BEFORE “VY Canis Majoris” was listed as the largest known star, When this video was made 2006 by it’s author JAXXrr, the star “VV Cephei A” was listed as the largest known star. For a list of current largest “known” stars see en.wikipedia.org Keep in mind while watching this video that the “largest known stars” are all found in our own galaxy (The Milky Way). We know of only of a very few of the estimated 200-300 Billion stars that make up our galaxy, which is just ONE of …

Tags: asteroids, pluto, Earth, Mars

Neil deGrasse Tyson – The Pluto Files 4-8

Posted by SpaceMan in Science News on 05 3rd, 2010 | no responses

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Neil deGrasse Tyson – The Pluto Files 7-8

Posted by SpaceMan in Mercury on 05 1st, 2010 | no responses

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Posted by SpaceMan in Mercury on 04 30th, 2010 | no responses

*I have recently played this video for my science class. I’m glad I got the chance to present this. It was so exciting! This is completely different from my usual art. Well, I didn’t have Image Permission. However, I did give Nasa, JPL caltech, and Space Science Institute Credit for The Pictures. Anyways, This is a Tribute to Our Solar System. I love Space and The Planets and Moons. SUBSCRIBE!!!

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