ASTRONOMY & SPACE
Chapter 1: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Ch. 1.2 Earth in Space
Earth's Seasons: Animated Tutorial and Interactive Game Hosted by Max
Earth's Tilt: The Reason for the Seasons (6-min video)
Explaining Time Zones (3-min video)
On-line Time Zone World Map
On-line Time Zone Problems with Zone Map
Synchronous Rotation of the Moon (2-min video)
How a Sundial Works: What Time Is It? (2-min video)
How Equinoxes Work? (2-min video)National Geographic Education: Solstice Slideshow
On-line Quiz
Ch. 1.3 Gravity and Motion
What Is Gravity? (Gravity, Mass, Distance) (3-min video)
Gravity, Inertia and the Orbital Motion of Earth (Tutorial Interactive)
Your Weight on Other Planets
What Is Gravity Assist? (3-min video)
Ch. 1.4 Phases & Eclipses
The Creation of the Moon (4-min video)
Lunar Cycle Animation
Why We See Only One Side of the Moon (2-min video)
Solar Eclipse Animated PBS Video (1:30-min video)
Solar Eclipse Visualization
Ch. 1.5 Tides
How Tides Works (3:30-min video)
Tidal Cycle Animation
Spring & Neap Tide Animation
Spring & Neap Time Explained
Experiment: How Tides Work
Ch. 1.6 Earth's Moon
The Moon Battered by Impacts (5-min video)
How to Make a Meteorite Crater (3-min video)
Meteorite Attack (Meteorite Impact with Candy)
Chapter 2: Exploring Space
Ch. 2.1 The Science of Rockets
A Brief History of Rocket Flight (5-min video)
Khan Academy: Newton's Third Law of Motion (8-min Tutorial)
Orbital and Escape Velocity (2-min video)
Escape Velocity (3-min video)
Lab Instructions: How to Make a Rocket from Paper and a Straw (10-min video)
Lab Experiment: The Five-Minute Pocket Rocket
NASA: Building a Rocket--Interactive
NASA Rover--Interactive
Action-Reaction Balloon Rocket--Lab Demonstration
International Space Station
A Day in the Life Aboard the ISS
Newton's Cradle Simulation
Ch. 2.2 The History of Space Exploration
The Space Race: (TED-ed) 9-min video
Timeline: The Space Race Timeline for Kids
History Channel: USSR vs. USA--The Space Race Explained (3-min video)
1986 CNN Coverage of Challenger Explosion (6-min video)
NASA's Launch of Juno Space Probe in 2011 (6-min video)
ISS Tour of Kitchen, Bathroom and Bedrooms (9-min video)
Columbia Disaster (3-min video)
Ch. 2.3 Using Space Science on Earth
Exploring a Vacuum (6-min video)
Space Foundation: Space Technology in Consumer Products (8-min video)
10 NASA Inventions You Might Use Everyday (Slide Presentation)
Chapter 3: The Solar System
Astronomy Software Games (contributed by Bella Johnston--Thank you!)
Ch. 3.1 Models of the Solar System
Geocentric vs. Heliocentric (9-min video)
The Galileo Controversy: The Catholic Church
Planets Orbit Sun--Counterclockwise (3-min animation)
Development Timeline for Heliocentric Model
Ch. 3.2 Introducing the Solar System
Official International Astronomical Union: Pluto = Dwarf Planet
NOVA: Origins of the Solar System (5-min video)
Khan Academy: How Our Solar System Formed
Khan Academy: Planet Card Sort Activity
Ch. 3.3 The Sun
Nuclear Fusion in the Sun's Core (4-min video)
Animation of Fusion, Radiation, Convection and Photosphere on the Sun
The Sun: Crash Course (Sun Facts & Structure) (12-min video)
Solar Prominence/Flare (32-sec video)
Solar Flares (1-min video)
Solar Winds (2-min video)
Use the below link for Sun Model Project: Photosphere Illustration
Photographs of the Last Two Days of Solar Activity
Ch. 3.4 The Inner Planets
The Inner Planets: Part 1 from Kurdistan Planetarium (8-min video)
The Inner Planets: Part 2 from Kurdistan Planetarium (5-min video)
Mars: Recent Explorations - Part 1 from Kurdistan Planetarium (8-min video)
Mars: Hidden Lakes
Class Assignment (Answer the Questions)
1) The Inner Planets (Mercury & Venus)
2) The Inner Planets (Earth & Mars)
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Resources for Two-Paragraph Greenhouse Effect Report
Venus
Venus's Greenhouse Effect
Earth
1) Greenhouse Effect: A Student's Guide
2) Greenhouse Effect for Kids (7-min video)
3) NASA Climate Kids: Greenhouse Effect (Explained)
4) Kids Environment: Greenhouse Gases and the Greenhouse Effect
5) Greenhouse Effect & Global Warming Video (3-min video)
6) Global Warming for Kids (6-min video)
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LAB: Greenhouse Effect (Venus & Earth) (3-min video)
LAB 2: Greenhouse Effect (4-min video)
Ch. 3.5 The Outer Planets
ACTIVITY: Rank It! Jupiter
The Outer Planets (14-min video)
Jupiter's Red Spot: Great Storm (5-min video)
Jupiter: What Would You See If You Fell into Jupiter (6-min video)
ACTIVITY: Saturn and Cassini-Huygens Images (Qty 7)
Video Connection: Video-to-Text, Video-to-Self, Video-to-World
Saturn: Cassini's Last Mission (3-min video)
Saturn: 10 Mind-blowing Images Captured by Cassini (3-min video)
ACTIVITY: Four-page Saturn Book (by JPL)
Uranus: The Pronunciation (5-min video)
Uranus: The Ramifications of Being Tilted on Its Side at 90 Degrees (3-min video)
Neptune for Kids by Free School (5-min video)
What If Pluto Hit Neptune (6-min video)
Orbit Simulator
Ch. 3.6 Smaller Objects in Our Solar System
Asteroid Belt v. Kuiper Belt v. Oort Cloud
Crash Course: Oort Cloud
What Is a Planet?
What Is a Comet? (2-min video)
Difference between Meteoroids, Meteors, and Meteorites (3-min video)
Bill Nye: Comets and Meteoroids (22 min-video)
Chapter 4: Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe
Ch. 4.1 Telescopes
Real-time Photos of Stars: Telescope Images at Certain Thumbnails
Ch. 4.2 The Scale of the Universe
Understanding Parallaxes (14-min--watch first five minutes)
Using Parallaxes to Measure Distances between Stars (3-min video)
Ch. 4.3 Characteristics of Stars
Star in a Box (Interactive Activity--Create Star and Overlay on Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram)
Ch. 4.4 Lives of Stars
Stellar Sam: Life Cycle of Star Animation
Life Cycle of a Star: Gas Cloud to Main Sequence (9-min video)
Death of a Star: Explosion to White Dwarf/Black Hole (9-min video)
Birth of a Black Hole (3-min video)
Travel Inside a Black Hole (11-min video)
*******Life Cycle of Stage: Student-led Investigation*******
Research It! Station
Star Life (interactive)
Watch It! Station
The Life Cycle of Stars (5-min)
The Life Cycle of Stars (5-min) non-YouTube version
Ch. 4.5 Star Systems & Galaxies
NASA: What Is a Galaxy?
Binary Star Interactive (Use accompanying "Binary Star Interactive Investigative Questions" under Uploaded Files)
Where Is NASA Looking for Planets with Life?
Ch. 4.6 Our Expanding Universe
Introduction Activity: What Are Your Ideas About the Universe? A Cosmic Survey
(Print Pages: 9-16)
Sizing Up the Universe (Brainpop Interactive)
NASA: Difference Between Dark Energy and Dark Matter
NASA: The Big Bang
Big Bang Theory: Cosmological Model (4-min video) Excellent
Birth of Our Universe (46-min)
Evident of the Big Bang Theory--Hubble's Expanding Universe and Redshift (5-min video)
Evidence of the Big Bang Theory--Penzias and Wilson's Discovery of Cosmic Radiation Background (5-min video)
Shrodinger's Cat Thought Experiment: TedEd (Light = particle and wave) (4-min video)
Shrodinger's Cat: TedEd--good illustration of how e- orbits (5-min video)
Interpretations of Shrodinger's Cat by Michio Kaku (3-mi video)
Ted ED: What Is Dark Matter & Dark Energy? (6-min video)
www.ixl.com/math/grade-5/time-zonesCurrent Events
PBS Ebola Documentary: Ethics Paper (HW)
Ch. 3.4 Greenhouse Effect Simulation