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  • Space station as seen from space. Caption: Section by section, it grew.

    Examines the history and future of manned space stations. Covers the Russian Mir's 14-year stay in space and its replacement by the International Space Station in 2000. Reviews the purpose of the U.S. Space Shuttle, the loss of Challenger and Columbia, and the effect the shuttle's grounding has on the ISS. Notes how astronauts live on the ISS, and emphasizes that the space station offers an opportunity for international cooperation and discovery.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Rocket launching. Caption: There will be private citizens paying for their own trips

    With the retirement of NASAs space shuttle fleet in 2011, the role of getting people, satellites and other instruments into space falls to private companies. As of June 2011, there have been only 523 people to reach the 100 kilometer mark (considered human spaceflight), and only 24 have traveled beyond low Earth orbit. It is projected that within ten years, the number of people who will have flown into space will increase by about 600 percent due to the increasing market of suborbital spaceflight and the possibility of private citizens utilizing space flight. Students will explore suborbital and orbital spaceflight and the requirements necessary for vehicles to achieve these journeys. They also go behind the scenes of many of the private companies involved in taking on the tasks to travel to low Earth orbit and beyond and uncover some of the technology used to accomplish these goals.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Person floating in a chamber with switches, buttons, and lights on the walls. Caption: One of the fun things about flying in space

    In the first segment, a shuttle astronaut compares eating, sleeping, bathing, and working and relaxing in space with life on earth. The second segment focuses on Newton's Three Laws of Motion as the astronaut demonstrates them with cans of pudding.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Large blue planet with a darker blue spot. Caption: Neptune is so remote,

    In 1977, Voyagers I and II left Earth for deep space exploration and a close-up view of the edges of our solar system. Reveals how the space shuttles used the gravitational fields from surrounding planets to slingshot themselves through the outer planets. Voyager II's graphics and real pictures of Neptune and Uranus help explain their features, axis, rings and moons, and magnetic fields. Also notes some peculiar facts about each.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Woman speaking. Caption: I grew up on the Space Coast watching Space Shuttle launches

    Karen Bibb is an aerospace engineer with 22 years of experience working at NASA Langley Research Center. Karen began her career at NASA in 1992, after graduating from Georgia Tech with a master’s degree in aerospace engineering. Currently, she works in the Aerothermodynamics Branch of the Research Directorate. Part of the "Women@NASA" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Old photograph of a space shuttle launching. Caption: It also fueled new interest in alien life.

    Documents efforts to contact and communicate with potential extraterrestrial life and interstellar space. Attempts to answer the question: Are we alone? Looks at the Drake equation, the standard for anyone seeking to find the number of planets with intelligent life in the Milky Way galaxy. Discusses the pioneering research at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI) based in Mountain View, California.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Large plane taxiing on a runway. Caption: Propulsion is the power that moves something,

    Aeronautics is the science of flight as well as the theory and practice of aircraft navigation. Any machine that flies through the air falls into the field of aeronautics. This includes helicopters, airplanes, as well as space vehicles such as the SpaceX Dragon and the retired NASA space shuttles. Aerodynamics is a branch of physical science which deals with the motion of air and the way that it interacts with objects in motion.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Complex of buildings and roads. Caption: (narrator) Stretching 72 miles down Florida's east coast,

    In this episode, visit the Kennedy Space Center located on Florida's famous "Space Coast." NASA engineers discuss the past, present, and future of American space travel. Museum staff also explain the various attractions the Kennedy Space Center has to offer visitors. Part of the “Travel Thru History” series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • A T V screen displays men walking on the moon. Caption: On the evening of July 31, 1969, the world is watching the T V.

    What is the future of human presence in space? How might things be different if there had not been a Cold War and a Space Race? What does humanity gain by venturing into the solar system? Three events are key moments in the conquest of space: the R-7 rocket launches the first satellite into space, President Kennedy's speech announces the United States race to the moon, and Neil Armstrong walks on the moon. Part of the "Butterfly Effect" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Earth as seen from space. Caption: (narrator) Terraforming is making an alien world more like Earth.

    Explores space stations, lunar bases, and Mars landings as possible solutions to earth's environmental and overpopulation problems. Questions cover both positive and negative aspects of this ambitious, speculative future.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • An illustration depicts migration from Earth to Mars.

    The Red Planet, with the most similar environment to Earth in the entire solar system, is a third alternative being explored for colonization. The discovery of ice on its surface has excited and encouraged many space scientists despite the many challenges to establishing a colony on Mars. Part of the "Space Colonies" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Bright object streaking across the sky towards another bright object. Caption: of a comet striking the Earth and extinguishing civilization.

    In the conquest of space today, it is robots, not humans, who get the glory. Describes missions that represent the foreseeable future in space exploration: sensor-filled craft and remotely operated devices going where people can't. The program features Deep Impact, a comet-blasting probe; Cassini-Huygens, pioneer of Saturn's moon, Titan; Robonaut, a machine designed to perform human tasks; Ranger, a huge mechanical spider that could conceivably repair the Hubble Space Telescope; the Hubble itself, aging but carrying on; and the planned Webb Space Telescope, Hubble's eventual successor on the vanguard of deep-space science.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • An illustration of a space colony.

    The moon’s proximity to Earth, as well as the discovery of water there, have placed this natural satellite front and center as a viable location for the first interstellar colony. In fact, the director of the European Space Agency has already outlined plans for a “moon village.” However, this is not without challenges. Part of the "Space Colonies" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Group of young people singing and dancing. Caption: We are the place to be in the galaxy

    Hannah’s musical friends continue their journey through space. In this segment, they sing and dance through space with the sun and planets. Part of the "Space School Musical" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Cartoon of a cat and a bird talking. Caption: - A Cheese mountain!

    Poppy leads her friends on a hot air balloon ride to Cheese Mountain so Alma can practice her French. In their second adventure, Alma reveals she had a dream in which Zuzu was a space monster, and Poppy takes them to outer space in her rocket. Based on the children's book series created by Lara Jones. Part of the "Poppy Cat" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • An illustration of two astronauts in a foreign planet surface.

    Recent discoveries of water at the moon’s poles and on Mars have encouraged scientists to develop projects that will enable humans to settle in these harsh, distant environments in the near future. This episode explores the challenges of setting up an orbital space colony or a settlement on an asteroid. Part of the "Space Colonies" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Space station with Earth's surface in the background. Caption: you'll probably rendezvous with an orbiting space station.

    Features dozens of space professionals, from designers of space suits and life systems engineers to interior decorators and the "Lunar Lettuce Man." A touching story concerning famed teacher Jaime Escalante and one of his students is interwoven with imaginative vignettes that explore the humor and drama of day-to-day life away from Earth. Also stars Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Jeffery Tambor, Jesse "The Body" Ventura, Raymond Cruz, Weird Al Yankovic, Vincent Schiavelli, and Pat Morita.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Young girl sitting in her bed singing. Caption: S-P-A-C-E

    Hannah has a science project due tomorrow, but it is her bedtime. As she tries to hurry and finish her model of space, some musical friends pay her a visit and explain why space is a cool place. Part of the "Space School Musical" series.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Two Voyager space crafts on their way to outer space, the trajectory is highlighted.

    Launched in the summer of 1977, Voyager was the audacious first mission that would visit all the outermost planets. This documentary tells the story of the mission through firsthand accounts of those who made the mission possible. They are a small band of resourceful, ambitious, and passionate men and women who reached for the stars and succeeded. Please note this title contains potentially offensive language and contains mature themes.

    (Source: DCMP)

  • Cartoon of a computer screen displaying a spaceship. Spanish captions.

    Gabriela, Manuel and Leonardo are three friends who accidentally start a rocket that takes them to space. Their journey through space takes them to different planets and strange worlds. Throughout their journey, they have the help of Maqui, an on-board computer. Maqui helps them learn about the universe. The friends land on a planet hoping to find a way back home. They try of convince one of its inhabitants to fly them home in his spaceship. But he tells them his craft is too old and cannot take them back to Earth. Maqui studies all their options and explains to them the necessary characteristics that a spaceship must have to safely travel in space.

    (Source: DCMP)

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  • PhET Simulations

    • Simulation

    A collection of simulations from PhET.

    A collection containing 15 resources, curated by Charles LaPierre

  • Animals

    • Video

    Resources to teach younger students about animals

    A collection containing 58 resources, curated by DIAGRAM Center

  • Biology

    • Video
    • Image
    • Text Document
    • PDF
    • 2.5D Tactile Graphic
    • 3D Model
    • Audio File

    Biology related concepts

    A collection containing 59 resources, curated by Benetech

  • Chemistry

    • Video
    • Image
    • 2.5D Tactile Graphic
    • PDF
    • Text Document
    • Simulation

    A collection of Chemistry related resources

    A collection containing 67 resources, curated by Benetech