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HRP 19: Space Exploration

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Were Many Women Involved in the Gemini Project?

A Gemini engineer describes the important contribution of women scientists in the Gemini program.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 1:53

What Were the Biggest Technological Setbacks Faced by the Gemini Engineers?

A Gemini engineer provides examples of technological setbacks they had to overcome in the design of the Gemini capsule.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 1:42

How Were the Materials Necessary for Construction of the Gemini Spacecraft Determined?

A Gemini engineer explains how they determined the best materials to use for the Gemini space capsule.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 1:32

How Did Technology Used for Gemini Missions Affect the Advancement of Technology That Was Used by the Average American?

A Gemini engineer explains how technology developed for space missions has also helped everyday Americans..

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 0:59

What Was the Purpose of the Adapter Part of the Space Capsule and Why Was It Added to the Design of the Capsule for the Gemini Missions?

A Gemini engineer explains why an adapter was added to the Gemini space capsule design.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 1:54

Were Any Unusual Materials Chosen to Help Build the Gemini Capsule and Adapter?

A Gemini engineer describes some unusual materials used in the creation of the Gemini space capsule.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 1:21

What Were the Challenges in Design of the Capsule to Allow for Space Walks?

A Gemini engineer describes the challenges involved in designing a space capsule that would allow for successful space walks.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 1:14

What Was the Impact of the Gemini Project?

A Gemini engineer describes the impact of the Gemini program on the space race.

Grades: 6 - 12

Duration: 1:31

Space 10: Orion: The First Step to Deep Space

Orion, NASA’s new spacecraft designed to take humans into deep space, had its first test flight December 4, 2014. View what happened and learn from experts answering student questions about manned a...

Grades: K - 12

Duration: 177:20

Space 12: Rendezvous with a Comet

View this program that takes students on a mission to rendezvous with a comet. Be part of the mission to rendezvous with Comet Encke. Along the way, use your scientific, problem-solving and decision...

Grades: K - 12

Duration: 55:33

Student Tools

Student Tool 66: Video Reflection Worksheet

Students can use this activity on their own to share their learning and insights about any video they watch independently, and this Student Tool can also be used in conjunction with Teacher Tool 318: Sharing Your Insights Through A Reflection Worksheet as part of a classroom or homeschool activity. This tool can be used with any video on the Educate.Today website.

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Teacher Tools

Teacher Tool 51: Rendezvous with a Comet Study Guide

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Teacher Tool 56: Orion Study Guide

Use this teacher tool in conjunction with the following Educate.Today video: Space 10: Orion--The First Step to Deep Space.

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Teacher Tool 276: STEM Activity–Overlapping Engineering Fields

Download this teacher tool for a STEM activity providing students the opportunities to research different fields of engineering and what some of them have in common. This teacher tool could be used with any of the following Educate.Today videos:
Aviation-2, Aviation-9, Engineering-7, Engineering-9, Engineering-11, Environment-8, Environment-14, Sample Video-25, Sample Video-26, Sample Video-34, Sample Video-51, Sample Video-80, Sample Video-81, Sample Video-88, Space-9, Space-10, Space-11, Transportation-14, Transportation-20

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Teacher Tool 317: Cross Curricular Activity–Sharing Insights Through a Journal Entry

This teacher tool, accompanying the video above, provides an Interdisciplinary activity that invites students to write a journal entry that shares learning and insights they gained by watching the video. This tool can be used with any video on the Educate.Today website.

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Teacher Tool 318: Cross Curricular Activity–Video Reflection

This teacher tool, accompanying the video above, provides an Interdisciplinary activity that invites students to complete a reflection worksheet to share learning and insights they gained by watching the video. This tool can be used with any video on the Educate.Today website.

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Teacher Tool 319: Cross Curricular Activity–Sharing Learning Verbally

This teacher tool, accompanying the video above, provides an Interdisciplinary activity that invites students to share learning and insights they gained by watching the video through verbal sharing and conversation. This tool can be used with any video on the Educate.Today website.

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Teacher Tool 320: Vocabulary Interesting to Me

This teacher tool, accompanying the video above, invites students to increase their vocabulary by selecting, and learning the definitions of, words in the video that are unknown and/or interesting to them. This tool can be used with any video on the Educate.Today website.

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Teacher Tool 321: Vocabulary Activity

This teacher tool, accompanying the video above, asks students to listen for certain vocabulary words you have selected and define them in two ways: 1) contextually based on what they think the definition might be based on what they learn in the video; and 2) through a dictionary to either confirm or refine their contextual definition. This tool can be used with any video on the Educate.Today website.

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Teacher Tool 608: STEM Activity–Angular to Linear Velocity

This teacher tool, accompanying the video above, provides a STEM activity combining mathematics with student study of earth and space. This activity accompanies the following Educate.Today videos: Space-9, Space-10, Space-11.

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