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Crash Course

To the Moon and Mars - Aerospace Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #34

For Students 9th - 12th
Did you know that space flight has its own field of engineering? The 34th video in the Crash Course Engineering series looks at aerospace engineering and its two branches, aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. It...
Instructional Video5:44
TED-Ed

The Sonic Boom Problem

For Students 7th - Higher Ed Standards
Sound waves travel pretty quickly, but humans can travel faster. Follow along with this short animated video as it investigates the physics behind the breaking of the sound barrier and the sonic booms that are...
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PBS

Hot Shots and Hot Jobs: Pilots Enjoy Breathtaking Views and Plentiful Job Options

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Want to travel the world? Enjoy awesome views? Get to wear a snazzy uniform? Then it's a pilot's life for you! A short video introduces job seekers to what it takes to become a pilot.
Instructional Video8:24
Real Engineering

How Will SpaceX Get Us To Mars?

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In Musk we trust? A video in the Real Engineering series shows how the SpaceX company, and their Falcon 9 rocket, represents a viable hope for space travel to Mars. Viewers see how reusable rockets and vertical integration in...
Instructional Video3:58
Real Engineering

Stealth—How Does It Work? (Northrop B-2 Spirit)

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Don't let the resource slip away undetected. Pupils watch a video from the Real Engineering series to learn how stealth aircraft avoid radar detection. In particular, the video focuses on the Northrop B-2 Spirit.
Instructional Video4:01
Real Engineering

Area Rule: How to Make Planes Fly Faster

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a modern aircraft with cross-sectional areas taken into consideration. A short video in the Real Engineering playlist describes how cross-sectional areas of airplanes relate to their speeds. It shows...
Instructional Video3:12
MinutePhysics

Why is the Solar System Flat?

For Students 8th - 12th
When three dimensions are available, why is our solar system shaped like a flattened disk? Find out how the conservation of angular momentum plays a role. Physics and space science learners alike will be blown away by this bit of...
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Curated OER

Nasa National Aeronautics and Space Administration

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides a fun project on El Nino. "You have probably heard people blame "El Nino" for everything from bad weather to lost homework. Now we are going to "blame El Nino" for...
Instructional Video
NASA

Nasa: A Tour of the Cryosphere: Earth's Frozen Assets

For Students 9th - 10th
It has been said that the frozen parts of our planet, also known as the cryosphere, may be the proverbial 'canary in the coal mine' when it comes to climate change. This video shows some of the most dramatic fluctuations to our...
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NASA

Nasa: Great Images in Nasa

For Students 9th - 10th
Fascinating collection of images from NASA, chosen for their historical or aesthetic significance. Images are searchable by subject, by NASA center, and by keyword, and each is available in three sizes. With links to more information...
Instructional Video
US National Archives

Internet Archive: Earth Resources Technology Satellite (Erts)

For Students 9th - 10th
Original video [27:31] published in 1973 about the importance of Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) in planning for and monitoring earth's resources.
Instructional Video
NASA

Nasa: Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Exoplanet Exploration: Planet Quest Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
A video timeline of the discoveries and key milestones in the history of space exploration. [11:23]
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NASA

Nasa: Welcome to From Earth to the Solar System (Fettss)

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of high-resolution images of space. Images "showcase the discoveries and excitement of planetary exploration, with a focus on the origin and evolution of the Solar System and the search for life".
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NASA

Nasa: Slr and Gps (And Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes) [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow explains how satellites are used to measure the movement of tectonic plates.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: The Women of Nasa

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the women who have played an essential role in the functions of NASA for almost a century.
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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Race to the Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1955, the US and the USSR each announced plans to launch a satellite into orbit. Thus began the race to the moon. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the American space program and its new classes of astronauts achieved breakthroughs in...
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NASA

Nasa: Top 20 Comet Shoemaker Levy Images

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides the most popular images at the JPL Comet Shoemaker-Levy home page during the month of July 1994, when the comet was impacting Jupiter.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Design Inspired by Nature

For Students 9th - 10th
In this stills collage produced for Teachers' Domain, see several examples of everyday inventions that were either inspired by nature or are similar in form and function to plants or animals.
Instructional Video
NASA

Science Casts: The Harvest Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
A video describing the science and forklore behind the harvest moon. [2:48]
Instructional Video
NASA

Nasa: Departing Space Station Commander Provides Tour of Orbital

For Students 9th - 10th
Want an inside tour of a space station's research facility? This video gives a tour of the orbital laboratory on the International Space Station. Tour is given by the former Commander of the International Space Station, Sunita Williams....
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Curated OER

Prof. Leonard, Aeronaut

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an interesting tidbit of Yukon history about a balloonist who put on public shows in Dawson City around 1900 during the time of the Klondike Gold Rush.
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First World War

First World war.com: Aviation Photographs

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive amount of aviation photographs from WWI. There is also a link to introductory notes on aviation and aviators in the war.
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NASA

Nasa: Project Apollo Patches

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides illustrations of the Apollo Program mission patches worn by the astronauts and used by NASA in connection with each mission.
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Curated OER

Smithsonian Institution Archives: Laurel Van Der Wal (D. 2009)

For Students 9th - 10th
Pioneering female aeronautical engineer Laurel van der Wal (d. 2009) (later Laurel van der Wal Roennau) had had a brief career as a model, art instructor, and deputy sheriff before training to be a pilot during World War II; she returned...

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