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How To Build A Space Station Instructional VideoHow To Build A Space Station Instructional Video
Publisher
SciShow
Resource Details
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Grade
9th - Higher Ed
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
4:16
Audiences
For Teacher Use
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Duration
10 mins
Instructional Strategy
Direct Instruction
Technology
Video
Internet Access
Accessibility
Closed Captions
Year
2016
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Instructional Video

How To Build A Space Station

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Space stations provide opportunities for space exploration and research. Individuals see how scientists build space stations and put them into space. Viewers explore the history of space stations, the different types of space stations and modules and what they are used for, and how countries around the world work together in outer space.

11 Views 8 Downloads
CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

outer space, space exploration, space, the international space station, the space race, space programs, orbitals, orbiting, the earth's orbit

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Provide learners a history of the space station
  • Introduce the concept of Hohmann transfer during a discussion of orbitals

Classroom Considerations

  • Expects scholars to have a general understanding of orbitals and space history
  • This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

  • Narrator is engaging and interesting
  • Visuals give pupils an understanding of what a space station is like

Cons

  • None

Common Core

L.9-10.2.a

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