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Curated OER

Alien Planets

For Teachers 6th - 12th
This clip is an introduction to a NASA video often used in planetarium shows. This intro is subtitled in Spanish which is great for ELLs and introduces the idea that there may be life on other planets. Unfortunately, this clip is an...
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Instructional Video4:07
TED-Ed

How Small Are We in the Scale of the Universe?

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
There are so many galaxies in the universe that the vast majority of them are too distant for the human eye to perceive. An astronomy video discusses the Hubble Telescope's Deep Field image from 1995 and the eXtreme Deep Field image...
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Instructional Video
Other

Kurdistan Planetarium: Mechanism of the Seasons

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what makes different areas on Earth experience four seasons. [5:59]
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Instructional Video
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Desktop Diaries: Neil De Grasse Tyson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Many of us spend more time at our desks than anywhere else. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson takes us into his office at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City for a tour of his office, in the fourth of Science Friday's Desktop...
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Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Nova: The Pluto Files

For Students 9th - 10th
Pluto not a planet! This statement, made by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Director of the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium, caused a furor with elementary students across the country. After 10 years, Tyson, travels across...
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Instructional Video
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Manhattanhenge: Watch a Star Align

For Students 9th - 10th
Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium, identified the phenomenon where the sun lines up for spectacular views in New York over a decade ago and coined it Manhattanhenge. Watch this cosmic event unfold right through the...

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