|
|
Starry Night Classrom DVD's Searching for SuperStars Classroom Editionby Starry Night
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Private and Pro Astronomers bag the biggest blasts the Universe has to offer…
Novas, Supernovas, Hypernovas, Black Holes, Colliding Stars…
SPACE.com correspondent, Dave Brody visits Tenagra Observatories on a quest for the precise age of the Universe. Meet 11 world-renowned astrophysicists and a private astronomer who has dedicated a fortune to the search.
Searching for SuperStars Classroom Edition lets you see giant stars up close, learn what they are made of, how they behave, and how they sometimes interact with each other. You will see how the most massive stars end their lives in spectacular and violent fashion. Hear what the experts have to say about neutron stars, pulsars and black holes. Learn how past generations of stars have shaped the Earth and its inhabitants, and how supernovas can tell us about the age and future of the universe.
This 2005 Telly Award Finalist for Education Video comes complete with a teaching guide full of discussion questions, cross-curricular activities and correlations to national science standards. It is a wonderful educational resource that will inspire and excite your students about space science.
Teaching Guide includes:
Teaching Strategies
Discussion Questions
Across-the-Curriculum Activity Ideas
Across-the-Curriculum Writing Suggestions
Careers in Science
Curriculum correlations for United States and Canada
DVD Features:
Tenagra's Technology: Behind the scense with Owner Michael Schwartz
Special Super Star Artworks by Mark A. Garlick
Chapter Index lets you navigate to nine different topics
1. Supernovas
2. Pulsar: Crab
3. Black Holes
4. Spotting SuperStars
5. Novas
6. Colliding Stars
7. Standard Candles
8. Hypernovas
9. Next Supernovas?
Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and Digital Stereo
Music by Jonn Serrie and others
Images, and animations and predictive simulations: NASA, ESA, Maas Digital, JPL, Cornell University, Malin Space Systems, Dana Berry / Skyworks Digital. Spaceship window element by Thomas O. Miller (atomicart.com) and Ron Miller.
Total Run Time: 55 minutes
Novas, Supernovas, Hypernovas, Black Holes, Colliding Stars…
SPACE.com correspondent, Dave Brody visits Tenagra Observatories on a quest for the precise age of the Universe. Meet 11 world-renowned astrophysicists and a private astronomer who has dedicated a fortune to the search.
Searching for SuperStars Classroom Edition lets you see giant stars up close, learn what they are made of, how they behave, and how they sometimes interact with each other. You will see how the most massive stars end their lives in spectacular and violent fashion. Hear what the experts have to say about neutron stars, pulsars and black holes. Learn how past generations of stars have shaped the Earth and its inhabitants, and how supernovas can tell us about the age and future of the universe.
This 2005 Telly Award Finalist for Education Video comes complete with a teaching guide full of discussion questions, cross-curricular activities and correlations to national science standards. It is a wonderful educational resource that will inspire and excite your students about space science.
Teaching Guide includes:
DVD Features:
1. Supernovas
2. Pulsar: Crab
3. Black Holes
4. Spotting SuperStars
5. Novas
6. Colliding Stars
7. Standard Candles
8. Hypernovas
9. Next Supernovas?
Total Run Time: 55 minutes