Comet Hunters Asteroid Seekers Classroom Edition

Killer Comets: Beautiful and Dangerous Ominous Asteroids: Get them before they get us!

On the SPACEWATCH…

Join SPACE.com correspondent Dave Brody as he spends the night on Kitt Peak with the SPACEWATCH Project stalking the flying mega-mountains that could destroy us…or save us. 11 experts will tell you how…

Comet Hunters, Asteroid Seekers Classroom Edition takes you and your students on a space voyage of discovery. You will learn the differences and similarities between comets and asteroids, as well as the promises and threats they hold. Hear what the experts have to say about the science of comets and asteroids. Learn the good and bad about the past, present and future of the solar system's smallest members.

The 2005 Telly Award Winner for Education Video, this DVD 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:

Comet Image Gallery

Asteroid Image Gallery

Attend a private Comet Tail Meteor star-party

Chapter Index lets you navigate to nine different topics
1. Near Earth Objects
2. Comet or Asteroid?
3. Comet Origins
4. Comet Composition
5. Dangerous Comets
6. Colliding Asteroids
7. Double Impacts
8. Asteroid Mining
9. Vulcanoids

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: 77 minutes