Space Exploration videos

Use online video to study how space rockets, probes and satellites have aided our exploration of space. Use the video subtitles to improve Reading and Literacy skills .... simultaneously!

Use these online Science videos entitled Space Exploration for middle school kids to study rockets, probes and satellites and how they have catapulted our quest for knowledge about space.

Use these 4 online educational videos to journey through the galaxy to uncover the secrets of outer space. Begin your exploration with an explanation of rockets, probes, and satellites -and how they have catapulted our quest for knowledge about space. Then discover the world of piloted space flights, walks in space, and space shuttle missions. Consider the possibilities of colonizing other planets and star systems, and see how the debris from our explorations has contributed to 'space garbage'

Learning Objectives:

• Gain insight to the advantages and disadvantages of piloted missions to outer space.
• Understand the possibilities and problems of space flight and colonization.
• Survey the problem of "space garbage" and the potential threat it poses to space travel.
• Explore the possibilities of making other planets more suitable for colonization.

• Science > Study Of The Universe > Space Exploration
• Rockets Probes and Satellites (Runtime: 11:48)
• Piloted Space Flights (Runtime: 10:35)
• Colonizing the Planets and Stars (Runtime: 10:19)
• Space Garbage (Runtime: 11:04)