Working through a calculation for K-Ar dating (good to have some prior experience with e and logarithms)
Thinking about how we get Calories from the land limits human population densities
Mars Science Laboratory engineers have a dress rehearsal for Curiosity's landing day on the Red Planet.
Everything will end. Even the universe. But in a future so far away that it defies description, there will still be light and therefore a chance for life. It will be around White Dwarfs, the corpses of stars. But even they will fade one day. The video "The Last Light Before Eternal Darkness - White Dwarfs & Black Dwarfs" is a resource included in the Space sciences topic made available from the Kurzgesagt open educational resource series.
The last star in the universe will be a red dwarf. Red dwarfs in general might be great places to look for aliens - or planets for humans to find a new home after our solar system has died. The video "The Last Star in the Universe - Red Dwarfs Explained" is a resource included in the Space sciences topic made available from the Kurzgesagt open educational resource series.
Video of the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Nov. 26, 2011, onboard an Atlas V rocket.
The video resource "Life Begins: Crash Course Big History #4" is included in the "Big History" course from the resources series of "Crash Course". Crash Course is a educational video series from John and Hank Green.
Lifecycle of Massive Stars
The video resource "Light: Crash Course Astronomy #24" is included in the "Astronomy" course from the resources series of "Crash Course". Crash Course is a educational video series from John and Hank Green.
Students groups act as aerospace engineering teams competing to create linear equations to guide space shuttles safely through obstacles generated by a modeling game in level-based rounds. Each round provides a different configuration of the obstacle, which consists of two "gates." The obstacles are presented as asteroids or comets, and the linear equations as inputs into autopilot on board the shuttle. The winning group is the one that first generates the successful equations for all levels. The game is created via the programming software MATLAB, available as a free 30-day trial. The activity helps students make the connection between graphs and the real world. In this activity, they can see the path of a space shuttle modeled by a linear equation, as if they were looking from above.
The video resource "Low Mass Stars: Crash Course Astronomy #29" is included in the "Astronomy" course from the resources series of "Crash Course". Crash Course is a educational video series from John and Hank Green.
The video resource "Mars: Crash Course Astronomy #15" is included in the "Astronomy" course from the resources series of "Crash Course". Crash Course is a educational video series from John and Hank Green.
Artist's concept of Mars Science Laboratory entry, descent and landing.
NASA engineers take the Curiosity test rover to California's Mojave desert to learn how to drive on Martian sand dunes.
Mission team members share their excitement and reflections on the launch of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover.
The video resource "Mercury: Crash Course Astronomy #13" is included in the "Astronomy" course from the resources series of "Crash Course". Crash Course is a educational video series from John and Hank Green.
The video resource "Meteors: Crash Course Astronomy #23" is included in the "Astronomy" course from the resources series of "Crash Course". Crash Course is a educational video series from John and Hank Green.
The video resource "Migrations and Intensification: Crash Course Big History #7" is included in the "Big History" course from the resources series of "Crash Course". Crash Course is a educational video series from John and Hank Green.
The video resource "The Milky Way: Crash Course Astronomy #37" is included in the "Astronomy" course from the resources series of "Crash Course". Crash Course is a educational video series from John and Hank Green.
The video resource "The Modern Revolution: Crash Course Big History #8" is included in the "Big History" course from the resources series of "Crash Course". Crash Course is a educational video series from John and Hank Green.