A theme page about Space, suitable for intermediate level students year 8-9 and higher in Sweden.
Warm-up
Study English Vocabulary Lesson 86 Space Travel | English With Song | ESL Lessons | Word Study – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/vLVPHnFX-xU
English Through Song Rocketman – Elton John.
Stephen Hawking Sings Monty Python… Galaxy Song (Music Video) – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/XfcC6FYyL4U
Monty Python – Galaxy Song- See also the article under ‘Reading’ belowThe song with lyrics here
Vocabulary
Space – English Vocabulary – LanguageGuide.orghttp://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/space/
Space Speaking Challenge Listening Challenge Interactive
Space Vocabulary List & Definitionshttp://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/science/space/vocab/
For elementary and lower intermediate students Space Vocabulary Quiz
Rocket – Visual Dictionaryhttp://www.infovisual.info/05/095_en.html
Rocket – Visual Dictionary – Parts and functions of a Rocket
NASA – What to Expect When Curiosity Starts Snapping Pictureshttps://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20120803.html
Unlike a group of tourists just arriving on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover will take a more careful approach to snapping its first images.
Lesson Plans
Virtual Field Trip | Generation Beyondhttps://www.generationbeyondinschool.com/virtualfieldtrip
Virtual Field Trip Now available on-demand — Join us at Lockheed Martin’s sites in Silicon Valley, CA to explore how new innovations are helping engineers and scientists continue to explore deep space.
Reading
Fact-checking the Galaxy Song – Monty Python’s astronomy lesson | Astronomy.comhttp://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/08/fact-checking-the-galaxy-song
An article explaining the Galaxy song and putting some numbers right
Our Solar Systemhttp://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/solar-system
Learn more about the celestial bodies that exist within our solar system.
BBC – Future – The effects of space travel on the human bodyhttp://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140506-space-trips-bad-for-your-health
Think spaceflight is all glamour? Think again. Zero gravity plays havoc on your health in many ways, says Richard Hollingham. And may also give you a fat face.
Trouble in orbit: the growing problem of space junk – BBC Newshttp://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33782943
Dr Hugh Lewis examines the threat posed by growing amounts of space junk, and outlines some possible solutions.
Listening
InSight: The jeopardy of landing on Mars – BBC Newshttps://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46074794
Nasa releases a video describing the perilous landing its InSight Mars probe will face later this month.
Viewing
Solar System 101 | National Geographic – YouTube (4:10)https://youtu.be/libKVRa01L8
How many planets are in the solar system? How did it form in the Milky Way galaxy? Learn facts about the solar system’s genesis
What Does It Take to Be a Planet and Why Doesn’t Pluto Belong? – YouTube (1:50)https://youtu.be/EOUtqSJrncA
As of 2006, there are three criteria a celestial body has to meet to be considered a planet. Pluto meets only two of them.
VFX Artist Reveals the True Scale of the Universe – YouTube (5:50)https://youtu.be/GCTuirkcRwo
Do we really have a clear understanding of just how small we are in the scale of the universe?
To Scale: The Solar System on Vimeo (7:06)https://vimeo.com/139407849
On a dry lakebed in Nevada, a group of friends build the first scale model of the solar system with complete planetary orbits: a true illustration of our place in…
Universe Size Comparison 3D – YouTube (5:07)https://youtu.be/i93Z7zljQ7I
Planets in our Universe can get extremely large, but stars get even bigger. In this video, we explore the sizes of moons, planets, stars, and even beyond
Asteroids, Comets & Meteors: What’s the Difference? – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/ygqwP62QwzI
There are millions of giant rocks hurtling around the solar system. Some of them stay in the cosmos and others penetrate the Earth’s atmosphere.
How Big Is Space – Interactive versionhttp://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/20140304-how-big-is-space-interactive/
Buckle up and ride a rocket through our interactive view of the Solar System to explore our cosmic neighbourhood.
Learning Physics_Supernova and Supergiant Star Life Cycle – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/XA2tOTuWWzY
Supernova – one of the most explosive events known to humankind. Supernova explosions occur at the end of a star’s life. Talk about going out with a bang! A …
Stephen Hawking’s big ideas… made simple | Guardian Animations – YouTube (2:44)https://youtu.be/D6lFGJdwRyo
No time to read Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time? – Stephen Hawking’s big ideas… made simple – animation
25 Things You Didn’t Know About The Universe – YouTube (1:02:27)https://youtu.be/l51vdx4-Lcw
From planets covered in burning ice to diamonds bigger than our entire planet, these are 25 things you didn’t know about the Universe.
10 Weirdest Things Found in Outer Space – YouTube (3:37)https://youtu.be/JS7NYKqhrFo
10 Weirdest Things Found in Outer Space Right now zombie stars and cannibalistic galaxies are roaming through outer space
BBC Documentary 2017 – The Ever-Expanding Universe | Full Nova Documentary – YouTube (55:00)https://youtu.be/nZ5uuB0hJuo
BBC Documentary 2017 – the edge of space – full documentary 2017
The history of the universe… in 4 minuteshttps://www.bbc.com/ideas/videos/the-history-of-the-universe-in-4-minutes/p067jl92
Historian David Christian, runs through 13.8 billion years of history of our universe – and looks at the impact of humanity on earth.
10 Scary Yet Beautiful Facts About Space & Us – YouTube (21:56)https://youtu.be/Xyz0NpURbGY
Quite difficult narration with some explanatory words as subtitles.Â
THE STORY OF EVERYTHING – EARTH – HD / ViewPurehttp://viewpure.com/6QfJqTPoMj8
The Story of the Earth and Life. Full documentary in HD.
More Materials
NASA.gov brings you the latest news, images and videos from America’s space agency, pioneering the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research.
Interactive
Access Mars: A WebVR Experimenthttps://accessmars.withgoogle.com/
NASA, JPL, and Google bring the real surface of Mars to your browser.
Final Words
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