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Science & Technology: SWIFT: Eyes Through Time

Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
Accidental Discoveries This segment from Swift: Eyes through Time traces the history military officers and engineers discovering a strange phenomenon in the sky that astronomers now know are gamma-ray bursts.	5-8	QuickTime Video
Accidental Discoveries This lesson will help the students understand that science theories change in the face of new evidence, but those changes can be slow in coming.	5-8	Lesson Plan
Astronomy Theories This video segment from Swift: Eyes through Time deals with the advancement of science through changing existing ideas, refuting outdated theories, and incorporating new findings.	5-8	QuickTime Video
Creativity in Science This lesson will take a look at the different roles scientists play in discoveries.	5-8	Lesson Plan
Earth, the Universe, and Culture The following lesson will help the students understand the cultural nature of scientific research.	5-8	Lesson Plan
Gamma-ray Burst Theories This video segment from Swift: Eyes through Time introduces and explains theories of the origin of gamma-ray bursts.	5-8	QuickTime Video
Looking Back in Time This video segment of Swift: Eyes through Time provides concrete examples to explain the concept that distance in space equals distance in time.	5-8	QuickTime Video
Looking Back in Time This lesson plan will provide a concrete way for the students to understand the concept of “distance in space equals distance in time.”	5-8	Lesson Plan
The Relationship Between Science and Technology Students will learn how technology can help scientists solve a problem. One of the challenges scientists face with any spacecraft is attitude control. Students will be introduced to the problem of attitude control in space and two different ways scientists address it.	5-8	Lesson Plan
Teamwork in Science This video segment from Swift: Eyes through Time explores the concept of teamwork as scientists around the globe work together to explore deep space.	5-8	QuickTime Video
Theories This lesson will help the students understand that science theories change in the face of new evidence, but those changes can be slow in coming.	5-8	Lesson Plan
Universe Origins This video segment from Swift: Eyes through Time covers gamma ray bursts; geocentric and heliocentric models; and, cultural interpretations of scientific data.	5-8	QuickTime Video