SWIFT: Eyes Through Time
| RESOURCE | GRADE LEVEL | MEDIA TYPE |
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Accidental DiscoveriesThis 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 |
Video |
Accidental DiscoveriesThis 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 TheoriesThis 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segment from Swift: Eyes through Time deals with the advancement of science through changing existing ideas, refuting outdated theories, and incorporating new findings.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 |
Video |
Creativity in ScienceThis lesson will take a look at the different roles scientists play in discoveries. |
5-8 |
Lesson Plan |
Earth, the Universe, and CultureThe following lesson will help the students understand the cultural nature of scientific research. |
5-8 |
Lesson Plan |
Gamma Ray Burst Detectives (Elementary School)This interactive resource invites students to join NASA to find the source of gamma ray bursts, the single biggest explosions in the Universe since the Big Bang. The web site features an animation, information on three possible star sources, and a check yes or no for each star with feedback. |
Pre-K-6 |
Interactive |
Gamma Ray Burst Detectives (High School)This WPSU interactive resource invites students to join NASA to find the source of gamma ray bursts, the single biggest explosions in the Universe since the Big Bang by exploring three aspects of the death of stars: energy, duration, and variability. |
7-12 |
Interactive |
Gamma-ray Burst TheoriesThis video segment from Swift: Eyes through Time introduces and explains theories of the origin of gamma-ray bursts. |
5-8 |
Video |
Looking Back in TimeThis video segment of Swift: Eyes through Time provides concrete examples to explain the concept that distance in space equals distance in time. |
5-8 |
Video |
Looking Back in TimeThis 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 TechnologyStudents 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 ScienceThis 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 |
Video |
TheoriesThis 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 OriginsThis video segment from Swift: Eyes through Time covers gamma ray bursts; geocentric and heliocentric models; and, cultural interpretations of scientific data. |
5-8 |
Video |
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