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Educator Guide (pdf)
Video User Guide (pdf)
Video with captions
Planetarian Handbook (pdf)
Video with narration
Educator Guide (pdf)
Video User Guide (pdf)
Videos with captions (5)
Planetarian Handbook (pdf)
Videos with narration (5)
Planetarian Handbook (pdf)
Videos (13)
Infrared Astronomy Educator Guide (pdf)
Waves and Information Transfer Educator Guide (pdf)
From Dream to Discovery: Inside NASA
Supplementary materials hosted on DropBox
With support from NASA, we are delighted to be able to make the materials on this page freely available for educational use. While designed to accompany the fulldome show From Dream to Discovery: Inside NASA, these resources can be used independently of the show to explore engineering themes in more depth, and can be adapted for use in any Planetarium program or classroom session.
Each module is a 10-20 minute experience and consists of a prerecorded video and/or live, presenter-led activities.
Videos are available in two formats:
Please note that clicking on a download link will take you first to a brief survey that will help us understand how these materials are being used and how we can continue to make resources like these in the future.*
*The Museum of Science will not share contact information with any third party sources.
Fixing the Hubble Space Telescope
This 8-minute video for fulldome theaters or classrooms explores the challenges and engineering behind the Hubble repair. It includes recorded narration and music and features the voice of astronaut Jeff Hoffman, one of the astronauts on Hubble’s Servicing Mission 1 in 1993.
Teacher bundle includes:
Planetarian bundle includes:
2K or 4K domemasters and 5.1 surround or stereo audio files are available upon request by contacting fulldome@mos.org.
Gravity and Space Travel
This series of short (1-3 minute) clips for fulldome theaters or classrooms examines the use of gravity assists in space travel, and introduces audiences to the concepts of momentum and energy conservation. This module includes recorded narration and music but is designed to be flexible so that planetarians or teachers can opt to present portions of this content live, rather than using the full prerecorded clips.
Teacher bundle includes:
Planetarian bundle includes:
2K or 4K domemasters and 5.1 surround or stereo audio files are available upon request by contacting fulldome@mos.org.
Design a Mission
This downloadable bundle includes a series of visual sequences that can be used by a live Planetarium presenter and provides an opportunity to interact with visitors or students while exploring some of the basic steps in the engineering design process. Audiences or students will take an active role in selecting a mission and making spacecraft design choices and later learn whether their mission choices led to failure or success. A web-based version of the activity is available for teachers to use with their students.
Planetarian bundle includes:
2K or 4K domemasters and 5.1 surround or stereo audio files are available upon request by contacting fulldome@mos.org.
Additional Materials
These two additional educator guides explore other engineering themes: the uses of infrared astronomy and waves and information transfer. Each guide includes background information and useful links. Please note that, unlike the other materials, these are standalone guides and do not have associated video clips.
Teacher bundle includes:
These materials are based upon work supported by NASA under grant number NNX12AL19G. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the Museum of Science, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).