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Title/Name Description LabelID ResourceType Location
Earth at night   B4.1 Posters CSS 1203
The Moon   B4.2 Posters CSS 1203
Ocean Floors   B4.3 Posters CSS 1203
Earth from Apollo 17   B4.5 Posters CSS 1203
Earth from Outer Space 1981   B4.6 Posters CSS 1203
Lunar globe     Demonstrations CSS 1203
Earth globes One large textured, two small   Demonstrations CSS 1203
Fossil boxes 8 box sets by different periods
3 box sets by era
  Demonstrations CSS 1203
Rock sets 4 rock sets - Sedimentary, Igneous, Metamorphic, and varied by %.   Demonstrations CSS 1203
Earth in cabinet I Slide Sets CSS 1110
The Moon in cabinet J Slide Sets CSS 1110
The Moon Kit   Binder: Solar System 1 Slide Sets CSS 1110
Clementine Explores the Moon   Binder: Solar System 1 Slide Sets CSS 1110
The Earth from Space   Binder: Solar System 2 Slide Sets CSS 1110
Terrestrial Impact Craters   Binder: Solar System 2 Slide Sets CSS 1110
One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue Cosmos 1980
Focuses on the development of life on Earth and what life elsewhere in the solar system might be like.
A07 Videos CSS 1112
The Persistance of Memory Cosmos series 1980
Discussion of the human brain
A12 Videos CSS 1112
To the Moon and Beyond Space Age Series 1992
Speculation about the colonization of the Moon.
A17 Videos CSS 1112
Mission to Planet Earth Space Age Series 1992
Discussion of the use of technology designed to study space turned back on Earth itself and what we have learned from such study
A18 Videos CSS 1112
The Living Machine Planet Earth Series 1985
Series features scientists James Lovelock, James Hayes, Rich Muller, and Robin Stebbins
B01 Videos CSS 1112
The Blue Planet Planet Earth Series 1985
Series features scientists James Lovelock, James Hayes, Rich Muller, and Robin Stebbins
B02 Videos CSS 1112
The Climate Puzzle Planet Earth Series 1985
Series features scientists James Lovelock, James Hayes, Rich Muller, and Robin Stebbins
B03 Videos CSS 1112
Tales from Other Worlds Planet Earth Series 1985
Series features scientists James Lovelock, James Hayes, Rich Muller, and Robin Stebbins
B04 Videos CSS 1112
Gifts from the Earth Planet Earth Series 1985
Series features scientists James Lovelock, James Hayes, Rich Muller, and Robin Stebbins
B05 Videos CSS 1112
Fate of Earth Planet Earth Series 1985
Series features scientists James Lovelock, James Hayes, Rich Muller, and Robin Stebbins
B07 Videos CSS 1112
The Blue Planet An IMAX film of images of the Earth filmed by shuttle astronauts in orbit. B09 Videos CSS 1112
The Third Planet Part of the 1987 Miracle Planet series - This episode focuses on the origins of earth and why it was conducive to the formation of life. B10 Videos CSS 1112
Life on Earth 1986 documentary by David Attenborough. A look at creatures alive on Earth today from an evolutionary perspective B11 Videos CSS 1112
The Record of the Rocks 1988 film focusing on the discoveries about past life that can be made through the fossils found in the Grand Canyon. B12 Videos CSS 1112
The Bermuda Triangle 1976 Nova investigating disappearances at the Bermuda Triangle. B14 Videos CSS 1112
Predictable Disaster 1988 Nova investigating methods of predicting earthquakes B15 Videos CSS 1112
The Moon & Man NASA produced video on the Apollo program C15 Videos CSS 1112
Impact: Ground Zero This CD contains several quick time video interviews with the scientists involved with the KT impact theory and current asteroid detection efforts. There are also some images of terrestrial impact craters.   Software CSS 1112


Last Updated: Thursday October 04, 2007 by Elizabeth Warner
University of Maryland UM Astronomy Department
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