UM Astronomy Resources: Videos
What follows is a list of teaching resources for use in department classes. (They are not for sale!)
Room 0252
Title/Name | Label ID | Description |
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Quest for Planet Mars | A14 | Space Age Series 1992 Discusses past Mars exploration and future possibilities |
Celestial Sentinels | A15 | Space Age Series 1992 Focuses on the various roles played by man-made satellites in orbit around the Earth |
The Unexpected Universe | A16 | Space Age Series 1992 Currently missing |
To the Moon and Beyond | A17 | Space Age Series 1992 Speculation about the colonization of the Moon. |
Mission to Planet Earth | A18 | 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 |
What's a Heaven for? | A19 | Space Age Series 1992 A discussion on the future of space exploration |
The Expanding Universe | A20 | Series of 15 minute lessons on topic |
How Big is the Universe | A21 | Introduces the concept of light year and looking into space as looking into the past. Various analogies are given for distances are given as well as rocket travel time to distance objects . |
Gravity and Weight | A23 | Series of 15 minute lessons on topic |
Fusion and Energy | A24 | Series of 15 minute lessons on topic |
Evolution of a Star | A25 | Series of 15 minute lessons on topic |
Tapping the Sun's Power | A26 | Series of 15 minute lessons on topic |
Pulsars and Quasars | A27 | Series of 15 minute lessons on topic |
Cosmology | A28 | Series of 15 minute lessons on topic |
Universe: The Infinite Frontier | A29 | |
Infrared: More Than Your Eyes Can See | A30 | |
Star Gaze | A31 | |
Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy | A34 | DVD set of an introductory course taught by Alex Filippenko. 2nd ed., 2006. Parts 1-8. |
The Aurora Explained | B08 | An explanation of the processes behind the aurora. 1992 |
The Blue Planet | B09 | An IMAX film of images of the Earth filmed by shuttle astronauts in orbit. |
Meteorites-Menace from the Sky | B13 | A discussion of the historical and scientific role of meteorites in our world |
Flying by the Planets | C03 | ASP produced video of Voyager images |
Uranus: I Will See Such Things/Miranda the Movie | C06 | ASP produced video of Voyager images |
The Planets | C08 | Overview of the planets in the Solar System and their moons. Hosted by Patrick Stewart. |
HST:Report from Orbit | C11 | 1991 film focusing on the early (pre-repair) work done by the Hubble Space Telescope |
History of Space Flight | C12 | Tracks the evolution of space flight from von Braun to future speculation |
Beyond the Moon | C14 | Covers the Apollo program and speculations about where space exploration might go next. |
The Great Eclipse 1991 | C18 | A film about the 1991 eclipse and a group of people observing it. |
Our Star the Sun - Journey through the Solar System | C19 | Observations of the Sun from ground and from Skylab are covered with an emphasis on spectroscopy and non-optical wavelengths. Nearly every solar phenomenon is covered (ie. flares, prominences, sunspots, etc.) with lots of pretty pictures. |
Mars: Past, Present, Future | C21 | An examination of what we know about the planet Mars and what we would like to find out |
Sudden Impact: Meteors | C22 | Part of the Cosmic Travelers series; Re-enactments of meteorite impacts. 3-D animations of impacts and possible strategies to protect Earth |
Final Target: Planet Earth | C23 | Part of the Cosmic Travelers Series. Explores the present efforts to locate and observe objects that might impact the Earth |
Comets and Asteroids | C24 | Cosmic Travelers Series: Program examines effects of past impacts of comets and asteroids on Earth and elsewhere in solar system. Also discusses plans to protect from another impact |
Newton's Apple: Meteors Solar Eclipses | C25 | Shows what meteorites are made of and where they come from, explains what causes eclipses |
Newton's Apple: Phases of the Moon The Sun | C26 | Demonstration of each of the Moon's phases, shows what powers the sun |
Black Holes and Warped Space Time | D01 | Lecture given by William Kaufmann at Universe 92 in Madison, Wisconsin |
So Many Galaxies, So Little Time | D03 | A film written and narrated by Margaret Geller the work conducted by her and her team in their efforts to map the universe |
The Creation of the Universe | D06 | Timothy Ferris looks at the quest to understand the big bang though GUT theories. Includes extensive footage of Stephen Hawkings discussing his ideas. 1985 |
BIMA: Unveiling the Hidden Universe | D11 | video outlining work done by BIMA |
Cosmic Voyage | E03 | National Air and Space Museum IMAX film based on the "Powers of Ten". Computer-generated images accompany this tour across 42 orders of magnitude. Narrated by Morgan Freeman. (See Gretchen Walker to borrow this tape). |
Powers of Ten | E04 | Original version of the famous film about scale |
Lenses and Mirrors | E13 | Explanation of basic scientific concepts related to lenses and mirrors with breaks allowing for teacher/student discussion. |
Color & Light | E14 | Explanation of basic scientific concepts related to color and light with breaks allowing for teacher/student discussion |
Evolution: learning and Teaching Evolution | E15 | |
Newtons Apple: Gravity Rockets | E17 | Explains gravity and what happens during weightlessness, explores how Newton's third law relates to rocket flight |
Newtons Apple: Newton's Laws Doppler Effect | E18 | Explains Newton's three laws of motion, explain how sound waves move |
The Standard Deviants: Astronomy | E19 | Shows how to teach Astronomy by creating challenging course concepts, studying techniques, charts, definitions, formulas and course outlines |