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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Desktop Diaries: Neil De Grasse Tyson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Many of us spend more time at our desks than anywhere else. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson takes us into his office at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City for a tour of his office, in the fourth of Science Friday's Desktop...
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PBS

Pbs Nova: The Pluto Files

For Students 9th - 10th
Pluto not a planet! This statement, made by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Director of the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium, caused a furor with elementary students across the country. After 10 years, Tyson, travels across...
Instructional Video
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Manhattanhenge: Watch a Star Align

For Students 9th - 10th
Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium, identified the phenomenon where the sun lines up for spectacular views in New York over a decade ago and coined it Manhattanhenge. Watch this cosmic event unfold right through the...