Space stations provide opportunities for space exploration and research. Individuals see how scientists build space stations and put them into space. Viewers explore the history of space stations, the different types of space stations and modules and what they are used for, and how countries around the world work together in outer space.

Concepts

outer space, space exploration, space, the international space station, the space race, space programs, orbitals, orbiting, the earth's orbit

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Provide learners a history of the space station
• Introduce the concept of Hohmann transfer during a discussion of orbitals

Classroom Considerations

• Expects scholars to have a general understanding of orbitals and space history

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Narrator is engaging and interesting
• Visuals give pupils an understanding of what a space station is like

Cons

• None

Common Core

L.9-10.2.a