Columbus
Mankind has always been fascinated by the unknown. The earliest explorers went in search of food and better homes. Later, the search for new lands and trading posts led to ...
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Subjects: | science, physics, biology |
Level: | primary, lower secondary |
Language: | English |
Type: | support materials |
Format: | online documents and videos |
Lessons online cover a variety of topics such as exploration, space transportation, radiation and fluids in space. They are based on demonstrations or experiments performed on board the International Space Station (ISS).
Each text lesson contains recorded short videos related to topics in the standard European curricula. The lessons also contain graphics that make curriculum-based scientific information easier to understand and remember.
Some lessons are also available in other languages.
Primary level
Columbus: Past, present and future - exploration (Earth and Space)
The Automated Transfer Vehicle - Space transportation
Life in Space - how astronauts live and work
A drop of water - properties of water
Lower secondary level
Radiation
Gravitation and weightlessness
A space compass - rotational mechanics
Bugs in Space - micro-organisms that can cause health problems
Space (fluid) oddities - flow of fluids
Media modal
The Automated Transfer Vehicle
The International Space Station is a floating laboratory 400 kilometres above our heads, where astronauts can live and work for months at a time.
Life in Space
During their stay on the International Space Station (ISS) astronauts have to continue living and working in an environment that is very different to that here on Earth. They still ...
A drop of water
Water is the most common substance on the surface of the Earth. Without it life could not exist. Your body is about 70% water.Water can exist in 3 states:Solid (ice)A ...
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