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Case of the Technical Knockout - How Does GPS Work Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 266 seconds Fourth segment of NASA Sci Files The Case of the Technical Knockout explaining how GPS receivers work with satellites to determine an exact location. This segment explains the concept of trilateration in two and three dimensions. Related: global, gps, positioning, satellites, system, trilateration |
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Fossils & Plate Tectonics Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 276 seconds NASA Sci Files segment explaining what fossils are and how plate tectonics work. Related: alfred, bones, climate, continental, dinosaur, drift, earthquakes, excavation, fossils, pangea, plate, tectonics, wagner |
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Layers of the Earth Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 229 seconds NASA Sci Files segment exploring the many layers of the earth and how these relate to earthquakes. Related: basalt, core, crust, dense, diameter, earth, earthquake, iron, layers, liquid, mantle, nickle, plate, solid, tectonics, vibrations |
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Ocean Odyssey - Density Current Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 159 seconds Third segment of the Ocean Odyssey describes how the salinity and temperature of water increases its density. The Density Current segment describes how the different densities of water in the ocean create currents. Related: atlantic, deep, nadw, north, oceans, tides, water, waves |
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Helios, Solar Powered Flying Wing Aircraft Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 156 seconds NASA Sci Files segment exploring the new solar powered, flying wing aircraft called Helios. Related: aerodynamics, aircraft, design, flying, helios, models, powered, prediction, remote, solar, testing, wing |
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Ocean Odyssey - Tides & Waves Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 193 seconds First segment of the Ocean Odyssey describes tides and waves and how they are created by the gravitational forces of the sun and moon. Related: gravity, oceans, tides, waves |
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Ocean Odyssey - Impact of an Oil Spill Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 211 seconds Eleventh segment of the Ocean Odyssey describes the impact of oil spills on the environment, how oil spills are tracked, and what is used to clean up oil spills. Related: current, imact, ocean, oceans, of, oil, spills, tides, waves |
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Forces of Motion Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 252 seconds NASA Sci Files segment explaining the different forces of motion including weightlessness, free fall, acceleration, and inertia and how they relate to space travel. Related: acceleration, accelerometer, coaster, fall, forces, free, inertia, motion, of, parabola, roller, space, travel, weightlessness |
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Case of the Technical Knockout - Radio Waves & Electricity Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 592 seconds Fifth segment of NASA Sci Files The Case of the Technical Knockout explaining how an observatory studies the atmosphere and the different types of waves. This segment describes the electromagnetic spectrum and how GPS uses microwaves to communicate. It also shows how electricity can be used to create a magnetic field. Related: electricity, electromagnetic, observatory, radio, spectrum, waves |
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Earthquake Waves Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 169 seconds NASA Sci Files segment exploring the different types of waves that earthquakes create. Related: earth, earthquake, epicenter, vibrate, waves |
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Ocean Odyssey - Oil Exploration & Production Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 139 seconds Seventh segment of the Ocean Odyssey describes how drilling companies produce and look for oil. Related: current, derrick, exploration, ocean, oceans, oil, production, tides, waves |
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Different Types of Bacteria Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 189 seconds NASA Sci Files segment describing different types of bacteria and how they can help or hurt us. Related: bacillus, coccus, colonies, colony, immune, microbe, microscope, streptococcus, system, toxin, variable |
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Exploring the Moon Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 153 seconds NASA Sci Files segment exploring the moon and how life in an extreme environment would be different. Related: air, atmosphere, boiling, celcius, environment, extreme, gravity, jupiter, moon, pressure, space, suit, temperature, zero |
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Case of the Technical Knockout - The Sun Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 224 seconds Seventh segment of NASA Sci Files The Case of the Technical Knockout explaining the different layers of the sun and the sun's properties. This segment explains how satellites are used to collect data about the sun's activity. In this segment the size of the sun is compared to the size of the Earth. Related: cells, centauri, convection, dwarf, light, plasma, proxima, sun, years |
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Case of the Technical Knockout - Viking Navigation Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 331 seconds Third segment of NASA Sci Files The Case of the Technical Knockout explaining how the vikings navigated the Atlantic Ocean without the use of modern technology. Related: history, lodestone, navigation, north, of, polaris, sextant, star, vikings |
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Measuring Earthquakes Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 174 seconds NASA Sci Files segment explaining how scientists measure the power of earthquakes by using the Richter Scale and the Moment Magnitude Scale. Related: data, earthquake, epicenter, journals, magnitude, measurement, moment, observations, richter, scale, scientific, vibration |
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Seismology Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 148 seconds NASA Sci Files segment explaining the study of seismology and how seismologists study eartquakes. Related: earthquake, p-waves, s-waves, seismograph, seismology, sound, tremor, waves |
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The Invention Process Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 244 seconds NASA Sci Files segment exploring the invention process and the steps you take to solve a problem. Related: design, identify, invention, method, model, problem, process, research, scientific, solutions, testing |
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Ocean Odyssey - Ocean Topology Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 180 seconds Eighth segment of the Ocean Odyssey describes Ocean Topography and where oil seepage comes from. Related: current, natural, ocean, oceans, seepage, tides, topography, waves |
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Ocean Odyssey - Oil Clean Up Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 117 seconds Tenth segment of the Ocean Odyssey contains the Hands on Activity, in which students simulate an oil spill and try to clean it up in different ways. Related: clean, current, ocean, oceans, oil, spill, tides, up, waves |
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Ocean Odyssey - Velocity of Current Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 162 seconds Fifth segment of the Ocean Odyssey describes the velocity of current. In the fifth segment the tree house detectives perform a series of experiments. In the first experiment they measured the velocity of current, in the second experiment they see who can swim the fastest against the current, and in the final experiment of this segment they test to see if people float at different speeds. Related: current, experiment, ocean, oceans, tides, velocity, waves |
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Case of the Technical Knockout - Space Weather Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 482 seconds Ninth segment of NASA Sci Files The Case of the Technical Knockout explaining how scientists monitor and predict space weather using satellites and other technology. Related: cycle, forecasts, goes, magnetometer, poes, solar, space, weather |
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What Meteors, Meteoroids, and Meteorites are? Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 130 seconds NASA Sci Files segment explaining what meteors, meteoroids, and meteorites are and the differences in these. Related: activity, ball, boom, comet, fire, meteor, meteorite, meteoroid, of, outer, rock, seismic, shooting, sonic, sound, space, speed, star |
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Case of the Technical Knockout - Geocaching Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 286 seconds First segment of NASA Sci Files The Case of the Technical Knockout in which the tree house detectives have problems with their GPS device and decide to find out why it failed. Related: cache, compass, coordinates, geocaching, navigation |
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Case of the Technical Knockout - Solar Flares, etc Posted by: NASASciFiles
Video duration: 436 seconds Eighth segment of NASA Sci Files The Case of the Technical Knockout explaining the different type of solar flares and how solar activity affects the Earth. Related: atmosphere, cme, coronal, ejection, flares, mass |
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