1. Fragile Planet – 🎥
Length: ~45 minutes (25 min film + Customized Segment)
Description: Compare Earth with Mars and Venus to see what makes our planet unique and habitable. Highlights atmosphere, magnetic field, and conditions for life.
Standards:
- HS-ESS1-3: Communicate scientific ideas about the way stars, planetary systems, and Earth form and interact.
- HS-ESS2-2: Analyze geoscience data to make claims about Earth’s processes.
- HS-ESS3-6: Use computational models to illustrate Earth’s systems and sustainability challenges.
2. Earthquake: Evidence of a Restless Planet – 🎥
Length: ~45 minutes (26 min film + Customized Segment)
Description: Plate tectonics, seismic activity, and the forces that shape our planet. Includes vivid earthquake and tsunami simulations.
Standards:
- HS-ESS2-1: Develop a model to illustrate how Earth’s internal and surface processes operate at different spatial and temporal scales.
- HS-ESS3-1: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how natural hazards affect human activity.
- HS-ESS2-2: Analyze geoscience data to make claims about Earth’s plate tectonic processes.
3. Force Five – 🎥
Length: ~45 minutes (22 min film + Customized Segment)
Description: Explores the science behind tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, and extreme storms, emphasizing weather hazards and climate impacts.
Standards:
- HS-ESS2-4: Use models to describe how variations in the flow of energy into and out of Earth’s systems result in climate change.
- HS-ESS3-5: Analyze geoscience data and results from climate models to make evidence-based forecasts of climate change impacts.
4. The Sun: Our Living Star – 🎥
Length: ~45 minutes (30 min film + Customized Segment)
Description: Examines our Sun’s structure, nuclear fusion, and its critical role in sustaining life on Earth.
Standards:
- HS-ESS1-1: Develop a model to illustrate the role of nuclear fusion in the Sun’s life cycle.
- HS-PS3-3: Design, build, and refine a device that works within given constraints by converting one form of energy into another.
- HS-ESS1-6: Apply scientific reasoning to show that nuclear fusion in stars produces elements.
5. Destination Mars: The New Frontier – 🎥
Length: ~45 minutes (30 min film + Customized Segment)
Description: Explores human space exploration efforts, rocket engineering, and Mars as the next frontier. Includes International Space Station connections.
Standards:
- HS-ESS1-3: Communicate ideas about the role of gravity in planetary motion.
- HS-ETS1-2: Design solutions to engineering challenges using scientific principles.
6. Back to the Moon for Good – 🎥
Length: ~45 minutes (25 min film + Customized Segment)
Description: Tells the story of the Google Lunar XPRIZE and the race to return to the Moon with private spacecraft, blending history and innovation.
Standards:
- HS-ESS1-3: Explain the relationships among Earth, the Moon, and the solar system.
- HS-ETS1-1: Analyze a major global challenge to specify criteria and constraints for engineering solutions.