[zeugma]

Bfl

[DoodleDawg]

Cool.

[JimSEA]

That is great. It really makes its point.

[Lake Living]

One year, as a 2nd grade teacher, I did a unit on space. We mainly focused on our solar system. We had several models of the earth and moon in the classroom to different scales. I modified an old BASIC program I found so that it would give you your weight on the sun, all the planets and our moon. We made a scale model of the planets down the hallway using some old globes and different sized balls. The sun just had to be part of its arc on the wall at the end of the hall - but we could not make the distances to scale. At first I thought, “Well, if I just make the scale small enough we could do it.” If I remember correctly, even using a golf ball as the sun, the nearest planet was going to be something like a quarter of a mile away and smaller than a bb. I gave up on that idea pretty quickly. It was one of those “Ah ha!” moments.

[beaversmom]

My 18 year old and I watched the whole thing. Do you know how hard it was get a millennial to sit still that long?! It was hard for me, too!

A few of my favourite *short* space videos talking/showing the vastness and beauty of space (via You Tube):

Our Solar System - Size Of Planets and Stars to Scale - Astronomy Telescopes (3:35):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0uYTfvIt_k

Errantes (3:50):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgmr6ig83bk

See how big is the Universe (2:10):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYReZaqSAyY

Joseph W. Kittinger - Skydiving From The Edge Of The World (6:54):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxfdC7U_mgQ

iMAX Hubble 2010 The Orion Nebula (4:32):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNG2hZVINUQ

and this one is REALLY cool...yeah, Jupiter would be fun and all, but I wanna go to the next galaxy!:

Gigapixels of Andromeda [4K] (3:28):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udAL48P5NJU

[dayglored]

Wow. Just freakin’ WOW. This whole thread blew my mind. Thank you SO much!

[beaversmom]

Here’s another cool one:

NASA | 5 Year Time-lapse of the Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-41gAPmUG0

[Vermont Lt]

Every teacher should use this.

And yes. It was tedious. I got to Jupiter. No way I am going to Uranus.

[Skooz]

bfl

[tumblindice]

Thank God for gravity! Can you imagine what a mess things would be without it?

[AllAmericanGirl44]

bkmk

[colorado tanker]

This is pretty darn cool.

Made it all the way. Pluto we still love you!