Afterschool Universe

Training Videos

These training videos are meant to supplement the manual and refresh what you learned in training. You can review them before you run the sessions, but they are not meant for use directly with children. You can also download these videos in a variety of other formats and sizes at http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?10116.

Session 3:

Telescope Assembly
Duration: 2.7 minutes
Transcript
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How Light Carries Information
Duration: 2.4 minutes
Transcript
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Session 4:

Sources and Detectors
Duration: 2.5 minutes
Transcript
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Infrared Detection Circuit
Duration: 1.5 minutes
Transcript
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Session 5:

Paper Towel Tube Spectroscope
Duration: 2.7 minutes
Transcript
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Session 6:

Life Cycle of a Small Star
Duration: 2.6 minutes
Transcript
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Life Cycle of a Large Star
Duration: 3.5 minutes
Transcript
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Session 7:

Stellar Fusion Demonstration
Duration: 2.5 minutes
Transcript
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Supernova Can Crunch
Duration: 2.0 minutes
Transcript
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Supernova Ball Bounce
Duration: 1.5 minutes
Transcript
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Session 10:

Creating a Black Hole
Duration: 2.3 minutes
Transcript
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A Black Hole in Your Neighborhood
Duration: 2.1 minutes
Transcript
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Credits:

Animators: Scott Wiessinger (UMBC) (Lead)
  Walt Feimer (HTSI)
  Dana Berry (Skyworks Digital)
  Chris Meaney (HTSI)
Video Editors: Scott Wiessinger (UMBC)
  Genna Duberstein (USRA)
Narrators: Sarah Eyermann (UMCP)
  Sara Mitchell (UMCP)
Producer: Scott Wiessinger (UMBC)
Project and Technical Support:   David Friedlander (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
  Rupa Nune (Vantage)
Videographers: Rob Andreoli (AIMM)
  Scott Wiessinger (USRA)
  Genna Duberstein (USRA)
Writers: Sara Mitchell (UMCP)
  Sarah Eyermann (UMCP)
A service of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC), Dr. Andy Ptak (Director), within the Astrophysics Science Division (ASD) at NASA/GSFC