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L'ESPACE / SPACE

(Updated on 23/06/2011)

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity ;
and I'm not sure about the universe.
(Albert Einstein)

 

Related pages :

UFO

SPACE : Resources

 

 

Flashcards, Cliparts and Photos :

 

 

Vocabulary :

  • Cupola
    "provides a pressurised observation and work area for the Space Station crew giving visibility to support, the control of the space station remote manipulator system and general external viewing of the Earth, celestial objects and visiting vehicles."
    (esa.int)

 

 

  • Space Teaching Theme (teach-nology.com) :
    Resource Materials - Sites For Background Information - Downloads - Hands On Activities -
    Web Quests - Interactive Sites For Students - Worksheets - Lesson Plans...

 

  • Space - Les mots s'affichent quand on passe la souris sur les images. - avec son (languageguide.org)

 

 

  • Touchdown on Titan!
    "Seven years after takeoff, space probe Huygens lands on Saturn's moon, Titan"
    (Time For Kids)





  • Virtual Solar System (nationalgeographic.com) :
    "Discover the wonders of our solar system in a spectacular 3-D environment.
    Take a flyby tour of the sun and each planet in its orbit, observe planets and extraterrestrial weather patterns up close, and more."





Listening :

  • Space - Les mots s'affichent quand on passe la souris sur les images. - avec son (languageguide.org)

 

  • The World (with exercises) : A Rare Solar Eclipse (D) - (esl-lab.com)

 

 

Facts :

 

  • Infographics
    For example : "Curiosity - 7 Minutes of Terror
    This infographic depicts the suspenseful 7 minutes it takes for Curiosity (Mars Science Laboratory) to get from the top of Mars' atmosphere to its surface."
    (jpl.nasa.gov)
  • Space junk: Why it is time to clean up the skies - with a slideshow - 18 May 2012
    "Debris piling up around Earth that could seriously damage spacecraft and satellites has reached a tipping point. So how are we going to get rid of it?"
    (BBC)

 

 

 

 

INTERACTIVE exercises :

  • Starchild is A Learning Center for Young Astronomers -
    "The StarChild site is a service of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC), Dr. Nicholas E. White (Director), within the Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics (LHEA) at NASA/ GSFC."
    - with interactive activities
    (starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov)

 

 

  • ESA - European Space Agency
    - with an animation on the history of European space science!
    and activities, quizzes, games...
    (esa.int)

 

  • The Amazing Alien.
    Watch the animation and compare!
    Activity created by: Renée Maufroid

 

  • Space Teaching Theme (teach-nology.com) :
    Resource Materials - Sites For Background Information - Downloads - Hands On Activities -
    Web Quests - Interactive Sites For Students - Worksheets - Lesson Plans...

 

  • The Solar System (xtec.es) :
    - Facts about the Solar System
    - The nine planets
    - Fill the gaps
    - A quiz
    - Some crosswords
    - A game. Where am I?

 

  • The Moon - with quizzes : interactive / to print (enchantedlearning.com)

 

 

  • ESA Kids (European Space Agency) :
    Our Universe - Life in Space - Liftoff - Useful Space - Earth - News - Fun     - Quizzes





  • Solar system - (British Council)
    "There are eight words below connected to the solar system.
    Can you match them with the meanings?"

 

Exercises TO PRINT :

 

 

 

  • Space Teaching Theme (teach-nology.com) :
    Resource Materials - Sites For Background Information - Downloads - Hands On Activities -
    Web Quests - Interactive Sites For Students - Worksheets - Lesson Plans...

 

  • The Moon - with quizzes : interactive / to print (enchantedlearning.com)

 

 

 


Lesson plans :

  • Scientists Say Water is on the Moon - a lesson plan
    WARM-UPS : SCIENCE SURPRISES/ MOON BASE / SPACE
    (breakingnewsenglish.com)

  • Space Teaching Theme (teach-nology.com) :
    Resource Materials - Sites For Background Information - Downloads - Hands On Activities -
    Web Quests - Interactive Sites For Students - Worksheets - Lesson Plans...

 

  • World s first spaceport announced
    - a lesson plan     with
    "a news article, listening (MP3 file), podcast, communication activities, pair work, discussion, reading and vocabulary exercises."
    (Breaking News English)

 

Webquests :

  • Space junk - a webquest
    "Have you ever heard of space junk before? If not, then you might also be asking these questions:
    What is it? Where did it come from? Who put it there? Is it a good thing? Is it bad???
    Keep reading to find out the answer to these questions..."
    (cademics.uww.edu)

     

  • Space Teaching Theme (teach-nology.com) :
    Resource Materials - Sites For Background Information - Downloads - Hands On Activities -
    Web Quests - Interactive Sites For Students - Worksheets - Lesson Plans...


INTERACTIVE games :


Games TO PRINT :

 

 

 

Songs :

  • The Astronomy Rap!
    - with the lyrics on the right of the video
    "I like to hang outside with my telescope...
    Just look at the sky, and it'll blow your mind
    It's so beautiful it inspires all of mankind."
    (YouTube)

 

  • The Beatles - 'Across the Universe'
    "Words are flying out like
    endless rain into a paper cup
    They slither while they pass
    They slip away across the universe
    Pools of sorrow waves of joy
    are drifting thorough my open mind
    Possessing and caressing me"
    (lyrics007.com)

    NASA Beams Beatles' 'Across the Universe' Into Space
    "The transmission was aimed at the North Star, Polaris, which is located 431 light years away from Earth."
    "I see that this is the beginning of the new age in which we will communicate with billions of planets across the universe," she (Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono) said." 
    Listen to the song and watch the video.
    (nasa.gov)

  • Solar System Song with an animation (British Council)
  • Twinkle, twinkle, little star (British Council)
    - with the lyrics

 

  • "Hope there is someone" a song by Antony and the Johnsons - with an animation
    - Activity created by: Renée Maufroid

 

  • Space Oddity by David Bowie (You Tube)

    - the lyrics :
    "Ground Control to Major Tom
    Commencing countdown,
    engines on
    Check ignition..."
    - Space Oddity (Wikipedia)

  • 'The light' by Steven Seagal (lyrics on the CD : Songs from the Crystal Cave)
    "Well it's rocky and it's rough
    It's old and it's new
    It's bitter and it's sweet
    It's rough and it's smooth
    Walking through space, life has its own pace
    Flying high, sometimes low, lighting speed or sometimes slow.."


Superstitions :

 

Movies :

 

 

  • FLASH Animations with worksheets (prof.danglais) :
    Environment - Science / Tech - Around the world - History - Space Exploration - Renewables - Just for fun


Posters :

 

 

Poems :

 

 

Cartoons :

   

 

Cartoon: Final Space Shuttle Mission
"This cartoon by Bob Englehart from the Hartford Courant relates to the
 final space shuttle mission,
which blasted off yesterday...."
+ EXPLANATION + MORE CARTOONS
(englishblog.com)

 

 

Little Mars rover
(rt.com)

 
Do I know... ?
(life4seekers.co.uk)

 

 

Videos :

 

  • Eyes on the Stars
    "On January 28, 1986, NASA Challenger mission STS-51-L ended in tragedy when the shuttle exploded 73 seconds after takeoff.  
    On board was physicist Ronald E. McNair, who was the second African American to enter space.
    But first, he was a kid with big dreams in Lake City, South Carolina."
    (YouTube)

 

  • How to Get to Mars. Very Cool! HD
    "Spirit, MER-A (Mars Exploration Rover -- A), is a robotic rover on Mars, active from 2004 to 2010.
    It was one of two rovers of NASA's ongoing Mars Exploration Rover Mission.
    It landed successfully on Mars at 04:35 Ground UTC on January 4, 2004, three weeks before its twin, Opportunity (MER-B), landed on the other side of the planet..."
    (YouTube)

 

 

 

  • Website Asteroid Mining Mission Revealed by Planetary Resources, Inc.
    "Planetary Resources' mission is mine near-Earth asteroids for raw materials, ranging from water to precious metals.
    Through the development of cost-effective exploration technologies, the company is poised to initiate prospecting missions
    targeting resource-rich asteroids that are easily accessible..."

 

  • Audio Slideshow: To the Moon and beyond
    "Nasa is celebrating 50 years of space exploration - which has taken the American space agency up into the Earth's orbit, on to the Moon,
    and deep into our Solar System.
    That journey has produced many iconic images - from the Apollo moon landings, to the space shuttle missions, and the colourful pictures beamed
    back from the Hubble Space Telescope.
    Here, space writer and historian Piers Bizony recalls some of Nasa's defining moments."
    (BBC)