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  • AUTHOR
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  • MEDIA
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    • VIDEO LESSONS
    • APOLLO PORTAL
    • THE ENGINEERS
    • SPACE RACE TIMELINE
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VIDEO LESSONS

A series of videos providing an expanded learning experience to HOW WE GOT TO THE MOON

SCIENCE

What is BBQ-roll?

Concepts covered:  
-The Apollo Heat Shield
-The extreme temperatures in space
-The simple solution is sometimes the best
-Newton's First Law of Motion



Pages referenced:
29 - Newtons Laws of Motion
102-103 - The Heat of Reentry
107 - Temperature Control

SCIENCE

What is Heat Transfer?

Concepts covered:  
-Three states of matter
-Heat Transfer


Pages referenced:
75 - Heat Transfer
77 - Fuel Loss
78 - Insulation


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TECHNOLOGY

How do you know where you are in space? PART 1

Concepts covered:  

-Inertia
-Guidance
-Reference Points 


Pages referenced:
87 - The Guidance and Control System
88 - Inertial Platform
212 - Journey to the Moon

TECHNOLOGY

How do you know where you are in space? PART 2

Concepts covered:  

-Gimbals
-Velocity
-Acceleration/Deceleration


Pages referenced:
88 - The Inertial Platform
89 - How an Accelerometer Works


SCIENCE

Rockets and Newton's 
Third Law of Motion!


Concepts covered:  

-Newton's Three Laws of Motion
-Thrust VS weight


Pages referenced:
28 - Newton's Laws of Motion
31 - Thrust to Weight  and How a Rocket Flies

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TECHNOLOGY

What is a Slide Rule and how do you use it? 

Concepts covered:  

-measurements
-mathematics
-technology


Pages referenced:
34 - The Slide Rule: The tool that got us to the Moon 

SCIENCE

How Far Away is the Moon?

Concepts covered:  

-Earth-Moon Scale
-Earth-Moon Distance
-Earth-Sun Scale


Pages referenced:
38/39 - How Far Away is the Moon?


SCIENCE

Where Does Space Begin? 

Concepts covered:  

-The Karman Line
-The Forces that act upon aircraft
-Earth's atmosphere

Pages referenced:
22/23 - Where Space Begins
30 - How an Airplane Flies



SCIENCE

The Myth of ZERO-G

Concepts covered:  

-Gravity and Zero Gravity
-What is weight?
-Earth's gravity vs the Moon's
-Expanding orbits


Pages referenced:
​37 - The Thing About Gravity
40-41 - Getting into Orbit and Heading to the Moon
More lessons coming soon! 
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  • The BOOK
  • AUTHOR
  • EVENTS
  • MEDIA
  • RESOURCES
    • VIDEO LESSONS
    • APOLLO PORTAL
    • THE ENGINEERS
    • SPACE RACE TIMELINE
  • Contact