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Space Exploration

From Bill Nye the Science Guy · 1997

Space Exploration
23 min3rd4th5th6thScienceTechnology
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Summary

Bill blasts off into how we explore space - rockets, telescopes, and probes - and what we've learned by leaving Earth.

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Discussion

Bill blasts off into how we explore space - rockets, telescopes, and probes - and what we've learned by leaving Earth..

  1. What does a rocket have to overcome to leave Earth?
  2. How do telescopes help us study space without going there?
  3. Why do we send robotic probes to other planets?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: rocket, telescope, probe.

Try it: List one tool we use to explore space and explain what it helps us learn.

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