- View more resources from this publisher
European Space Agency (ESA)
Satellites, Launchers and Landers
A great deal of space exploration is performed by autonomous craft. They have mapped remote planets and even landed to send surface data back to Earth. Satellites have changed the world of communication, earth observation and, through global positioning systems, everyday navigation. This collection, with contributors such as ESA and NASA, looks at satellites, remote exploration and also the launchers that get them into space.
Resources
Filter
Subject
Age
Type
Showing 27 result(s)
Flying high
This is one of a series of resources from the IET designed around the theme of the future of flight with the purpose of developing pupils knowledge and skills in science, design technology, engineering and mathematics.
In this activity pupils calculate the amount of energy needed to launch a space...
Arctic Terns, Satellites and Conker Trees
A podcast from the Planet Earth Online collection and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). As the map of Earth's gravity – as revealed by the European Space Agency's (ESA) sleek GOCE satellite – comes into sharper focus, Richard Hollingham speaks to a researcher who tells us what early results from the...
Forces - Rocket Launch
This starter clip from Teachers TV demonstrates how much air pressure is needed to move objects of varying size. Scientist Dr Mark Biddiss constructs a makeshift launch pad, watched by children from Orion Primary School in north London. The air volumes are changed to project small, medium-sized and large bottles...
Pages
| Subject(s) | Design and technology, Science, Physics |
|---|---|
| Age | 7-11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19 |
| Published | 2000 - 2009 |
| Published by | 
Submitted by codeenigma-prod... on
|
| Collections | |
| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cx4wd |
