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[NOVA Teachers] Hubble's Amazing Rescue airs October 13, 2009
Hubble's Amazing Rescue
Tuesday, October 13 at 8pm ET/PT on NOVA
Check your local listings as dates and times may vary.
Hello Educators,
Next week NOVA premieres "Hubble's Amazing Rescue." The best-known scientific instrument in history was dying-after nearly 20 years in space and hundreds of thousands of spectacular images. This program takes viewers behind the scenes on a riveting journey with the team of astronauts and engineers charged with saving the famous "orbiting observatory" against all odds.
In the coming weeks:
Oct. 20 - Lizard Kings
Oct. 27 - Family That Walks on All Fours (repeat)
Nov. 3, 10, 17 - Becoming Human (3-part special)
Regards,
Teachers Editor
E-mail: NOVA_Teachers@wgbh.org
NOVA Presents "Hubble's Amazing Rescue"
Broadcast: Tuesday, October 13, 2009
(NOVA airs on PBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings as broadcast dates and times may vary. This program can be used up to one year after it is recorded off the air.) Saving Hubble Update Find links to our NOVA scienceNOW segments on the Hubble repair, a feature on Hubble's famous image of the Eagle Nebula, and more. (Grades 6-8, 9-12)
On the NOVA scienceNOW website, astronauts John Grunsfeld and Mike Massimino answer questions. (Grades 6-8, 9-12)
NOVA producer Rush DeNooyer offers a day-by-day view of the 2009 mission from the inside. (Grades 6-8, 9-12) NEW!
Media-Rich Lesson Ideas from NOVA
NOVA is delighted to bring an exciting new way to engage
your students in the wonders of science. These media-rich resources help you
navigate the myriad resources on the NOVA Website and integrate NOVA video,
interactive features, lessons, and much more into your science or social
studies classroom. The Lesson Ideas for "Hubble's Amazing Rescue"
launches October 13.
The transcript is usually available one to three weeks after the original broadcast date.
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OTHER NOVA RESOURCES
Students can make 3-minute videos, submitted by their teachers, that present their own compelling perspectives or "Life Stories" on the theme: "What do you see when you look at life?" Selected submissions may appear online and on air. (Grades 9-12)
THIS WEEK ON NOVA'S WEB-ONLY SERIES Eva Vertes, cancer researcher and long-distance runner, takes your questions.
From the Secret Life blog files:
When you've been a prodigy-as Eva Vertes has-age matters a little more than it does to us non-prodigy types. And one of the great things about being part of the SLoS team is that, even though Eva's videos only run a total of about eight minutes, we actually got to interview her for more than two hours.
And while we were interviewing her, Eva told us stories relating to two specific ages-44 and 2.
Story #1: Eva is named after her grandmother, also Eva Vertes, a chemist who worked in a diabetes research laboratory. Eva told us that her grandmother "was very passionate about her research...and my grandfather says that there are lots of similarities between her and me. But at 44, she died of cancer of the stomach, so I never got to meet her." Eva didn't originally think that she'd switched from Alzheimer's to cancer research because of her feelings for her grandmother. But she now believes "there is a connection there-in a way, maybe I am doing this partly for her."
Read Story #2, Ask Eva your questions about cancer research and running, watch videos, and more on The Secret Life of Scientists.
Exclusive funding for The Secret Life of Scientists is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
