Space

//This page contains ideas, information, and materials for teaching and learning about space in Spanish.//

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media type="youtube" key="1AvuHs1rYZ0" height="315" width="560" - 1:22 video in which José Moreno Hernández, Mexican-American astronaut who was the son of migrant workers, gives a brief biographical sketch in Spanish

media type="youtube" key="JPZijVsLiVI" height="315" width="420" - 8-year-old and a 9-year-old boy from Mexico ask the Mexican-American NASA astronaut, José Moreno Hernández, a question about the sun. This video clip could be used to provide context for an assignment in which students generate their own questions.

media type="youtube" key="yrY3x5A4p7w" height="315" width="420"Documentary video about Apollo 11's trip to the moon, narrated in Spanish by a native speaker with real footage, including a segment around 2:00 about the daily routines of the astronauts

media type="youtube" key="kQf3Wo9Xj8Q" width="420" height="315" - 4:16 video in Spanish explaining how astronauts take care of daily routines in space, including bathing, washing hair, sleeping, etc.

media type="youtube" key="NdQ_8x30Qvg" height="315" width="420" - 2:34 video showing daily activities of astronauts, including exercising, shaving, sleeping, and eating

media type="youtube" key="zMrTTKK_CCw" height="315" width="560" - Images from the Hubble Telescope media type="youtube" key="o1Uj1maWAsg" height="315" width="560"- 20-second news clip announcing that the new observatory in Atacama, Chile (ALMA) is now functioning and will be used to explore new galaxies and black holes (in Spanish)

media type="youtube" key="srGNjGJz-RI" height="315" width="560" - Beautiful photos of the desert in Atacama, Chile, set to music of the Andes media type="youtube" key="dfC29O5ZFSk" height="315" width="420" - Photos show local cities, people, and culture of Atacama, Chile

[|ALMA - Una ventana hacia las estrellas en el desierto de Atacama] - 1:57 news clip narrated by a female reporter about ALMA and the ways researchers will be working with locals

media type="youtube" key="XGP6HXNOE04" height="315" width="560" - View of the Milky Way from Atacama, Chile

media type="youtube" key="qCaN52c_hkM" height="315" width="560" - Documentary (9:59) about the possibility of extraterrestrial life on other planets narrated in Spanish by a male native speaker

media type="youtube" key="zdD7PlCL4kQ" height="315" width="420" - "News" report describing former astronaut Edgar Mitchell's (6th man to walk on the moon) claims that extraterrestrials have visited our planet

media type="youtube" key="z3TII9PwY8M" height="315" width="420" - 8:58 video in Spanish that suggests that one of the carvings found in Palenque may depict a Mayan "astronaut"

media type="youtube" key="Ktgy30pM0mI?rel=0" height="349" width="425" - Song designed to help students learn the names of the planets in Spanish media type="youtube" key="fwgL1npmjYs" height="315" width="560" - Photos from the Laika project, set to Mecano's song //Laika,// with text in Spanish (text has an animal rights slant to it)


 * Additional Resources**

media type="youtube" key="DQvg5X41_VE?rel=0" height="349" width="425" - Cute song about the gifts from outer space the singer would like to give to their date

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[|Astronomía para niños y niñas] - An astronomy site from Spain for kids - pretty text-heavy, but some good activities (see below)
 * [|Colorear Planetas] - Very nice coloring pages appropriate for all grade levels from an astronomy site from Spain for kids
 * [|Haz un móvil] - Part of an astronomy site from Spain for kids; this page contains color photos of the various planets that can be printed

- Short poem with an optimistic message