Comments on: Nico’s favorite astronomy movies on the Internet!

By: sam hall

sam hall — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:35:49 +0000

has he seen the “Hubblecast” series?

http://www.spacetelescope.org/videos/archive/topic/hubblecast/viewall/1

Perhaps a bit farther along than his interest right now, but a very well-done series.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:51:32 +0000

[...] kids just can’t get enough of the solar system! From watching some of his favorite astronomy videos on the Internet (in particular this one), Nico decided he really wanted to explore the scale model of the solar [...]

By: chanson

chanson — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:26:22 +0000

Jake — wow, thanks! My kids would love that! I’m walking out the door right now, but I’ll email you tomorrow for more details.

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:30:35 +0000

Hello,

I work for Spitzer Space Telescope. We appreciate you commenting on our videos and passing the buck. If you wish to contact us via email, we could send you some educational items, such as posters, a DVD and bookmarks for your child. Also if your interisted, we have student teacher programs, we could send you information on how your child can get general astronomy lesson plans as part of the regular curiculum for the entire school.

By: chanson

chanson — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:59:13 +0000

Thanks, I hope so! He’s actually learned quite a lot of environmentalism from his science videos as well (including information about over-fishing, global warming, etc.) and he’s concerned about finding solutions.

By: Joyce

Joyce — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:06:09 +0000

Love it…your raising a little science geek who will someday save the planet!