LESSON PLANS BASED ON SHORTS AND
Full-Length Movies — Short Subjects — Movie Clips — Film Clips — Video Clips — Snippets
Each Lesson Plan on this Index uses a short subject, clip or snippet which is 40 minutes or less.
The suggested ages for the Snippet Lesson Plan are shown in brackets.
Agora
Historical Evolution of Views About the Solar System and the Retrograde Motion of Mars — Snippet Lesson Plan Using Film Clips from Agora and Internet Animations (Science & Technology/Astronomy)
[12+: Middle and High School Levels; Snippet: 8 minutes]
Star Trek
Black Holes — Snippet Lesson Plan using a film clip from Star Trek (Science & Technology/Astronomy)
[13+: Middle and High School Levels; Snippet: 9.5 minutes]
Dolores Claiborne
Total Solar Eclipse using Dolores Claiborne (Science & Technology/Astronomy)
[10+: Middle and High School Levels; Snippet: 1 minute, 35 seconds; lesson: adds 15 minutes to a lesson on total solar eclipse]
Cosmic Voyage
Interstellar and Intergalactic Distances from Cosmic Voyage (Science & Technology; Astronomy)
[10+: middle and high school levels; Film Clip: approximately 12 minutes or a shorter clip of approximately five minutes will also work; Lesson: one 50 minute class period.]
Spiderman 2
Spiderman 2 – Snippet Lesson Plan for Thermonuclear Reactions in the Sun and As a Source of Unlimited Energy for Mankind (Science & Technology/Astronomy; the Environment; Science Fiction)
[12+: Middle School Level; Snippet: approximately eight and 1/4 minutes in two segments. Lesson: approximately 30 minutes]