Cold-War Climate Dividend: Video worksheets, differentiated.

Please ensure you can access the video before you get this resource. The fascinating and beautiful PBS account of how cold-war technologies have been** re-purposed** to help in the quest for environmental data. The film covers the cold-war context, Soviet superiority in the Space Race, western fears of ICBMs. U2 shot down, Sputnik 1. US responds with CORONA. NACA becomes NASA. Early US failures. Kennedy’s speech. Technical problems explained. CORONA successes. The end of the USSR. Al Gore writes to the CIA requesting repurposing of satellites. Dr. Linda Zall appointed to oversee. The MEDEA Program. Russian co-operation.

Find the film by searching YouTube’s Be Smart channel for “How the CIA Secretly Spied on Climate Change”. My link omits a supporter’s message at the end, the film will stop straight after my sheet’s final question if you use my embedded link.

16 questions for the 17-min film (not inc. the omitted message). Differentiated! Both versions look very similar, but “B” version has subtle clues. Questions right up to the end (of my embedded link), no slack time! Excellent subtitles, typed in by a human, not auto-generated nonsense. Answer sheet. Very easy to mark. .doc & .pdf for all files. Link to film on all sheets.

See also: Earth From Space: video worksheets, differentiated.