Instructional Video
University of Nottingham

Sixty Symbols: Symbols of Physics and Astronomy: Mercury

9th - 10th
University of Nottingham astronomers discuss some interesting facts about Mercury, its orbit around the sun, its rotation on its axis, and its role in establishing General Relativity. [5:55]
Instructional Video
University of Nottingham

University of Nottingham: Periodic Table of Videos: Mercury

9th - 10th
Professor Poliakoff and his colleagues discuss the properties and effects of mercury in the environment. [5:12]
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Kids 43.1: Weather in Space (The Rocky Planets)

3rd - 8th
Take a tour of the weather and atmosphere on the rocky planets in our solar system. [5:55]
Instructional Video
SciShow

Sci Show Kids: Explore the Solar System: The Rocky Planets

5th - 8th
Take a tour of the rocky planets and learn important facts about these planets. Understand that Mercury has no atmosphere which causes its temperatures to vary, Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system, how Earth is unique, and...
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Astronomy #13: Mercury

9th - 10th
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. It has no atmosphere and is, as such, covered in craters. It's also incredibly hot but, surprisingly, has water ice hiding beneath its surface. [10:18]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Fluids: Fluids (Part 4)

9th - 10th
Using our understanding of fluid pressure to figure out the height of a column of mercury. [10:09]
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Mercury Flyby Results

9th - 10th
This week NASA released data from a recent close flyby of the planet Mercury, including stunning new pictures. We'll talk with one of the researchers on the MESSENGER mission about what they found during the flyby.
Instructional Video
Science for Kids

Science Kids: Experiment Videos: Pharaoh's Serpent

9th - 10th
Watch a "Pharaoh's Serpent" reaction, which occurs during the combustion of mercury thiocyanate. [0:36]