Instructional Video6:47
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A Handmade Antikythera Mechanism: Rediscovering an Ancient Greek Enigma

Higher Ed
This video presents a modernised reproduction of the Antikythera Mechanism, including clips of the manufacturing process and a snippet of how the device works.
Instructional Video2:59
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The Sun and Solar System - Solar System Series

6th - 8th
This video introduces the Sun and planets of the solar system. This video looks at galaxies ,identifies the location of the solar system in the Milky Way galaxy and discusses the role of nuclear fusion in the sun.
Instructional Video6:19
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The Outer Planets of the Solar System - Volume Two: Uranus, Neptune and Beyond - Solar System Series

6th - 8th
This video examines details relating to the planets Uranus, Neptune and their moons. This video also looks at the dwarf planet Pluto and its moons, as well as comet formation in Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud.
Instructional Video2:41
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Nuclear Fusion In the Sun - Solar System Series

6th - 8th
This video offers a more in depth look at how nuclear fusion occurs in the Sun.
Instructional Video8:58
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The Inner Planets of the Solar System - Volume Two: Earth, Mars and the Asteroid Belt- Solar System Series

6th - 8th
This video examines details relating to the planets Earth, Mars and their moons, as well as the Asteroid Belt.
Instructional Video6:50
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The Outer Planets of the Solar System - Volume One: Jupiter and Saturn: The “Gas Giants” - Solar System Series

6th - 8th
This video examines details relating to the planets Jupiter, Saturn and their moons.
Instructional Video3:42
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Planet Song What's the Distance Between the Earth and Moon

Pre-K - 5th
Learn What the Distance is Between the Earth and Moon with the planet song What's the Distance Between the Earth and Moon Song by
Instructional Video2:01
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What Is Venus? | 2nd Planet from the Sun Explained!

Pre-K - 5th
Learn the planet Venus song with this Planet Venus Song by KLT
Instructional Video3:18
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The Solar System

3rd - Higher Ed
The Solar System identifies the solar system including the sun and all celestial bodies that orbit the sun.
Instructional Video3:27
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Cosmic Galaxies

3rd - Higher Ed
Cosmic Galaxies identifies all objects within a galaxy by describing a galaxy, including gas, dust, stars, and any object that orbits the stars, and identifies the Milky Way as our home galaxy.
Instructional Video4:00
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9 Most Important Astronomical Discoveries

Pre-K - Higher Ed
From ancient civilizations to modern breakthroughs, learn about the nine most important cosmic discoveries that changed the way we look at our Sun, Moon and beyond. Learn how Copernicus challenged the status quo, Kepler unveiled the...
Instructional Video4:10
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What is Blackbody Radiation: Explained in Simple Terms

Pre-K - Higher Ed
A black body is a theoretical or imaginary object that perfectly absorbs all incoming electromagnetic radiation, and also emits radiation, like heat and visible light, based on its temperature. A black body is considered theoretical...
Instructional Video2:58
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Planets and Moons

3rd - Higher Ed
Planets and Moons identifies the planets that have moons and debris that orbit them by describing the planets and their moons and debris.
Instructional Video5:05
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Inner and Outer Planets

3rd - Higher Ed
Inner and Outer Planets compares and contrasts the properties of the inner and outer planets.
Instructional Video3:27
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The Planets

3rd - 8th
The Planets describes the characteristics of each planet within the solar system by explaining each planet’s characteristics.
Instructional Video2:32
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What Is Kepler 37B? | Smallest Known Exoplanet Planet in the Universe

Pre-K - 5th
Learn about Kepler 37B -- the smallest known exoplanet -- including its discovery, history, orbit, other members of the Kepler-27 system and more with this Astronomy video by KLT!
Instructional Video2:43
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The Sun

3rd - 8th
The Sun identifies the sun as one of many stars that exist in the universe by recognizing that the sun appears to be the largest star in the sky because of how close it is to Earth in relation to other stars.
Instructional Video3:39
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Mysterious Saturn

12th - Higher Ed
Astrophysicist Scott Tremaine, Institute for Advanced Study, describes the many open scientific questions associated with Saturn and its rings, describing what we know, what we don’t know, and why we know there’s a problem with some of...
Instructional Video4:27
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Hunting Exoplanets

12th - Higher Ed
Astrophysicist Scott Tremaine, Institute for Advanced Study, describes the issues associated with the search for exoplanets, highlighting how we actually had the technology to find them years ago but were limited by our own conceptions...
Instructional Video4:13
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The Statistics of Extraterrestrial Life

12th - Higher Ed
Astronomer Jill Tarter, Director of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, discusses Frank Drake's famous attempt to evaluate the likelihood of extraterrestrial life.
Instructional Video4:46
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Frames of Reference

12th - Higher Ed
Neuroscientist Jennifer Groh (Duke) describes an often-overlooked problem associated with how the brain processing different streams of sensory information.
Instructional Video4:19
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Darwin and the Butterfly

12th - Higher Ed
Astrophysicist Scott Tremaine, Institute for Advanced Study, gives the example of the particularities of our solar system to describe a common problem of astronomy and some other fields in the NS: determining whether what we see around...
Instructional Video2:38
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An Explosion of Exo-planets

12th - Higher Ed
Astronomer Jill Tarter, Director of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, highlights the link between recent discoveries of numerous exoplanets and the search for extraterrestrial life.
Instructional Video4:51
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Frank Drake's Agenda

12th - Higher Ed
SETI Institute astronomer Jill Tarter describes the thinking behind the famous Drake Equation, characterizing key aspects of our ignorance of the existence of alien civilizations