Instructional Video5:25
SciShow

3 Ways to Explore the “Ignorosphere"

12th - Higher Ed
One of the hardest places to explore in space is actually pretty close, some call it the ignorosphere.
Instructional Video2:47
SciShow

Asteroids to Watch Out For

12th - Higher Ed
Hank tells us about NASA's Near-Earth Object Program, which tracks the paths of asteroids and categorizes them according to the likelihood that they will strike the Earth at some point in the future.
Instructional Video10:03
Crash Course

The Earth

12th - Higher Ed
Phil starts the planet-by-planet tour of the solar system right here at home, Earth.
Instructional Video10:16
Crash Course

Jupiter's Moons

12th - Higher Ed
Before moving on from Jupiter to Saturn, we’re going to linger for a moment on Jupiter’s moons. There are 67 known moons, and 4 huge ones that we want to explore in greater detail. Ganymede is the largest - larger, in fact, than any...
Instructional Video4:20
SciShow

The Carbon Impact of the World’s Largest Mass Migration

12th - Higher Ed
The Carbon Impact of the World’s Largest Mass Migration
Instructional Video3:24
SciShow

The Oldest Star in the Universe

12th - Higher Ed
Hank tells the story of the mysterious star known as "Methuseleh," and why scientists think that it is the oldest known star in the universe.
Instructional Video8:00
TED Talks

TED: A young scientist's quest for clean water | Deepika Kurup

12th - Higher Ed
Deepika Kurup has been determined to solve the global water crisis since she was 14 years old, after she saw kids outside her grandparents' house in India drinking water that looked too dirty even to touch. Her research began in her...
Instructional Video4:46
Be Smart

The Auroras

12th - Higher Ed
Space might seem like an empty place, but the area surrounding Earth is constantly being bombarded by waves of charged particles released by the Sun: The solar wind. Luckily, thanks to Earth's swirling, molten core (and the magnetic...
Instructional Video4:03
SciShow

Silicon-Based Life: Could Living Rocks Exist?

12th - Higher Ed
It's possible life could form based on elements other than carbon, but they would look much different than the life we are used to.
Instructional Video5:36
PBS

The Search for the Earliest Life

12th - Higher Ed
More than 4 billion years ago, the crust of the Earth was still cooling and the oceans were only beginning to form. But in recent years, we've started to discover that, even in this hellish environment, life found a way.
Instructional Video5:05
SciShow

Could We Give Mars a Magnetic Field?

12th - Higher Ed
One way to help us live on Mars would be to terraform the planet. Some scientists think we might be able to do that by giving it a new magnetic field!
Instructional Video5:38
SciShow

How to (Maybe) Find Your Own Little Amazing Meteorite

12th - Higher Ed
Most of the meteorites that land on this planet are pretty tiny. And enough of them fall to Earth each day that, theoretically, you could find micrometeorite yourself.
Instructional Video12:26
TED Talks

TED: A flavorful field guide to foraging | Alexis Nikole Nelson

12th - Higher Ed
Whether it's dandelions blooming in your backyard or purslane sprouting from the sidewalk, vegan forager Alexis Nikole Nelson is on a mission to show how freely growing flora could make its way to your plate. With contagious enthusiasm...
Instructional Video3:59
Crash Course Kids

The Great Escape

3rd - 8th
Do you know how many people have been to the moon? Only 12! Part of the reason it's so few is because of how difficult it is to escape Earth and get into space in the first place. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about...
Instructional Video7:44
TED Talks

Al Gore: What comes after An Inconvenient Truth?

12th - Higher Ed
At TED2009, Al Gore presents updated slides from around the globe to make the case that worrying climate trends are even worse than scientists predicted, and to make clear his stance on "clean coal."
Instructional Video3:53
SciShow

What Would Earth Be Like Without a Moon?

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space takes to you a world where the night is always dark, the tides are paltry -- and the days are only 8 hours long. See how different Earth would be if there were no moon!
Instructional Video3:49
SciShow Kids

Why Does the Moon Change?

K - 5th
Have you ever wondered why, some nights, the moon looks like a big, bright circle, and some nights it looks like a little sliver? Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn about how the moon's orbit changes the way we see it here on Earth!
Instructional Video8:32
SciShow

The Two-Faced Role of Planetary Magnetic Fields

12th - Higher Ed
Given that Earth’s magnetic field helps protect its life-sustaining atmosphere, you might think that the stronger a planet’s magnetic field, the better. But as it turns out, some planets’ relationships with their magnetic fields are a...
Instructional Video16:12
Crash Course

Human Evolution: Crash Course Big History

12th - Higher Ed
In which John Green and Hank Green teach you about how human primates moved out of Africa and turned Earth into a real-life Planet of the Apes. And the apes are people! John and Hank teach you about how humans evolved, and the sort of...
Instructional Video6:14
Bozeman Science

ESS3D - Global Climate Change

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the global climate is changing as a result of natural phenomenon and human actions. Changes in the solar radiation due to variations in the Earth's tilt and orbit have caused the ice ages....
Instructional Video5:48
SciShow

Jupiter's Moons May Keep Each Other Warm

12th - Higher Ed
As small as Jupiter's moons are in comparison to the giant planet, they may actually have an important role to play in keeping each other warm, heating the moons enough to have liquid oceans!
Instructional Video9:47
PBS

Extinction by Gamma-Ray Burst

12th - Higher Ed
Find out about the last time and the next time the Earth will be hit by a Gamma-ray Burst.
Instructional Video6:57
SciShow

When Will We All Die The Statistics of Human Extinction

12th - Higher Ed
We humans like to think we’re special in basically all ways, but if the history of life is any indication, our species has a limited time on this planet. So the question is: when are we gonna go extinct?
Instructional Video11:41
SciShow

How Safe Are Pesticides, Really?

12th - Higher Ed
If you’ve heard anything about pesticides, it’s probably about how toxic they are. But they make growing food more cost-effective, so when some make it into your groceries, how bad can they be?