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Saturn
Go back to space school and learn all about Saturn. Explore this ringed gas sphere, its many moons, composition, place in space, and unique qualities. A great video to be viewed on its own or alongside any other space or planet videos.
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Mars
Questing for information about the red planet? Attend this class at space school and learn all about Mars. Myths, misconceptions, and facts about the planet's long and interesting history are presented. Great video! Look for other space...
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Mercury
Visit the planet Mercury and learn about its orbit, place in the solar system, and difficult past. Closest to the sun and covered in craters, this planet has had it rough. You'll find out that Mercury is actually a dead planet but still...
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The Sun
Take your class to space school where they'll learn all about our fabulous sun. While the narrator speaks somewhat fast, he explains how the sun was born, how it works, and what ancient people believed it to be. This clip could be a...
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Birth of the Universe, Part 3/4
Part three of this four-part series on the origins of the universe describes the radiation that can be heard in static radio signals and the other amazing remnants left today that were around at the time the universe was born. Stars,...
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Supernovas: When Stars Die
Have all your supernova questions answered with this four and a half minute video clip. You'll discover that a supernova is really the death of an expanding star, that there are different types of supernovas, and what their effects are...
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Jupiter: The Largest Planet
Kids will love this video. Dramatic and informative, this clip describes the gas giant, Jupiter. They'll hear about Jupiter's moons, history, composition, and size in relation to Earth. It takes one thousand Earths to compose one...
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Astronomers Find First Earth-like Planet in Habitable Zone
This video is intended to complete the ESO clip on the first Earth-like planet ever found. Learn all about Earth-like exoplanets other solar systems, and the keys components needed for extra-planetary life. Many questions are answered...
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Neptune
Travel to deep space and view the icy blue planet, Neptune. You'll learn about Neptune's rings, its great dark spot, size, and surface. Great graphics and real images make this a perfect clip for learners in grades 3-6.
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Total Solar Eclipse - China 2008
A sight most learners will never experience, a total eclipse of the sun, in China. An interesting clip that shows just how amazing our sun is. Several questions are raised with the narrators observations. Why did the temperature drop,...
NASA
Nasa: Nasa Videos
A huge collection of NASA space videos that is updated frequently. Find out about the latest space research on Pluto's atmosphere and evidence of climate change, learn what it's like to be an astronaut, and see amazing images taken from...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Space Sciences: Launch
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing outerspace straight to your fingertips. Become the commander of your own learning experiences as you take part in this interactive tutorial.
NASA
Nasa: Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Exoplanet Exploration: Planet Quest Timeline
A video timeline of the discoveries and key milestones in the history of space exploration. [11:23]
Other
Physics Girl: Is Energy Always Conserved?
When light passes through the universe and is redshifted by the expansion of space itself, how is energy conserved? The stretched light has a longer wavelength and therefore a lower energy. Is energy conserved? If so, where does it go?...
Scientific American
Scientific American Space Lab: Playlists
This Youtube channel celebrates the coolest space and science facts! This specific site is a compilation of playlists containing videos related to topics about space.
PBS
Pbs: Space Time
A video series where astrophysicist Matt O'Dowd investigates the outer reaches of space. Explores topics from asteroids to gravitation waves to sci-fi!
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Astronomy: Cycles in the Sky
Take a look at the cyclical phenomena at work in the universe. Learn about the subtle changes in the sky that take place over time as the Earth circles the sun, following along the ecliptic. Learn how the tilt of the Earth's axis has a...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Building for Mars, Sometimes Painful, Always Glorious
Mike Passaretti and Lee Carlson of Honeybee Robotics in New York City worked on and off for the last 8 years on a device on Curiosity called the Sample Manipulation System. What's it like to build something that ends up on another...
PBS
Pbs: Nova Science Now: Franklin Chang Diaz: Rocket Scientist
n this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, meet Franklin Chang-Diaz, an astronaut and scientist. Learn how he has been interested in rockets and space travel since he was a child in Costa Rica, and how he immigrated to the United...
Crash Course
Crash Course Astronomy #3: Cycles in the Sky
In this Crash Course, students take a look at the cyclical phenomena at work in the universe.
Crash Course
Crash Course Astronomy #1: Introduction to Astronomy
The first episode of Crash Course Astronomy helps students answer the question, "What is astronomy?"
Crash Course
Crash Course Astronomy #2: Naked Eye Observations
Crash Course Astronomy invites students to head outside and take a look at all the incredible things that can be seen with the naked eye.
Crash Course
Crash Course Astronomy #46: Everything, the Universe and Life
In this final episode of Crash Course Astronomy, the host gives the course a send off with a look at some popular topics, and some of the big questions in Astronomy. [11:22]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: A Journey to the Oort Cloud, Where Comets Are Born
The comet ISON, discovered by two amateur astronomers last year, will zoom past the Earth next fall. But where did it come from?