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Instructional Video6:19
Ancient Lights Media

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.
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Instructional Video2:41
Ancient Lights Media

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.
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Instructional Video4:52
Curated Video

Planets of the Solar System

3rd - Higher Ed
Planets of the Solar System describes each planet’s movement, distance, size, and composition in relation to the sun.
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Instructional Video4:17
Curated Video

GCSE Physics - Alpha, Beta and Gamma Radiation #33

9th - Higher Ed
This video covers: - The idea that radioactive materials contain unstable isotopes - What alpha, beta, gamma and neutron radiation is - How ionising and penetrating they are General info: - Suitable for all GCSE and IGCSE courses -...
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Instructional Video4:06
Curated Video

GCSE Physics - Nuclear Decay Equations #34

9th - Higher Ed
This video covers: - What alpha, beta and gamma radiation are - How to write decay equations for them General info: - Suitable for all GCSE and IGCSE courses - Suitable for higher and foundation tiers - Suitable for triple and combined...
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Instructional Video10:44
Curated Video

Charlie: The Airship Reviving Cargo Lifter

Pre-K - Higher Ed
This video provides an overview of Cargo Lifter, a German airship company that is trying to develop airships for a new range of commercial uses. It discusses their current airship, Charlie, and their plans for the future, including the...
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Instructional Video4:45
Periodic Videos

Helium (Version 1)

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Helium is the second most common element in the universe, yet we are running out of helium on Earth. A video on this important element includes common reactions, uses, and concerns that scholars need to know to understand helium.
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Instructional Video3:53
SciShow

Helium

9th - 12th Standards
The helium in a balloon comes from the radioactive decay of the elements thorium and uranium. Video two in this series of 48 explores the element helium. The narrator discusses how humans use it, where it is found, how the United States...
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Instructional Video4:35
American Chemical Society

Are We Running out of Helium?

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Helium is a favorite element of young children everywhere! A video lesson from a larger series examines the properties of helium and why they may contribute to its eventual extinction. The lesson also explores possible industrial...
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Instructional Video3:14
SciShow

Baumgartner's Super Sonic Dive

9th - 12th
Felix Baumgartner jumped to Earth from a helium balloon in 2012, setting five world records in the process. The video answers the most commonly asked questions about this amazing feat that may not be quite what people advertised it to be. 
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Instructional Video11:36
Curated OER

Cosmic Background Radiation

9th - 12th
An informative video covers the density of the particles just after the Big Bang, as well as the concept that whenever a particle was released it would merge with something else. Sal develops the concept of being able to receive and...
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Instructional Video2:17
MinuteEarth

Our Atmosphere is Escaping!

6th - 12th Standards
Our atmosphere keeps us from the extreme temperatures experienced on the moon. The video explains that our atmosphere actually leaks. It describes exactly which molecules escape and the multiple factors that contribute.
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Instructional Video6:32
Veritasium

Seeing the Invisible: Schlieren Imaging in Slow Motion

9th - 12th Standards
Heat rises, but what does that actually look like? The video shows many examples of air currents, such as a burning match and squeezing helium out of a balloon. It highlights common observations that are rarely seen such as gas vapors...
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Instructional Video7:16
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TED-Ed

Periodic Videos

5th - 12th Standards
From hydrogen to ununoctium, this collection of videos has everything you need to begin teaching about the periodic table. Offering descriptions of each element and interesting experiments demonstrating their properties, this resource is...
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Instructional Video14:37
Crash Course

Exploring the Universe: Crash Course Big History #2

9th - Higher Ed
According to Carl Sagan, we are all made of star particles. The second video in a series of 16 explains what happened after the big bang. It discusses cosmic background radiation, chemistry, galaxies, heavy elements, and the creation of...
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Instructional Video1:04
University of California

The Life Of A Star Explained In 1 Minute

9th - 12th
We know about many different life cycles of animals and plants, but did you know stars also have a life cycle? The video illustrates the life of a star in under one minute from the formation of helium to the collapse of the star. 
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Instructional Video11:45
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Crash Course

Ideal Gas Problems

9th - 12th Standards
The Hindenburg and its use of the highly flammable gas hydrogen, used to keep it afloat, eventually caught fire and killed 36 people.  Use the Ideal Gas Law through analysis of the Hindenburg and discover why scientists chose hydrogen...
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Instructional Video4:13
SciShow

Hardcore Metal Stars

9th - 12th Standards
Astronomers classify all elements that are not hydrogen or helium as metals. Their "heaviness" causes turbulence that may form metal stars. An installment of a comprehensive solar system series explains how scientists believe these stars...
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Instructional Video12:03
Crash Course

Low Mass Stars

6th - 12th
What happens when stars run out of fuel? Pupils learn the incredible sequence of events that occur as a star nears its end. The video compares and contrasts the events in low- and high-mass stars, detailing the cycle of fusion, energy...
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Instructional Video6:01
Veritasium

Where Does The Sun Get Its Energy?

6th - 12th
How does the sun give us light and heat? Discover what's really going on inside the centerpiece of our solar system in a brief video. The content includes common misconceptions about the sun's source of energy, how the simple elements...
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Instructional Video5:10
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Crash Course Kids

Glow On

3rd - 8th Standards
Why do stars appear to glow? And why is it that some stars seem brighter than others? This is the focus of a video that explains how stars get their glow and how apparent brightness is determined by distance, rather than size.
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Instructional Video1:59
DoodleScience

Life Cycle of Stars

9th - 12th
Introduce your young astronomers to the life cycle of stars, from protostar to either white dwarf or black hole, with a short video that provides a brief overview of the process.
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Instructional Video3:38
Fuse School

Collecting and Identifying Gases

9th - 12th
How do you catch something that can't be seen, has no odor, and makes no sound? Discover the common methods of gas collection in this first of a ten-part video series. Learners see how the properties of density and solubility are used to...
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Instructional Video5:01
Fuse School

Structure and Composition of the Earth

9th - 12th
Why is Earth different from other planets? What makes it so special, anyway? It's only fitting to delve into how the "parent" rock was formed in the first installment of a seven-part series about rocks and rock formation. Amateur...

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