SciShow
This Diagram of Earth Is a Lie
When you learned about the Earth’s interior in school, you were probably shown a diagram that looked like a perfect layer cake. But we've known for a long time that that diagram is... inaccurate at best, and leaves out information that...
SciShow
This Diagram of Earth Is a Lie
When you learned about the Earth’s interior in school, you were probably shown a diagram that looked like a perfect layer cake. But we've known for a long time that that diagram is... inaccurate at best, and leaves out information that...
Professor Dave Explains
Earthquakes and Seismology in Earth’s Interior
We just learned about all the layers of the Earth, but how did we accumulate this information? How do we know the composition of these layers and the depths at which they occur? The answer is seismology! Let's learn about the different...
Visual Learning Systems
Topography and the Earth: Earth Layers Based on Physical Properties
This program describes the major topographical features of Earth including mountains, plains, and plateaus. Footage from throughout North America takes students to the Rocky Mountains, the plains of Iowa, and the Colorado Plateau to...
Visual Learning Systems
Topography and the Earth: the Crust
This program describes the major topographical features of Earth including mountains, plains, and plateaus. Footage from throughout North America takes students to the Rocky Mountains, the plains of Iowa, and the Colorado Plateau to...
SciShow
The First-Ever Map of Mars’s Interior
We’ve done a surprising amount of exploration on Mars, from its atmosphere, to its surface, and miles deep into its canyons. But mapping its insides has been a quandary that we hadn’t been able to solve until last week!
NASA
NASA’s InSight Lander Accomplishes Science Goals on Mars as Power Levels Diminish
NASA’s InSight lander touched down in the Elysium Planitia region of Mars in November of 2018. During its time on the Red Planet, InSight has achieved all its primary science goals and continues to hunt for quakes on Mars. The mission is...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Marc Prensky - Global Education for the Future
Marc Prensky is an internationally acclaimed speaker, writer, consultant, and innovator in the field of education. He is considered one of the world’s leading experts on the connection between learning and technology. Marc offers deep...
Science360
Ancient Ice And Our Planets Future
Deep in the interior of Antarctica scientists unlock the secrets of our planet's past.
SciShow
3 Times We Intentionally Crashed into Other Worlds
Most of the time, it’s not great when an expensive spacecraft slams into an extraterrestrial body. But now and then mission control intentionally crashes a spacecraft for science!
SciShow
What Saturn’s Rings Tell Us About Its Soupy Core
The insides of the our gas giant friend, Saturn, might be less of a mystery now that we’ve figured out how to use its rings to indicate its internal makeup. And the light emitted from some very old, very hungry black holes could be...
Mazz Media
Rocks and the Rock Cycle: Why is the Study of Rocks Important
This program helps students to understand what a rock is and how rocks are formed. Using real world footage, the video shows and identifies examples of minerals with crystalline structures and then shows the same minerals in common rock....
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Earth and Space Science: Journey to the Earth's Interior
Material to begin an exploration of the Earth's interior. An hour-long video is accompanied by learning goals, an outline and overview, details on igneous rock, seismic waves, and the Earth's layers, and ideas for teaching this unit in...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Seismic Wave Tells Us About the Different Layers of the Earth
This video explores how scientists learn about Earth's interior by using sound waves produced either by earthquakes or geological equipment. [4:12]
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Iris: Layers of the Earth
Earth's interior is broadly grouped into three main layers on the basis of chemical composition: crust, mantle, and core. An egg analogy is used to show relative thicknesses, and a Big Hunk analogy illustrates how a material of a single...
Crash Course
Crash Course: Astronomy: Earth
Find out about Earth's interior, and how the historical formation has affected its characteristics.
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Iris: Determining and Measuring Earth's Layered Interior
In this instructional sequence, students examine seismic evidence to determine that the Earth must have a layered internal structure and to estimate the size of Earth's core.
Other
Earth's Story Journey to the Center of the Earth Full
Earth's Story Journey to the Center Of the Earth HD Full DocumentaryWhat drives the tectonic plates as they glide over the Earth's surface? Scientists have probed our planet to its core. In this realm of unimaginably high temperatures...
Minute Earth
Minute Earth: Why Is It Hot Underground?
Have you ever wondered why there is so much heat inside the Earth? Watch this short tutorial to find out. [2:47]
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Iris: Seismic Tomography (Ct Scan as Analogy)
How do scientists look at the layers of the Earth? They have the seismic version of a CT scan, of course. Understand this process with the help of the video. [2:52]
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Iris: Seismic Tomography (Ct Scan as Analogy)
How can we see the layers of the Earth? A CAT (computed axial tomography) scan animation is included because seismic tomography is often compared to CAT scans. [2:34]