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Mars

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Mars
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Planets

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Planets
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Planets

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Planets
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Flight to Earth NTSC

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Flight to Earth NTSC
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Mars rotation (loopable)

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Mars rotation (loopable)
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Planet Uranus

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Special effects footage created by Tom Smith, who later headed up the Special Effects team at Industrial Light & Magic / views of Uranus and its rings of ammonia (by Encyclopaedia Britannica Films) Planet Uranus on January 01, 1977 ...
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Planet sizes

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Planet sizes
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Planet sizes

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Planet sizes
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SciShow

Why Is Neptune so Blue? and 3 Other Mysteries an Orbiter Could Solve

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Neptune appears as a beautiful blue color, but why? Some scientists suggested the methane in the atmosphere gives it that color, but Uranus contains more methane than Neptune. The mystery, along with three others, requires an orbiter to...
Instructional Video6:31
SciShow

What Knocked Over Uranus? And Two Other Mysteries

9th - Higher Ed Standards
It's no secret that most of the galaxy is a mystery. Data suggests that the known exoplanets may be most similar to our own neighborhood planet Uranus. Unfortunately, scientists know little about Uranus. The video lesson presenter...
Instructional Video0:23
PBS

The Sun and Planets

6th - 8th Standards
Do other planets experience night, day, and the seasons like humans do here on Earth? Examine planetary motion using real images of the planets through a simulation from PBS's Space lesson series. After observing the motion of each...
Instructional Video4:22
SciShow

Exploring Uranus and Neptune

6th - 12th Standards
Could humans survive on Uranus or Neptune? As an installment of a larger solar system series, the video lesson continues in its description of planets in our solar system. A thorough analysis of the two planets describes the physical...
Instructional Video3:57
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Socratica

The Discovery of Uranus

6th - 12th Standards
Take a trip back in time to the Age of Enlightenment. A video lesson describes the sequence of events leading to the discovery of the planet Uranus. Previously, Uranus was considered a faint star, then a comet, and finally correctly...
Instructional Video12:19
Crash Course

Uranus and Neptune

6th - 12th
Either way you pronounce it, Uranus is one cool planet! An ice giant, to be exact, just like its neighbor, Neptune. Travel to the far reaches of our solar system in a video filled with amazing images and interesting facts. The...
Instructional Video4:11
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SciShow Kids

Explore the Solar System: The Gas Giants

Pre-K - 6th Standards
Take a trip to space's gas giants, also known as the outer planets—Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune—with an interesting video equipped with a spirited host, a cartoon sidekick, and bright, colorful graphics.
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SciShow Kids

Let's Make the Solar System

Pre-K - 5th Standards
Get crafty with the help of pictures and a real-time demonstration from a video that details the step-by-step process in creating a paper solar system. 
Instructional Video4:43
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Crash Course Kids

Gas Giants Weather

3rd - 8th
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune make up the outer planets. How extreme is the weather on these planets? This is the focus of a video that explains how the gas giants have "crazy storms," strong winds, methane rain, and very cold...
Instructional Video6:35
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Crash Course Kids

Seeing Stars

3rd - 8th
What are all those shiny things we see in the sky at night? It could be a star, planet, or asteroid! This is the focus of a video that helps viewers distinguish between these three objects in the sky.
Instructional Video7:34
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Curated OER

Uranus

4th - 8th
What makes Uranus unique? Watch this video to discover the planet, its astrological sign, its moons, etc. Note: this film is not narrated; instead, text is shown in front of the picture it describes. Even for a seven-minute video, it's a...
Instructional Video
NASA

Nasa: Galleries: Video: What Is a Planet?

6th - 8th
Explanation of the characteristics an object must have to be considered a planet. [7:53]
Instructional Video
US National Archives

National Archives: Voyager Ii Uranus Fly By

9th - 10th
National Archives video [28:06] discussion of the discovery of new moons and facts discovered about Uranus.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Astronomy: Uranus & Neptune

9th - 10th
We complete our planetary tour with a review of the ice giants Uranus and Neptune. Both have small rocky cores, thick mantles of ammonia, water, and methane, and atmospheres that make them look greenish and blue. Uranus has a truly weird...
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Astronomy #19: Uranus and Neptune

9th - 10th
Today we're rounding out our planetary tour with ice giants Uranus and Neptune. Both have small rocky cores, thick mantles of ammonia, water, and methane, and atmospheres that make them look greenish and blue. Uranus has a truly weird...
Instructional Video
SciShow

Sci Show Kids: Explore the Solar System: The Gas Giants

5th - 8th
Take a tour of the gas giants and learn important facts about these planets. Understand that Jupiter has a giant storm called Great Red Spot, Saturn has the biggest and brightest rings, how Uranus spins on its side, and Neptune's storms...