Professor Dave Explains
Astrology: Fact or Fiction?
A significant percentage of the population believes in astrology. This is the notion that the positions of the stars and planets in the sky at the moment of your birth have an influence on your characteristics, and that their positions...
Professor Dave Explains
Jupiter: King of the Planets
If you're in the market for a planet and size is your top priority, there's only one game in town, and that's Jupiter. Jupiter is significantly larger than all the other seven planets combined. The Romans didn't know how big it was when...
Cerebellum
The Renaissance - Scientific Advancements
No period of history can boast of greater beauty than The Renaissance. This was the period, from approximately early 14th century to late 16th century, that gave us Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Shakespeare. This video looks at...
Rock 'N Learn
Earth Science : Renewable Energy
Earth Science for Kids is the fun way to learn important facts about earth science and prepare for tests. Take a fascinating journey to the Super Science Station to learn about renewable energy.
Visual Learning Systems
Sun and Stars: Space
This program investigates a very important star - our sun. The key features of our sun, as well as other stars are explored. Special attention is also given to other things in space such as asteroids and comets.
Rock 'N Learn
Earth Science : Types of Rock
Earth Science for Kids is the fun way to learn important facts about earth science and prepare for tests. Take a fascinating journey to the Super Science Station to learn about types of rock.
Visual Learning Systems
The Outer Planets: the Sun and Our Solar System
Students are taken on an exciting animated trip to the outer reaches of our solar system. Images from NASA and the Hubble space Telescope illustrate the Giant Red Spot on Jupiter, Saturns' beautiful rings, the tilted rings of Uranus, and...
Visual Learning Systems
The Blue Planet
In this video, we explore the unique characteristics of Earth that make it the Blue Planet. With its vast oceans and abundance of liquid water, Earth stands out among the planets in our solar system. This video is part of the 9-part...
Visual Learning Systems
The Sun: Our Center of Energy and Life in the Solar System
In this video, we explore the wonders of our solar system and focus on the center of it all - the Sun. Join us as we marvel at the beauty of sunsets and the images of planets, and discover how the Sun is not only our nearest star but...
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Are we actually in a Nebula?
What really is a nebula, and are we in fact in one? What is the Local Interstellar Cloud?
Professor Dave Explains
History of Astornomy Part 3: Copernicus and Heliocentrism
Once it was determined that the Earth is round, the next step was to decipher the geometry of the solar system. Does everything rotate around the Earth, like in the geocentric model of Ptolemy? We thought so for thousands of years, but...
Professor Dave Explains
The Formation of the Solar System and the Structure of the Sun
So we learned about the formation of the Milky Way, which is the galaxy that we live in. But where in that galaxy do we live? We live on a planet that orbits a star that we simply refer to as "The Sun", so where is that, and when did our...
Visual Learning Systems
Our Distant Neighbors: the Orbiting Planets
Upon viewing the Our Distant Neighbors video series, students will be able to do the following: Create a simple diagram of the sun and the orbital paths of each planet around the sun. Label each of the eight planets. Explain that the sun...
Kids Learning Videos
The Planets - Learning about the Planets in Our Solar System
Learn about the planets in our solar system with this video. This video teaches about each planet and gives planet facts with interesting information about all the planets. See pictures of the planets and learn fun things about these...
Visual Learning Systems
Faraway Planets
The video is about the four distant planets beyond Mars in our solar system - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The video discusses the unique features of each planet and includes visuals of the planets and their respective features....
Visual Learning Systems
Our Solar System
The video explains the concept of our Milky Way galaxy and our solar system's formation. The Inner Planets part 2/11
Visual Learning Systems
The Amazing Universe: Galaxies
This show explores the fascinating features of the universe, the different types of galaxies in our solar system and the position of our solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy. Other terminology includes: constellations, spiral galaxy,...
Mazz Media
What is the Universe? (Simple English)
This live-action video program is about the word universe. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word universe through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Earth, Sun, and Moon: Planet Earth
Upon viewing the Exploring Earth, Sun, and Moon video series, students will be able to do the following:
Cite some of the characteristics of Earth which make it unique in our solar system, including: Earth's moderate temperature, the...
Visual Learning Systems
The Outer Planets: Introduction
Students are taken on an exciting animated trip to the outer reaches of our solar system. Images from NASA and the Hubble space Telescope illustrate the Giant Red Spot on Jupiter, Saturns' beautiful rings, the tilted rings of Uranus, and...
Visual Learning Systems
The Outer Planets: the Inner Planets
Students are taken on an exciting animated trip to the outer reaches of our solar system. Images from NASA and the Hubble space Telescope illustrate the Giant Red Spot on Jupiter, Saturns' beautiful rings, the tilted rings of Uranus, and...
Visual Learning Systems
Gravity: Gravity in Space
Gravity is all around us. This interesting program introduces students to the force of gravity by using easy-to-understand examples of this force at work. The role of gravity in our solar system is also explored. Concepts and...
Professor Dave Explains
Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
You thought we were all done with Newton, didn't you? You figured that three laws are enough for any scientist. Well think again! Newton was quite the champ, and his work with gravity was revolutionary. I mean, the guy invented calculus...
Visual Learning Systems
The Inner Planets: The Moving Planets
This video provides a brief history of how our understanding of the solar system and the movement of planets has evolved over time. It includes explanations of theories presented by Copernicus, Kepler, and Newton. The Inner Planets part...