SciShow
Exploring Uranus and Neptune
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...
SciShow
What's It Like on ... Venus?
Venus may not be the best option for the next space station! An episode of a larger solar system playlist describes the characteristics of the planet Venus. The instruction includes a description of its extreme environment and its...
SciShow
What's It Like On Mercury?
Take a video tour of the planet Mercury. An installment of a solar system series explores the characteristics of Mercury. The presenter compares the planet to Earth by examining similarities and differences.
Socratica
The Discovery of Uranus
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...
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
The Beginning of Everything—The Big Bang
How can something come from nothing? The Big Bang Theory has an answer to that question. An installment in the Kurzgesagt playlist outlines the theory of the origin of the universe. It includes an explanation of the evidence that...
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
How to Catch a Dwarf Planet—Triton
Neptune has more than its share of moons with 14, although Triton takes the prize for the largest. Study the origin and behavior of Neptune's moons with a video lesson from the Kurzgesagt playlist.
THNKR
Bill Nye Explains Why Jupiter Is Like a Blender
Jupiter could make one mean smoothie! Discover how the massive planet helped shape the rest of our solar system through a Why with Nye! video from THNKR. The resource discusses Jupiter as the first planet in the solar system to form, how...
The Brain Scoop
Starstuff and Nanodiamonds
The Field Museum owns materials older than our sun—can you believe that? An enlightening video displays and discusses some of these. It explains where they come from, how they formed, how they survived this long, and what we know about...
Bozeman Science
ESS1B - Earth and the Solar System
The motion of the earth around the sun creates many different patterns in our world. Watch as a video instructor explains the patterns of moon phases, sunrise and sunset times, seasons, tides, and constellations among others. He also...
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
The Solar System—Our Home in Space
The first man-made object to enter space happened in 1942; just 71 years later, we sent the first object outside the entire solar system. The video introduces the solar system, starting with the sun. It covers each planet, the more...
Bozeman Science
ESS1A - The Universe and Its Stars
Is there a broader topic than the study of the universe? A video lesson for teachers provides insight into the progression of lessons on the topic from elementary through high school. Examples and descriptions give teachers solid...
Crash Course
Explore the Solar System: 360 Degree Interactive Tour
Go on a galactic tour like no other! The perfect idea to wrap up a solar-system unit, an interactive video leads the class from the sun to the Kuiper Belt. Pan around the screen as the narrator describes each of the main features in...
Crash Course
Comets
Crystal ball or big, hairy, dirty snowball? Take young astronomy scholars on an up-close investigation of comets with a video. Topics include the makeup of comets and their two tails, long- and short-period comets, and how they interact...
Crash Course
Asteroids
What are asteroids? Broken planets, moons, space debris? Take your young astronomers to the dividing line between our inner and outer planets with an engaging video. The narrator describes both early and current ideas regarding the...
Crash Course
Introduction to the Solar System
Today scientists watch other solar systems forming, helping to inform us how we got our start. The video covers what makes up the solar system, how we went from gas to a disk, how the planets formed, and the motion in the system. The...
MinutePhysics
Why the Solar System Can Exist
How does Earth's orbit stay constant, despite interactions with things like meteors and space junk? We have three dimensions to thank for that! Through simple animations, the narrator illustrates the how gravitational pull...
SciShow
3 Things You Didn't Know About Voyager
The edge of the solar system is not smooth, but rather a sea of magnetic bubbles. Scientists know this thanks to the observations and measurements from Voyager. A video offers interesting facts about the Voyager mission and the farthest...
SciShow Kids
Explore the Solar System: The Gas Giants
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.
SciShow Kids
Explore the Solar System: The Rocky Planets
Take a trip to the rocky planets—Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars—with an engaging video that details their unique attributes.
SciShow Kids
Let's Make the Solar System
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.
TED-Ed
3 Planets That Shouldn't Exist
Take a journey through the universe to learn about three planets that are mysteries to scientists—because they shouldn't be able to exist! Class members watch a short video to learn about Kepler-78b, Kepler-10c, and HD 106906b,...
Be Smart
Exoplanets: Are There Other Earths?
An informative astronomy video explains more than one hundred billion solar systems — that we know about. It describes the habitable zone and the chances of finding another earth-like planet.
Be Smart
How Big is the Solar System?
Provide a visual reference to just how far apart the planets in our solar system are. Starting from a grapefruit representing the sun, the speaker in an engaging video walks the relative distance between each planet.
Be Smart
Does The Moon Really Orbit The Earth?
What do Newton's Law of Gravitation and the moon's orbit have in common? Assist pupils as they view a short video segment and learn the gravitational methods of the moon and earth. They learn the reason why and how these have changed...