Instructional Video11:23
Crash Course

Dark Energy, Cosmology Part 2

9th - Higher Ed
What's driving the expansion of the universe, and will it ever stop? Take a trip to the dark side in a video full of surprising facts and twists about our view of what lies beyond. Junior cosmologists learn about the invisible energy of...
Instructional Video13:23
Crash Course

The Big Bang, Cosmology Part 1

9th - Higher Ed
Send your space scientists out with a bang! An out-of-this-world video teaches young astronomers about the origin of the universe. The narrator describes the birth of The Big Bang Theory and the physicists and star gazers that...
Instructional Video14:05
Crash Course

Gamma-Ray Bursts

9th - 12th
What do you get when you combine the Cold War with black holes? You get one of the greatest scientific mysteries in the history of astronomy! Pupils discover how our quest to keep the Soviet Union from launching nuclear weapons helped to...
Instructional Video15:35
Crash Course

Galaxies, Part 2

6th - 12th
Worlds within worlds! Journey to galaxies near and far with a thought-provoking video. Young astronomers learn how scientists detected very distant galaxies using their electromagnetic signatures far outside the visible range. Other...
Instructional Video12:06
Crash Course

Galaxies, Part 1

6th - 12th
Sometimes fuzzy, sometimes irregularly shaped—and occasionally cannibalistic? These are just a few of the remarkable galactic facts contained in a short video that's sure to amaze! The narrator describes the four main types of galaxies,...
Instructional Video11:14
Crash Course

The Milky Way

6th - 12th
Where does Earth fit in the grand scheme of things? Find out in an intriguing video filled with facts and beautiful images! Learners journey to the center of the Milky Way to discover how our galaxy works. The narrator describes the...
Instructional Video11:21
Crash Course

Distances

6th - 12th
How can you determine the distance between two objects when one is incredibly far away? Discover how early astronomers and mathematicians calculated quantities such as the distance between Earth and the Sun in an insightful video. The...
Instructional Video5:20
MinutePhysics

Science, Religion, and the Big Bang

9th - 12th
In the beginning, there was ... well, we don't know, exactly. Was there even a beginning to begin with? Amateur space scientists explore the nature of the origins of the universe in a brief video. Other topics include the misleading Big...
Instructional Video2:34
MinutePhysics

Does the Universe Have a Purpose? feat. Neil deGrasse Tyson

9th - 12th
Why are we here? There are so many possible ways to answer the question, but which answers are based on empirical data? Pupils discover the many perspectives on this age-old brainteaser. The narrator explains the topic through the ideas...
Instructional Video10:41
Crash Course

Stars

6th - 12th
Star light, start bright! What do the brightness and color of stars tell us about the stars we see at night? Learners explore the life of stars with an information-packed video. Topics include the relationship between mass and...
Instructional Video10:34
Crash Course

Light

6th - 12th
All this talk about seeing the light... but, what is it, and how do we see it? Science students learn the basics of the nature of light in a narrated video that discusses concepts such as how light behaves, the electromagnetic...
Instructional Video2:35
MinutePhysics

Is the Universe Entirely Mathematical? Feat. Max Tegmark

9th - 12th
Does one formula or set of theorums explain everything in existance? A video ponders whether or not everything in the universe is entirely mathematical. 
Instructional Video1:56
MinutePhysics

A Polarizing Discovery About the Big Bang!

9th - 12th
The Big Bang just got bigger! Learners explore the early universe in a short, animated video. The narrator guides viewers through the revelation that photons polarized by masses of plasma travel through space to bring us a...
Instructional Video1:18
MinutePhysics

YouTube Video vs. The Universe

9th - 12th
Our world seems to be a pretty big place ... until you compare it with the rest of the universe. Where does Earth fit in? Space science scholars watch as the narrator uses a tiny pixel to illustrate how much room we take up in space.
Instructional Video4:17
MinutePhysics

How Big is the Universe?

9th - 12th
Can you measure the size of something that's getting bigger all the time? It depends upon your perspective! Space scholars discover fundamental facts about our ever-growing universe. The narrator explains the difference between the...
Instructional Video4:07
TED-Ed

How Small Are We in the Scale of the Universe?

6th - 12th Standards
There are so many galaxies in the universe that the vast majority of them are too distant for the human eye to perceive. An astronomy video discusses the Hubble Telescope's Deep Field image from 1995 and the eXtreme Deep Field image...
Instructional Video3:53
MinutePhysics

Why Is It Dark at Night?

9th - 12th
Don't keep your physics class in the dark about night—introduce them to the concept with a short animated video! The narrator discusses how the Big Bang set our universe into an ever-expanding motion where the stars we observe now appear...
Instructional Video5:25
MinutePhysics

Tutorial: Simulating the Universe in After Effects

9th - 12th
Create the universe on your laptop in just over five minutes! The video tutorial guides scholars step by step through the process of simulating the Millennium Run using Adobe After Effects. Watch as the narrator illustrates how...
Instructional Video4:01
MinutePhysics

Picture of the Big Bang (a.k.a. Oldest Light in the Universe)

9th - 12th
Everyone knows the Big Bang Theory ... but, then what happened? Go beyond the bang in an illustrated video that discusses the after effects of the event that set our universe in motion. Physics scholars discover how the creation of...
Instructional Video1:31
MinutePhysics

Tour of the Map of the Big Bang

9th - 12th
Tour the universe from the comfort of your own desk! View the video to learn more about bigbangregistry.com, an interactive map of the great beyond. Pupils discover cosmic background radiation, the oldest light in the universe. The...
Instructional Video1:39
MinutePhysics

Theory of Everything (Intro)

9th - 12th
One equation to rule ... everything? Introduce your class to The Standard Model, a simple(ish) equation that explains how things happen in the world around us—and far beyond Earth. Individuals view examples of the factors involved...
Instructional Video4:21
The School of Life

Burke on: The Sublime

9th - Higher Ed Standards
Feeling small and insignificant doesn't always have to be a negative sensation. Explore the sublime with a video analysis of Edmund Burke's 1757 work A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful,...
Instructional Video1:39
MinutePhysics

2011 Nobel Prize: Dark Energy feat. Sean Carroll

10th - Higher Ed Standards
In 2011, a Nobel Prize was awarded for explaining how dark energy is causing solar systems to move away from each other at increasing speeds. The video highlights the theories the discovery was based on and the connection to Einstein.
Instructional Video10:07
SciShow

5 Baffling Mysteries About the Universe

9th - 12th Standards
How close are scientists to understanding the universe? Big discoveries bring us closer to understanding, but they also open up more questions that we previously didn't know to ask. This video includes explanations of what we don't know...