Curated Video
The Solar System
The Solar System identifies the solar system including the sun and all celestial bodies that orbit the sun.
Curated Video
Planets and Moons
Planets and Moons identifies the planets that have moons and debris that orbit them by describing the planets and their moons and debris.
Curated Video
What Are The Differences Between Asteroids, Comets & Meteors? | The Space Rocks Song!
Let's learn about the differences between asteroids, comets, and meteors!
Curated Video
Number and Place Value | Numbers | Y1 Maths | FuseSchool Kids
Help Ava count the stars and practice counting to 20. Can you use your counting skills to help the astronaut get past the asteroids? CURRICULUM OBJECTIVE Read and write numbers from 1 to 20 in numerals and words.
Science ABC
7 Scientifically Inaccurate Things They Show in Movies: Most Common Movie Mistakes and Myths
Movie mistakes are an inherent part of any movie - it’s almost impossible to make movies without taking certain “creative liberties” to enrich and supplement the plot. In this video, we’ll take a look at some common movie myths that...
Professor Dave Explains
The Future Colonization of Space: Terraforming and Dyson Spheres
Humans have been to the moon, and we will almost certainly set foot on Mars very soon. But then what? Can we colonize other places in the solar system? What about beyond our solar system? How will we get there? What kinds of energy will...
Curated Video
What Are Asteroids And Where Do They Come From?
Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the sun, just like the rest of the planets and celestial bodies in our solar system. Although asteroids are present throughout the solar system, most of them live in the asteroid belt—a...
Curated Video
10 Things About The Solar System Your Teachers Never Told You
Remember those old space movies where spaceships had to maneuver through a bunch of asteroids scattered around and blocking the path of the ship? Well, that's not really true. The asteroid belt contains asteroids which are so far apart...
Next Animation Studio
How asteroid mining might work
A new venture called Planetary Resources plans to announce on Tuesday plans to mine asteroids for precious metals. The new company is backed by film director James Cameron and Googles Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, among other proponents....
NASA
On a Mission: Season Two, Episode 4: Deflecting Disaster
Unlike the dinosaurs, we have a space program. There are many ways we could steer an asteroid off its path towards Earth.
Next Animation Studio
Pluto should still be considered a planet, according to new study
The International Astronomical Union should ‘rescind their non-scientific definition’ of Pluto as a dwarf planet, according to a five-year study
Mazz Media
Asteroid
This live-action video program is about the word Asteroid. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Asteroid through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Next Animation Studio
NASA outlines plan to prepare Earth for an asteroid strike
NASA has come up with a plan to protect the Earth from asteroids, in the unlikely event that one were to hit the planet.
Next Animation Studio
Private 'Sentinel' space telescope to hunt asteroids
A private non-profit organization supported by scientists and former astronauts is planning to launch a space telescope that will hunt down asteroids that threaten Earth. The B-612 Foundation said its Sentinel telescope would locate and...
Astrum
What did NASA's Dawn mission discover while at Vesta?
NASA's Dawn spacecraft was the first spacecraft to orbit two extraterrestial bodies, Vesta and Ceres. But what did it do and discover while it was there?
Visual Learning Systems
Our Distant Neighbors: the Most Massive Planet
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...
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Scientists to deflect asteroid with spacecraft
The European Space Agency is planning a mission to redirect an asteroid by crashing a spacecraft into it. Mission Don Quixote consists of two spacecraft. One will smash into an asteroid to try and alter its course, the other will gather...
TMW Media
Threatening Asteroids From Space: What are the threats and how can we protect ourselves?
Do smaller things hit Earth? Are meteorites dangerous? How do we protect the Earth? Threatening Asteroids From Space, Part 2
Visual Learning Systems
Sun and Stars: Other Things in 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.
Next Animation Studio
China plans to bring an asteroid down to Earth
A group of Chinese scientists are planning to capture a small asteroid near Earth to study it for its resources.
Next Animation Studio
The Sun will someday destroy the asteroid belt before it dies
Billions of years from now, the Sun will exhaust its hydrogen fuel and enter what astronomers call the ‘giant branch’ phase.
Next Animation Studio
Speedy, 500-meter-wide asteroid to pass near Earth on Nov. 29
A half-kilometer-wide asteroid will zoom past Earth on Nov. 29, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
NASA
NASA | Developing a Comet Harpoon for Sample Return
The Comet Nucleus Sample Return mission will collect subsurface samples from a comet and return them to Earth. Comets and asteroids are leftover remnants from the early solar system and by studying samples from these objects, we can...