Instructional Video4:51
Wonderscape

The Formation of Earth and the Seven Continents

K - 5th
Discover how Earth formed over 4.6 billion years ago, from a cloud of dust and gas to a planet with continents. Learn about the process of continental drift and how it shaped the seven continents we know today.



The 7...
Instructional Video1:00
Next Animation Studio

Scientists advance new theory of Earth’s formation

12th - Higher Ed
The early Solar System’s cosmic dust may have given rise to primitive Earth over just five million years. <br/>
Instructional Video1:21
Next Animation Studio

Origin stories of Earth and Mars involved massive collisions, not the slow buildup of pebbles

12th - Higher Ed
Earth and Mars were likely generated by regular collisions between giant Moon-to-Mars-size rocks, rather than tiny pebbles clumping together.
Instructional Video1:00
Next Animation Studio

Planetary collision that created moon made life possible on Earth

12th - Higher Ed
Most of Earth's vital elements for life mostly likely came from a planetary collision that also created the moon more than 4.4 billion years ago.
Instructional Video10:52
Professor Dave Explains

The Formation of the Earth and The Moon

9th - Higher Ed
As we make our way through the solar system, our third stop brings us to Earth, which is almost certainly where you are sitting as you read these words, unless my content is still being watched hundreds of years after its release on some...
Instructional Video0:45
Next Animation Studio

Scientists find hidden layer in Earth’s inner core

12th - Higher Ed
Researchers from the Australian National University have found evidence of an additional layer inside the Earth’s inner core
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Earth Formation: History of Life on Earth

9th - 10th
An illustration of the development of the planet Earth as a result of a supernova tens of millions of years ago. [10:08]
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course Big History #3: The Sun and the Earth

9th - 10th
Learn about the Sun, and the formation of the planets in this crash course tutorial focusing on the formation and development of the Earth. [14:33]
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: History of Life on Earth: Earth Formation

9th - 10th
Discusses how the Earth is the byproduct of a local supernova. [10:08]