PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Go West Young Peep
Where does the sun go at night? Come along with PEEP as he sets out to find this answer. Along the way, learn some interesting facts about the sun and shadows. Extensive teaching tips and additional activities are also included. [8:50]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Daytime/nighttime
In this Dinosaur Train clip, the Pteranodon family is going on a camping trip. The train conductor explains about day and night, the changes in temperature between them, and how the sun rises and sets because the Earth is rotating on its...
University of Nottingham
Sixty Symbols: Symbols of Physics and Astronomy: Degree of an Angle
A look at what a "degree" is, and how important the degree of an angle is in different areas of science, including Earth and space science, physics, and chemistry. See how the Earth's tilt (23.5 degrees), for example, causes the changing...
Crash Course
Crash Course Kids 8.1: Earth's Rotation & Revolution
In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about the Earth's rotation and revolution and how these things contribute to night and day and how Earth's tilt gives us seasons. [4:00]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Precession Causing Perihelion to Happen Later
Clarifies the effect of axial precession on the calendar and the date of perihelion and aphelion. [12:04]
Make Me Genius
Makemegenius: Why Seasons Change
"There are four major seasons in a year- Winter, Summer, Fall, and Spring. In many places in the world rains (rainy time) are considered to be a separate season. These seasons on the earth happen due to earth's movement around the Sun...
Make Me Genius
Makemegenius: Day and Night Explanation,causes Science for Kids
Learn why we have days and nights, the formation of day and night and other basics facts about the rotation of the earth.
Rhyme Learner
Rhyme Learner: Why Do Seasons Change?
Learn the real reason why seasons change throughout the year.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Milankovitch Cycles Precession and Obliquity
Understand how changes in Earth's rotation can effect Earth's seasons and climate in this video. [12:57]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Are Southern Hemisphere Seasons More Severe?
Are Southern Hemisphere seasons more severe because of the eccentricity in Earth's orbit? [7:17]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Apsidal Precession (Perihelion Precession) and Milankovitch Cycles
Learn how the Earth's tilt and rotation affect the Apsidal Precession (Perihelion Precession.) [7:06]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Japan Earthquake May Have Changed Earth's Axis
Changes on the surface can change the way the planet spins.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: A Quake That Shook the World?
An audio lecture exploring how a powerful earthquake in Chile may have shifted the Earth's axis and changed the length of a day. [12:02]