Instructional Video6:35
Learning Mole

The Sun

Pre-K - 12th
This animated video is all about The Sun. Students will love this engaging and interactive video.
Instructional Video3:18
FuseSchool

PHYSICS - Astrophysics - Red Shift

6th - Higher Ed
The world is said to be a big place, but the universe is much bigger and what’s more, it’s expanding all the time. How do we know this? Because of the evidence provided by red shift.
Instructional Video6:21
Curated Video

The Evidence Supporting the Big Bang Theory: Redshift and the Expanding Universe

9th - Higher Ed
The video is a lecture presentation on the topic of the expanding universe. The speaker discusses evidence and the Big Bang theory, which suggests that the universe began from a small, dense region and has been expanding for...
Instructional Video11:52
Professor Dave Explains

Astrobiology: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life

9th - Higher Ed
How many movies have you seen about aliens? Are any of them realistic? Does intelligent life exist elsewhere in the universe or are we totally alone? Both options are rather terrifying, frankly. But there are scientists that spend their...
Instructional Video7:40
Professor Dave Explains

Quasars and Early Galaxy Formation

9th - Higher Ed
One type of object that some astronomers study is called a quasar. When these were first discovered, it was a bit confusing as to precisely what they are, which is why quasar stands for quasi-stellar object, since we thought they looked...
Instructional Video5:49
Mazz Media

Galaxy

6th - 8th
This live-action video program is about the word Galaxy. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word Galaxy through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Instructional Video2:06
TMW Media

The Very Large Array Telescope: The purpose and characteristics of the VLA

K - 5th
What is the purpose of the VLA? What astronomical objects do they observe? Why was the VLA renamed Carl G. Jansky Very Large Array? What are the characteristics of the antenna?<br/>
The Very Large Array Telescope, Part 1
Instructional Video1:13
Next Animation Studio

Explainer: How the Sagittarius galaxy has affected the formation of the Milky Way

12th - Higher Ed
A new study published shows the effects of the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy on the formation of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Instructional Video4:56
Curated Video

Black Holes

K - 8th
This live-action video program is about the word black hole. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word black hole through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...
Instructional Video8:24
Professor Dave Explains

Sizes of Stars and Sub-Stellar Objects From Brown Dwarf to Red Hypergiant

9th - Higher Ed
We've learned about the stellar life cycle, so we know what happens to smaller stars like ours, and we know what happens to larger stars that become neutron stars and black holes. But what are the limits on either side? How small can a...
Instructional Video7:40
Professor Dave Explains

Edwin Hubble, Doppler Shift, and the Expanding Universe

9th - Higher Ed
So we've made it all the way to the 20th century with the history of astronomy. Plenty had to happen to get us to that point, but the most amazing stuff is yet to come! Shortly after Einstein did his best work, a guy named Edwin Hubble...
Instructional Video10:58
Professor Dave Explains

Zooming Out From Earth to the Edge of the Observable Universe

9th - Higher Ed
We all know that the universe is big. But how big it is? Much bigger than you think. Let's start out by looking at the Earth, and then zoom out to progressively larger and larger structures, so that we can see just how big it is. Then...
Instructional Video1:16
Visual Learning Systems

Sun and Stars: Space

3rd - 8th
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.
Instructional Video1:51
Visual Learning Systems

The Outer Planets: the Sun and Our Solar System

3rd - 8th
Students are taken on an exciting animated trip to the outer reaches of our solar system. Images from NASA and the Hubble space Telescope illustrate the Giant Red Spot on Jupiter, Saturns' beautiful rings, the tilted rings of Uranus, and...
Instructional Video10:52
Astrum

Are we actually in a Nebula?

Higher Ed
What really is a nebula, and are we in fact in one? What is the Local Interstellar Cloud?
Instructional Video0:57
Visual Learning Systems

Sun and Stars: Video Review

3rd - 8th
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.
Instructional Video11:18
Professor Dave Explains

The Formation of the Solar System and the Structure of the Sun

9th - Higher Ed
So we learned about the formation of the Milky Way, which is the galaxy that we live in. But where in that galaxy do we live? We live on a planet that orbits a star that we simply refer to as "The Sun", so where is that, and when did our...
Instructional Video6:12
Professor Dave Explains

The Formation of the Milky Way Galaxy

9th - Higher Ed
Now that we've learned about the first ten billion years in the development of the universe, it's time to get a little more specific to our own species. We live in a galaxy called The Milky Way. When did it form, and how? Where is it...
Instructional Video2:46
Visual Learning Systems

Our Solar System

9th - 12th
The video explains the concept of our Milky Way galaxy and our solar system's formation. The Inner Planets part 2/11
Instructional Video5:22
Curated Video

What is the Universe? (Simple English)

K - 8th
This live-action video program is about the word universe. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word universe through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Instructional Video2:35
Visual Learning Systems

The Amazing Universe: Galaxies

3rd - 8th
This show explores the fascinating features of the universe, the different types of galaxies in our solar system and the position of our solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy. Other terminology includes: constellations, spiral galaxy,...
Instructional Video0:58
Curated OER

The Giant Impact Hypothesis

3rd - 12th
What do you know about the moon? Watch this video to learn about the giant impact hypothesis. It describes the popular hypothesis, as well as provides a few fun facts.
Instructional Video1:25
Science Today

Infant Galaxies

4th - 6th
This brief video displays many of the latest images collected by the Hubble telescope. Viewers realize that much of what we see takes us back in time since the light takes so long to reach planet Earth. Embed this in a presentation about...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Astronomy: Dark Matter

9th - 10th
Today on Crash Course Astronomy, Phil dives into some very dark matters. The stuff we can actually observe in the universe isn't all there is. Galaxies and other large structures in the universe are created and shifted by a force we...