Instructional Video7:56
Clarendon Learning

Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors [Learn what they really are]

K - 6th
Comets Asteroids and Meteors are all over the solar system. But did you know that each are quite different? You may be wondering "What is a comet?", "What is an asteroid made of?", or "Where does a meteor come from?" Well, sit tight...
Instructional Video2:21
NASA

NASA | NASA's Heliophysics Fleet Captures May 1, 2013 Prominence Eruption and CME

3rd - 11th
On May 1, 2013, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) watched as an active region just around the East limb (left edge) of the sun erupted with a huge...
Instructional Video1:53
World Science Festival

Perchance to Dream about Tetris

6th - 11th
How well do you remember your dreams? Have you ever had a dream about something you were doing earlier in the day—especially if you were doing it when you nodded off? If you're a sleep researcher, like Harvard psychiatrist Robert...
Instructional Video3:23
NPR

Ninja Miners of Mongolia

6th - 11th
A 21st-century gold rush is taking place in Mongolia. Its huge gold reserves were only discovered after the former Soviet satellite started democratic reforms in 1990. Now, gold fever has gripped the country, with an estimated 100,000...
Instructional Video1:01
NASA

Mars in a Minute

K - 12th
Scientists learn more and more about the planet Mars every day—and so can curious learners! A video series resource provides one-minute clips explaining discoveries scientists have made from their study of Mars. The series contains 12...
Interactive46:12
American Museum of Natural History

Field Trip Mars

6th - 12th
Fly around the Martian surface. Pupils view a presentation on the planet Mars featuring a flyover that shows different views of the surface where rovers have landed and explored on different missions. As individuals watch the images, the...
Instructional Video5:16
PBS

To Scale: The Solar System

6th - 8th Standards
To scale, or not to scale ... that is the question! Show scholars the solar system in correct proportion with a lesson from PBS's Space series for middle school. Two versions of the model-building exercise illustrate the planning process...
Activity4:39
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SciShow Kids

Let's Make the Solar System

Pre-K - 5th Standards
Get crafty with the help of pictures and a real-time demonstration from a video that details the step-by-step process in creating a paper solar system.