TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What on Earth Is Spin?
Why is the spinning motion so special? Brian Jones details the dizzyingly wide array of ways that spinning affects our lives. [3:57]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Uranus
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the features of Uranus.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Venus
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn about the distinctive features of the planet Venus.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Uranus
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the features of Uranus.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Planets of the Solar System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Examines the eight planets of our solar system and their orbits and rotation.
Geography 4 kids
Geography4 kids.com: Coriolis Spinning Around the Earth
An overview of the Coriolis Force, an effect on wind due to the rotation of Earth.
Utah Education Network
Uen: A Moon With a View
Understand the rotation of the earth and the appearance of movement of other bodies in the sky.
Utah Education Network
Uen: The Night Sky
Learn about the rotation of the earth, the movement of the moon, and the position of the sun.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Meteor Showers
This video segment adapted from NASA uses animation to illustrate the properties of meteor showers and comets. Included is are visualizations of a comet's tail and of Earth passing through a debris stream left behind by meteoroids.
Geography 4 kids
Geography4 kids.com: Earth Around the Sun
Find out what all results from Earth revolving around the sun every 365 days as well as the rotation of the Earth every 24 hours.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Tree House Weather Kids: What Causes the Season?
Explore what causes the change of seasons on the Earth.
NASA
Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory: Ocean Tides and the Earth's Rotation
An explanation of the effect that the tides have on the Earth's rotation.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Modeling Earth's Seasons by Rotation and Revolution
In this lesson plan, students will discuss, define, and demonstrate the Earth's rotation and revolution around the sun in a counterclockwise position. They will be able to predict seasons based on the amount of light that hits the Earth.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What if the Earth Stopped Spinning?
Michael Stevens of Vsauce looks at what would happen if the Earth stopped spinning. He also explores how we construct time as a function of the Earth's rotation and why atomic clocks are so precise. [9:44]
Other
Astro Methods: Earth's Nutation Visualized
Nutation is a small cyclical motion superimposed upon the steady 26,000-year precession of the Earth's axis of rotation. It is mainly caused by the gravitational effect of the 18.6-year rotation period of the Moon's orbit. The main...
PBS
Nova: Make the Earth's Weather
The earth has some unusual properties that make its' weather suitable for life. This activity allows you to change four properties (earth's size, rotation speed, angle of the sun, and ocean size) to see what effects they would have on...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Center of the Ocean: The Sun, the Earth, and the Moon
Nita lives on Coco Island in the Indian Ocean, and is learning more about the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon. Join her and learn about day and night.
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas Mc Donald Observatory: Earth's Moon
Discover interesting facts about Earth's partner, the moon, which is more like a double planet than a planet and a moon.
University of Chicago
University of Chicago: What's Your Slant? Sun and Shadows
This fun activity helps you to understand the movement of the sun by studying shadows.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Reflections of a Star
This simple lesson allows students to work cooperatively in determining the angular diameter of the Sun.
NASA
Nasa: Sea Wi Fs Biosphere Globes
This interactive globe allows you to get any view of the earth by entering latitude, longitude and season criteria.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Virtual Pendulum
This interactive activity from ZOOM offers a chance to experiment with a virtual pendulum and to see how it can be influenced by a variety of factors.
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Scijinks: Seasons
An explanation about the rotation of the Earth and why the Earth has seasons.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: The Sun Is the Center of the Solar System
See what you know about the solar system by taking this brief interactive quiz and learning module.