Curated Video
Space Exploration: Risk Versus Reward
Dr. Forrester examines the history of the Challenger mission to space by diagramming a timeline of the historical events. She compares and contrasts the positive and negative travels to space by making sense of the reasons for traveling...
Curated Video
Animals in Space: Pioneers and Research Contributors
This video provides a fascinating timeline of animals in space exploration, highlighting the significant role they have played in advancing scientific knowledge. From fruit flies to monkeys, cats, and even a turtle, these brave creatures...
Bozeman Science
Ecological Succession
Paul Andersen describes the process of ecological succession. During this process life reestablished itself after a disturbance. During primary success all of the material is removed including the soil. For example during a volcanic...
Seeker
Could Asteroid Mining Fuel Deep Space Travel?
If we want to travel to and live on other worlds, asteroids may provide the right resources for life in deep space. Watch More Space Crafts! | https://bit.ly/2w0YKD1 Read More: NASA Moves Up Launch of Psyche Mission to a Metal Asteroid...
SciShow
How Computers Revolutionized Space Travel
The first space travel relied on Newton's laws of motion rather than computer functions. While the trip was successful, computer innovations change the capabilities of space travel. A video presentation from the SciShow Space series...
Crash Course
Air Travel and the Space Race: Crash Course History of Science #37
From balloons to satellites, air travel has come a long way over the years. A video presentation discusses the origin of space travel beginning with hot air balloons and gliders to the modern-day space race. Content includes discussion...
Be Smart
Attack of the Cosmic Space Junk!
Even lands and planets far, far away feel the impact of humans! A video explains how space exploration leads to space litter. The lesson considers different events over time that led to space debris dangerous to satellites and even...
SciShow
Space Mining
We are using some natural resources at a rate that means we will run out of them in the near future, but what if we could get them from space? Watch a video that highlights a company that was founded to mine asteroids and other...
SciShow
The First Humans on the Moon
One of the most important events in space exploration history has some secrets! Using an informative video, scholars discover all of the details of the first humans landing on the moon. The narrator shares the details of the mission, why...
Crash Course
Asteroids
What are asteroids? Broken planets, moons, space debris? Take your young astronomers to the dividing line between our inner and outer planets with an engaging video. The narrator describes both early and current ideas regarding the...
C-SPAN
On This Day: Apollo 1 Disaster
Three video clips show real-life news coverage from the Apollo 1 disaster. Young historians learn what events led to the disaster. Clips cover the initial disaster, the astronauts discussing the mission before the launch, and a ceremony...
SciShow
The Hunt for Water on the Moon
What is the probability of finding water on the moon? It seems it is pretty high, but the difference between finding it and keeping it are two very different things. A video lesson takes a trip through history discussing the many...
MinuteEarth
MinuteEarth: The Story of Our Planet
Planet Earth has come a long way from its dramatic beginnings. How long did all of these changes take? Science sleuths unravel the often-tangled timeline of our progress from single-celled sea creatures to world-traveling homo sapiens in...
Crash Course
Marie Curie and Spooky Rays: Crash Course History of Science #31
Marie Curie overcame limitations to become the first person to win two Nobel Prizes. A video presentation outlines her work and discoveries in radioactivity. The narrator gives a timeline of her achievements as she sacrificed her...
Crash Course
The Century of the Gene: Crash Course History of Science #42
The human genome project maps the DNA sequence of the entire human genome—not a small task! A video discusses the steps that led to the success of the human genome project. The narrator begins early in the century to communicate events...
Crash Course
Ancient and Medieval Medicine: Crash Course History of Science #9
Medieval medicine is a mash-up of multicultural ideas! How did early doctors learn to do no harm? The ninth video in a 15-part series about the History of Medicine uncovers the fundamental teachings that sparked intense anatomical study...
Crash Course
Earth Science: Crash Course History of Science #20
How old is Earth and how do scientists know the answer? Throughout history, many researchers, scholars, and leaders answered this question with varying degrees of accuracy. The 20th episode of Crash Course History of Science introduces...
Crash Course
Biomedicine: Crash Course History of Science #34
Track biomedicine advances from the early 1800s to today! Young scholars learn about groundbreaking discoveries in medicine throughout history in the 34th installment of a larger Crash Course History of Science series. The lesson...
Crash Course
Cinema, Radio, and Television: Crash Course History of Science #29
The earliest movies were a whopping one minute long! While the practice has evolved quite a bit over time, the invention of the movie camera was significant in its time. A video describes how not only movie cameras but also radio and...
Crash Course
Genetics and the Modern Synthesis: Crash Course History of Science #35
Can competing biological theories both be correct? Explore the two theories many scientists believed were opposing in a Crash Course History of Science video. The narrator covers both Darwin's and Mendel's genetics theories, the...
Crash Course
The Internet and Computing: Crash Course History of Science #43
IBM has a computer that is 1 mm by 1 mm and as fast as a computer from 1990. With time, computers get faster, smaller, and cheaper. A video lesson examines the history of computer production and what that means for biotechnology advances.
Crash Course
Bodies and Dollars: Crash Course History of Science #41
Advances in medical and pharmaceutical treatments have an interesting history. A video discusses these advances from a personal perspective. The narrator explains how changes in medical technology affect humans and the world around them.
Crash Course
Electricity: Crash Course History of Science #27
It's almost impossible to imagine living without electricity, but it isn't that long ago that was the norm. An informative video lesson briefly discusses each important discovery related to electricity. The narrator highlights each...
NASA
Nasa: Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Exoplanet Exploration: Planet Quest Timeline
A video timeline of the discoveries and key milestones in the history of space exploration. [11:23]
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