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Still image from: A Flying Telescope in a 747?!
4 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: A Kite for Moon
8 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 4
Textured mount-like landform. Caption: It was incredible how Earthlike Titan appeared.
3 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Astronaut in a space suit working on a machine. Caption: Training takes place in the neutral buoyancy lab.
Design Squad Nation
Episode 5
3 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Two cartoon characters wearing scuba gear in front of a large porthole. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode
15 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Cartoon character holding a hamburger while standing next to a refrigerator. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 14
15 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Diagram of our solar system with Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus identified. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 6
15 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Cartoon of two people standing close to a spaceship that as crashed and a third person a distance away. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 7
15 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Cartoon of a face against the backdrop of the surface of a barren planet. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 13
15 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Cartoon of a person in a spaceship with space visible through a window in the ship's wall. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 10
15 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Cartoon of a person sitting at a complex control board. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 9
15 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Cartoon characters looking out a window into space. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 25
15 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Cartoon of a person talking to an alien. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 2
15 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Cartoon of a planet moving in front of the sun. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 15
14 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Cartoon of an alien in elaborate clothes. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 19
14 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Cartoon of a person standing on the deck of a spaceship. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 24
14 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Cartoon of two people and a large alien. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 8
15 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Cartoon of three people in space suits. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 26
15 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Cartoon of two people, one at the controls of a spaceship. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 12
15 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Diagram of the Moon orbiting Earth. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 5
14 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Cartoon of people and an alien in a watercraft, riding the crest of a large wave near land. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 21
14 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Cartoon of a rocky object approaching the atmosphere of a planet. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 4
15 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
A spiral galaxy with glowing lights throughout the arms of the spiral and a bright glowing light at the center. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 3
15 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Person pointing towards a small creature. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 18
15 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Cartoon of a robot. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 22
15 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Cartoon of three people standing in front of a computer screen. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 11
15 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Cartoon of a bright star with a glowing aura and yellow and orange licks of light emitting from the center. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 16
15 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Cartoon of a computer screen displaying a spaceship. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 23
15 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Cartoon of a person talking to an alien. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 17
15 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Cartoon of two people in the deck of a spaceship and a third person handing them a helmet for a space suit. Spanish captions.
Around The Universe (Spanish)
Episode 20
15 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 3
Hawa Mahal. Caption: Also known as the Palace of Winds,
Around the World
Episode 23
2 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Person speaking in front of a background showing planets and space. Caption: And he detected a set of three planets around this star.
Ask a Scientist
Episode 9
1 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Bright light appearing behind the horizon of a planet. Ask a Scientist: How can I watch the solar eclipse safely?
56 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
The event horizon of a black hole. Caption: The black hole has a radius, called the event horizon,
Ask a Scientist
Episode 17
2 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Horizontal view of a black hole. Caption: literally nothing can escape from it, not even light.
Ask a Scientist
Episode 18
1 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Bright light appearing behind the horizon of a planet. Ask a scientist: What makes solar eclipse glasses so special? Can I just wear sunglasses?
52 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Bright light appearing behind the horizon of a planet. Ask a Scientist: What's happening on Aug. 21st, 2017? And what can people potentially see?
37 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Bright light appearing behind the horizon of a planet. Ask a scientist: Where can I get solar eclipse glasses?
50 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Bright light appearing behind the horizon of a planet. Ask a scientist: Where can I see the eclipse in totality?
36 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A galaxy fades out. Caption: The original galaxy would be gone.
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 6
2 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A huge mass of hot gas swirls into a star. Caption: that swirls onto the massive star.
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 5
3 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of the earth revolving the sun. Caption: As the earth moved around the sun,
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 13
2 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
illustration of asteroids revolving the sun and other planets. Caption: Asteroids, though, move across the sky at different rates.
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 8
2 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of a wave striking an atom. Caption: The shortest wavelength light are gamma rays,
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 9
6 minutes 58 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of a woman talking to the Alien M51. Caption: You've got to move the earth back where it belongs.
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 10
4 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
The celestial image of a red starry surface. Caption: Where new stars are born,
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 2
2 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Animation of two galaxies colliding. Caption: they smash together with tremendous force.
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 11
1 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Image of Andromeda galaxy. Caption: is about 160,000 light years away.
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 12
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
An image of the outer space. Caption: it's eventually blocks out all visible light.
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 4
2 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
An Illustration depicts the three positions of the universe. The difference between the first two and the last two positions is labeled, + 2 units. The difference between the first and last positions is labeled, + 4 units. Caption: the more the expansion pushes them apart.
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 1
2 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
An electromagnetic spectrum with a bright star over the infrared range. Caption: Hotter objects glow in visible light.
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 7
3 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
An illustration depicts the spiral structure of a galaxy. Caption: Many galaxies have a spiral structure,
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 14
1 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Sun and a red planet in outer space. Caption: we can tell what comprises the atmospheres.
Ask an Astronomer
Episode 3
3 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A spiral galaxy with glowing lights throughout the arms of the spiral and a bright glowing light at the center. Caption: are designed to focus on specific targets.
13 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Irregularly shaped gaseous shape with bright stars glowing around and behind it. Caption: with the potential to explore our universe
13 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person speaking with a crescent moon visible in the daytime sky behind them. Caption: Sometimes you can see the moon during the daytime.
Bill Nye The Science Guy
Season 1 / Ep 11
23 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Still image from: Bye Bye Planet Pluto
50 minutes
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: Core Astronomy
38 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Three images of a textured surface. Caption: We see cracks and ridges, but few craters.
59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A cylindrical space craft with equipment and antennas protruding from it in relief against a large grayish-brown planet with rings in the background. Caption: We'll shoot between Saturn and its rings.
Crazy Engineering
Episode 8
3 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A rectangular space craft with a large, flat round disc pointed towards the planet earth, visible in the background. Caption: We've launched hundreds into low Earth orbit for years.
Crazy Engineering
Episode 3
2 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A hexagonal space craft with three much larger wings equally spaced around the hexagonal base flying in space with the planet Jupiter in the distant background. Caption: Juno's going to Jupiter to learn about how it was formed.
Crazy Engineering
Episode 1
3 minutes 17 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A person crouching in front of a vertical panel. A device is adhered to the panel. Caption: Real Time. We have electrostatic grippers,
Crazy Engineering
Episode 4
3 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A roughly cube shaped space craft with a communications dish and two large rectangular solar panels flying through space. Caption: It wouldn't be possible without ion propulsion.
Crazy Engineering
Episode 6
3 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A cube shaped space craft on a tripod of legs and four rotor-like wings on top sitting on the surface of a barren planet. Caption: 5 Survive Mars Environment. "And it has to survive the harsh environment of Mars."
Crazy Engineering
Episode 7
2 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A roughly rectangular space craft with two solar wings approaches a much larger round spacecraft surrounded in petal-like protrusions. Caption: The one in space will be tens of meters.
Crazy Engineering
Episode 2
4 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A cylindrical space craft with two solar wings and two rods capped in spheres protruding from it in relief over the planet Earth and space. Caption: The Hubble Telescope is made of several different instruments.
Crazy Engineering
Episode 5
3 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Brightly glowing half-spheres joined so that they mirror each other against a gaseous background. Caption: make the core absorb energy instead of generating it.
Destination Cosmos
Episode 18
9 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 10
Bright red planet with a mottled surface. Caption: Titan has a dense nitrogen atmosphere,
Destination Cosmos
Episode 8
9 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 10
Gloved hand reaching into a container emitting a foggy, mist-like cloud. Caption: Look at all this moisture being frozen.
DIY Space Classroom Activities
Episode 4
3 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Person attaching different colored and shaped objects to a Styrofoam ball. Caption: Those gas jets are actually forming the coma of the comet,
DIY Space Classroom Activities
Episode 5
2 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 7
People standing in front of a giant inflated black plastic pouch. Turn fan back to high speed. Caption: Once the door is cut, turn the fan on high.
DIY Space Classroom Activities
Episode 3
4 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Person holding a paper cup with rubber bands and binder clips wrapped around a tubular object. Caption: (Nate) There's lots of ways of getting the straw into the potato.
Design Squad Nation
Episode 10
3 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 8
Illustration of the Earth. Caption: Noon is when the sun is highest in the sky.
Earth Science
Episode 1
31 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 9
Diagram of the solar system with Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury identified. Caption: There's an invisible force between the Sun and the planets
15 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 8
Illustration of the Earth from space. A line travels from the north pole to the south pole. The Earth is tilted slightly off-axis to the right. Caption: called an "axis," which goes through earth
14 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 8
Person in lab coat, gloves, and mask moving a large metal machine that is place above other complex metal machinery. Caption: Also key is state-of-the-art optical and laser technology:
20 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Rocky, flat, barren landscape with a large planet covered in bands of color on the horizon and a star in the distance. Caption: where life might be found in our own solar system
2 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Aerial view of geometric objects on the surface of a planet. Caption: (narrator) If the demand for lunar minerals expands,
53 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
An illustration depicts the formation of the Moon approximately 4.5 billion years ago.
2 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Glowing star shining light on a planet. Caption: That tells you there may be a planet around that star.
Science Out Loud
Episode 1
3 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Glowing light in the center of concentric rings of gaseous substance. Caption: Formed of an inner ring 4.5 billion years ago,
Exploration
Season 0 / Ep 3
12 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Close view of the moon partially illuminated. Caption: the moon experiences great temperature fluctuations
16 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 8
An illustration of Voyager 2 revolving Neptune.
3 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Gentle waterfall. Spanish captions.
9 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Closeup of the surface of the sun showing disturbances caused by solar wind. Caption: It's brought to earth by solar wind from the sun.
7 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
A space observatory. Caption: The telescopes made images of the region.
11 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
An illustration of solar system.
4 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of the Earth its orbit. Object moving toward the orbit ahead of the current position of the earth with multiple possible trajectories. Refine the path. Caption: helps refine the projected path,
1 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Rocket with multiple engines. Caption: the telescope was carried into space on April 24, 1990.
23 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A sliver of glowing sun is seen over a horizon of water. Caption: a weak sun now rises over the marshlands of eastern England.
24 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Person holding a magnet above a pile of metal shavings. Some of the metal shavings are adhering to the magnet. Caption: that exert a force on metal objects when they're nearby.
Design Squad Nation
Episode 7
3 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 8
Still image from: It's Okay to Be Smart: 4 Ways the Universe Might End (All of Them Bad)
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 0 / Ep
11 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A view of Moon in the dark sky. Caption: Maria, Latin for seas, and Sea of Tranquility, Mare Tranquillitatis.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 7 / Ep 15
10 minutes 31 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: It's Okay to Be Smart: Fly Through a Nebula 163,000 Light Years Away
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 8 / Ep 9
10 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A battery gauge has 14 blocks, where 7 blocks are full. The grades of the battery gauge reads, from top to bottom, as follows. Gamma rays, X rays, U V, visible rays, and infrared. An arrow points from visible light to infrared.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 8 / Ep 4
8 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: It's Okay to Be Smart: Why Are There 7 Days in a Week?
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 0 / Ep
15 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A star filled night sky. Caption: P B S.
It's Okay to Be Smart
Season 7 / Ep 16
10 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Illustration of a small spherical object in greenish gas clouds near the surface of a larger object. Spanish captions.
Kool Books (Spanish)
Episode 72
14 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 1 - 5
Cartoon of a child in a car seat riding in the backseat of a car looking out the window. Caption: I love looking out the window when I'm riding in the car.
Everyday Science for Preschoolers
Episode 5
1 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of a split screen showing a robot with wheels on the surface of a red planet and people at a computer. Caption: engineers send computer commands overnight,
Mars in a Minute
Episode 5
59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of the Sun, Earth, and Mars. Caption: the planets are in perfect positions to get to Mars
Mars in a Minute
Episode 2
59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
How do you land on Mars? Caption: Very carefully.
Mars in a Minute
Episode 2
59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Diagram of the atmosphere above a planet's surface. A ship passes through the atmosphere at 13,000 mph and deposits a rover at 0 mph. Caption: we have to slow down from 13,000 miles an hour to zero.
Mars in a Minute
Episode 4
59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of people in ancient Egyptian dress pointing over pyramids into the night sky. Caption: Even the ancient Egyptians called Mars "The Red One."
Mars in a Minute
Episode 1
59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration concentric circles with the Sun in the center and then Earth and Mars. Caption: In orbit, Mars is about 50 million miles farther away
Mars in a Minute
Episode 6
59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration concentric circles with the Sun in the center and then Earth and Mars. Caption: Earth and Mars wind up on opposite sides of the sun.
Mars in a Minute
Episode 8
59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of a robot with wheels on the surface of a reddish-brown planet. Caption: If Curiosity finds organics, it wouldn't prove life existed,
Mars in a Minute
Episode 7
59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A photo of the Mars surface shows ridges with steep slopes on both sides.
4 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
An illustration of magnetic field surrounding a planet.
2 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Small spherical object in relief against a red glowing background. Caption: It's the closest planet to our sun,
4 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of low, round huts with a person walking through them. Caption: Arriving home, Moko saw that the moon was there in the sky.
Moko
Episode 5
5 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of the Sun and planets closest to it, including Earth, shedding bits of bright light. Caption: Solar wind is very hot and blows across all the planets
Moko
Episode 23
5 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of the Sun, moon, and Earth. Caption: and the moon circles around the earth.
Moko
Episode 25
5 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of the Earth and other planets with a belt of floating rocks between them. Caption: Our planet is surrounded by a belt of asteroids
Moko
Episode 32
5 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of stars on a deep blue background. Caption: It's inside these clouds that stars are born.
Moko
Episode 41
5 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of a high mountain with a channel in the middle worn away and a river of water on the bottom of the channel. Caption: We call this phenomenon erosion.
Moko
Episode 46
5 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Illustration of earth against space. Earth has a line through the north and south pole, but the line is not vertical. It is tilted. Caption: But it doesn't spin completely straight; it is slightly tilted.
Moko
Episode 47
5 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Still image from: Museum Access: The Adler Planetarium
Museum Access
Season 1 / Ep 5
28 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Part of a space craft as seen from space. Caption: But are the risks to the astronauts acceptable?
54 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A planet with different colored bands on the surface and rings outside the atmosphere. Caption: The atmosphere is mainly made up of hydrogen and helium,
16 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 8
Solar panels tilted toward the sky. Caption: can be used to create electricity
10 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 7
Two scientists working at the Large Hadron Collider.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 16
10 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Planet Mars. Caption: negative 63 degrees Celsius and negative 81 degrees Fahrenheit. Source, NASA.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 12
10 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
An illustration depicts some planets and their orbits, revolving around a sun. Caption: N A S A.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 18
9 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Two black holes in the center of a galaxy. Caption: L I G O slash S X S slash R Hurt and T Pyle.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 11
30 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A black hole in the center of a galaxy. Caption: Black hole.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 1
6 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A telescope built on the top of a mountain. Caption: Large synoptic survey telescope. Science office slash L S S T project slash N S F slash A U R A.
Physics Girl
Season 4 / Ep 13
9 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
An illustration of Moon and Earth.
2 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Diagram of our solar system. Spanish captions.
11 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Irregular orange and yellow shapes in greenish clouds. Caption: should focus on physics, math, and computer science.
11 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
The planets of our solar system in a line. Caption: We'll begin with Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun.
Real World Science
Episode 10
22 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
The sun with a chaotic surface and a glowing ring. The glowing ring is labelled as the corona. Caption: extremely hot outermost layer of the Sun.
Real World Science
Episode 11
13 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
An illustration of Saturn. Caption: Internal heat is visible in infrared view.
1 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
An image of Saturn's largest ring. An highlighted portion of the ring is shows a cluster of objects.
1 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A cluster of telescopes pointed to the sky. Caption: at 16,500 feet in the deserts of Atacama in Chile.
Science Nation
Episode 70
2 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Concentric circles of light around a center of blackness. Caption: We can see the material around the black hole.
Science Nation
Episode 156
2 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Circular tunnel with pipe conduit along the walls and a large, central tube. Caption: (narrator) At CERN, the Higgs is only the beginning.
Science Nation
Episode 62
2 minutes 30 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
White glowing orb against a black grid. Caption: Weakly Interacting Massive Particle
Science Nation
Episode 10
3 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Points of light spaced evenly across a surface. A rod with spheres extends down the center. Caption: It's a cubic kilometer full of sensors known as IceCube,
Science Nation
Episode 145
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Glowing orb of a star surrounded by green, nebulous light. Stereo COR1 B. Caption: will suddenly be ejected into interplanetary space.
Science Nation
Episode 232
3 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Glowing orb of the sun emitting a pulse of light. Caption: and washes out across the solar system.
Science Nation
Episode 199
4 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Small point of light at the center of an expanding cloud of red, magenta, and gray light. Caption: It's called a supernova.
Science Nation
Episode 126
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
An electromagnetic spectrum is superimposed on the image of a galaxy. The visible spectrum is highlighted. Caption: A radio wave is a part of the electromagnetic spectrum,
Science Nation
Episode 248
4 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Two people standing next to a large telescope with MEADE on the side. One person looks in the eye piece. Caption: they look way out to the Kuiper Belt,
Science Nation
Episode 42
3 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Bright object streaking across the sky towards another bright object. Caption: of a comet striking the Earth and extinguishing civilization.
Science On The Newshour
Episode 1
32 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Asteroids floating through the galaxy. Caption: Asteroids range in size from pebbles to 600 miles across,
Science Video Vocab
Episode 2
4 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Asteroids floating through the galaxy. Spanish captions
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 104
4 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
The center of a black hole. Caption: If light cannot escape a black hole, nothing can.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 71
4 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Black hole in front of an eclipse. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 102
4 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Comet shooting through space. Caption: forming a long dust tail behind it.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 22
5 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
A comet in space. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 17
5 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Constellations in the night sky. Caption: It's like a game of connect the dots.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 26
7 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
A constellation. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 21
7 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
View of Earth from space. Caption: The other half of the Earth faces away from the sun,
Science Video Vocab
Episode 5
4 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Golden sunset behind hills and water. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 105
4 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Close up image of the sun with the Earth in the background. Caption: Earth orbits, or travels around, the sun
Science Video Vocab
Episode 34
5 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Earth in space with the moon behind it. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 29
5 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
The nine planets orbiting around the sun. Caption: The shape of a planet's orbit is an ellipse.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 6
3 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 8
The Earth with arrows circling it. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 11
3 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 8
Calendar image of September 20th. Caption: The autumn equinox usually happens around September 20.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 37
3 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 8
Diagram of Earth with angles. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 32
3 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 8
Swirling red galaxy. Caption: Galaxies are divided in three basic types
Science Video Vocab
Episode 70
5 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Stars shining in the galaxy. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 65
5 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Diagram of the nine planets with the sun in the background. Caption: Distance is a very important aspect of gravitational force.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 63
4 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
The moon orbiting around Earth. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 58
4 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
A sliding scale weighing something. Caption: The force of gravity gives every object weight.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 17
3 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Earth in space. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 12
3 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Diagram of the moon orbiting Earth. Caption: As the new moon begins its orbit,
Science Video Vocab
Episode 38
6 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 8
Earth in space with the moon behind it. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 33
6 minutes 12 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 8
Earth directly in front of the sun. Caption: This creates a lunar eclipse.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 39
4 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 8
A waning moon. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 34
4 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 8
Comet shooting through space. Caption: First, meteoroids come from comets and asteroids.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 23
4 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
A comet above Earth. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 18
4 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Moon behind a hazy sky. Caption: The moon looks bright because it reflects light from the sun.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 24
6 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Earth and Moon in space. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 19
6 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
The nine planets lined up behind the sun. Caption: Earth is the 3rd planet from the sun.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 25
7 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
The nine planets in line behind the sun. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 20
7 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
View of Earth from the Sun. Caption: While the earth is revolving around the sun,
Science Video Vocab
Episode 40
3 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 8
Earth in space with moon in the distance. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 35
3 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 8
Earth in space with the sun in the distance. Caption: of the earth around its axis.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 41
3 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 8
Earth in space. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 36
3 minutes 45 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 8
The moon directly in front of the sun. Caption: Seeing a solar eclipse can be an unforgettable experience.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 35
3 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Two planets directly in line with the sun. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 30
3 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Plants growing through the dirt. Caption: All plants use the sun's energy to make their own food.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 43
4 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Asteroids moving through space. Caption: It has a large number of irregularly-shaped asteroids.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 72
4 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Nine planets orbiting around the sun. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 66
4 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Diagram of Earth orbiting the sun. Caption: is called the summer solstice.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 36
4 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Diagram of Earth orbiting the sun. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 31
4 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
A swirling galaxy. Caption: which is a part of your universe.
Science Video Vocab
Episode 14
5 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Nine planets orbiting around the sun. Spanish captions.
Science Video Vocab (Spanish)
Episode 8
5 minutes 22 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Two people sitting on a couch and talking. Caption: A black hole is a region of space and time
Scientists & Engineers On Sofas (And Other Furnishings)
Episode 6
7 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Spatial view of a crater on the moon. Caption: then we head straight down to the bottom of a crater,
5 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Four observatory telescopes pointed towards a starry sky. Caption: We have one record of the universe streaming by us.
Shelf Life
Season 1 / Ep 5
6 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Four people in a yard holding balloons. One is on a ladder. Caption: Five, four, three, two, one.
Design Squad Nation
Episode 9
3 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 8
A diagram illustrates a solar eclipse. The Moon between the Sun and the Earth.
1 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
An illustration depicts migration from Earth to Mars.
Space Colonies
Episode 3
53 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 11 - 12
An illustration of a space colony.
Space Colonies
Episode 2
52 minutes 35 seconds
Grade Level: 11 - 12
An illustration of two astronauts in a foreign planet surface.
Space Colonies
Episode 1
52 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 11 - 12
Two people, one of them singing. Caption: A hundred thousand miles an hour
Space School Musical
Episode 4
4 minutes
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Five people dancing and singing. Caption: It's a marvelous night for a moon dance
Space School Musical
Episode 3
2 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Group of young people singing and dancing. Caption: We are the place to be in the galaxy
Space School Musical
Episode 2
5 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Young girl sitting in her bed singing. Caption: S-P-A-C-E
Space School Musical
Episode 1
3 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Four people, one man tossing an apple into the air. Caption: Gravity rules our planet
Space School Musical
Episode 5
4 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Planets orbiting around the sun. Their elliptic are visible and there is a connection indicated between the two planets shown. Caption: Kepler explained those retrograde loops.
Spacefiles
Episode 2
11 minutes 24 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Dense points of light on a black background. Caption: The oldest could be 11 to 13 billion years old,
Spacefiles
Episode 3
10 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Internal view of a telescope. Caption: It collects light like the lens of an eye.
Spacefiles
Episode 1
10 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Nebulous clouds and points of light with a black hole at the center. Caption: We can't see a black hole, but it bends passing light.
Spacefiles
Episode 4
10 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Spot on Science: Cassini Spacecraft
Spot on Science
Episode 14
3 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Diagram of two planets, one wearing a scarf, one obscured by gas vapors. Caption: Most of these are ice giants or gas giants
Spot on Science
Episode 2
2 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Illustration of a child playing on a city street, imagining that he is flying the rocket in his hand. Caption: His imagination took him out of his neighborhood.
10 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 6
Nebulous clouds of brightly colored gas with points of light visible through the gas. Caption: They are giant gas clouds of hydrogen and dust
18 minutes 39 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Spiral shaped galaxy in space. Caption: Astronomy is the study of objects in space,
15 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 9
Flat surface with arching lines of light emanating from localized points. Caption: They originate and terminate at the local magnetic poles,
Stars: Birth And Death
Episode 1
13 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Large sphere of glowing light dwarfs object labelled as Earth's orbit around sun. Caption: larger than Earth's orbit around the Sun,
Stars: Birth And Death
Episode 2
15 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Sunset over the ocean. Spanish captions.
10 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: K - 3
Still image from: The Art Assignment: Art We Launched Into Space
The Art Assignment
Season 6 / Ep 7
14 minutes 7 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
A tock is placed on a table. In a close up, Emily Graslie halds the rock in her hand. Caption: I'm gonna go with, this is not a meterorite.
The Brain Scoop
Episode 60
13 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
An illustration of a giant cloud of gas.
2 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Solar eclipse. Caption: Birds roost, flowers close, and, like heralds, dogs bark.
The Inner Solar System
Season 0 / Ep 2
10 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Black and white photograph of a spherical object against a black sky. Caption: Mercury is scorched and irradiated
The Inner Solar System
Season 0 / Ep 1
10 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Glowing ball of the sun with heat visibly radiating off it. Caption: An inferno spewing energy, heat, and light.
The Inner Solar System
Season 0 / Ep 3
10 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Ms. Frizzle and Liz at the controls of a spaceship. Caption: And how are all my astronauts doing?
The Magic School Bus
Season 1 / Ep 101
25 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
Student from the magic school bus standing in front of a model of the Earth and moon with a miniature school bus traveling between them. Caption: We need to go this way!
The Magic School Bus
Season 2 / Ep 211
25 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
Ms. Frizzle in a space suit in front of a control panel on a spaceship. Her arms are raised. Caption: They're called supernovas.
The Magic School Bus
Season 4 / Ep 407
25 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
Aerial view of a large depression in the earth. Caption: In the heart of the Outback, these are the Henbury craters.
The Outer Solar System
Season 0 / Ep 5
11 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Circular cloud with a bright center against space. Caption: To understand comets, we return to the earliest solar system,
The Outer Solar System
Season 0 / Ep 4
11 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Large blue planet with a darker blue spot. Caption: Neptune is so remote,
The Outer Solar System
Season 0 / Ep 3
10 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
Brown, tan, and beige banded planet with rings. A smaller spherical object is next to it. Caption: In a class of its own is Titan, Saturn's single big moon.
The Outer Solar System
Season 0 / Ep 1
10 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 6 - 12
An illustration of a galaxy.
4 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Blurry image of glowing orange dots. Caption: Five million tons of hydrogen fuse into helium every second.
51 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Still image from: The Sun Is Kind of a Big Deal
14 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: Ps - 3
Six planets orbiting around the sun. Caption: (narrator) It is gravity that holds our solar system together.
The Universe
Season 2 / Ep 17
44 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Illustration of Jupiter's radiation. Caption: Its electromagnetic radiation is intense.
The Universe
Season 1 / Ep 4
44 minutes 16 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Image of the sun from above Earth. Caption: And the clock is ticking toward magnetic apocalypse.
The Universe
Season 5 / Ep 3
44 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Illustration of Mars in space. Caption: (narrator) How could life have first formed on Mars?
The Universe
Season 5 / Ep 2
44 minutes
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Earth and Mars passing each other in space. Caption: Mars and the Earth had been passing each other
The Universe
Season 1 / Ep 2
44 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Meteor on fire traveling downwards. Caption: Venus has been hit hard with meteors…
The Universe
Season 1 / Ep 7
44 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
View of Saturn in space. Caption: "Saturn: Lord of the Rings."
The Universe
Season 2 / Ep 2
44 minutes 9 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Bubbling hot plasma. Caption: superheated into a plasma that burns at millions of degrees.
The Universe
Season 1 / Ep 1
44 minutes 8 seconds
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Two red orange planets in space. Caption: coalesced to shape our moon.
The Universe
Season 1 / Ep 6
44 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Close up view of Neptune in space. Caption: What happened to Neptune's great dark spot?
The Universe
Season 2 / Ep 1
44 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Galaxy filled with swirling stars. Caption: is that it both was and wasn't there.
Think Like a Scientist
Episode 2
6 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Man writing with a quill in a candle lit room. Caption: Matter of fact, he studied and studied and studied.
Timeblazers
Season 2 / Ep 13
24 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 9
Small patch of dirt showing through haze. Caption: TITAN'S DENSE HAZE BEGAN TO CLEAR ABOUT 45 MILES (70 KILOMETERS) ABOVE THE SURFACE
2 minutes 27 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A photo of the surface of the Moon.
4 minutes 18 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration image of a satellite. Caption: Juno is an unmanned deep-space mission
Design Squad Nation
Episode 1
3 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A view of the earth from space. One vertical half of the earth is in darkness. Caption: The whole planet is made of bits of exploding stars.
11 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Still image from: Untold: What Could an Explosion on the Sun Do Here on Earth?
Untold
Episode 10
12 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Untold: What Meteors Reveal About Earth's Hidden Past
Untold
Episode 9
13 minutes 51 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Detailed photograph of the moon. Caption: In 1959 the Survey compiled a photogeologic map of the moon
3 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
A diagram comapres the color data from the planet Earth. Red and Blue lights are shown as reflected lights.
2 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
An illustration of a planet.
4 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of a solar system with planets on similar orbits except for one that is travelling on a skewed, debris filled elliptic. Caption: A dwarf planet could have a bumpy ride as it travels.
59 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A satellite image of a planet surface. One of the four craters is labeled, Kandinsky.
2 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Illustration of the Earth in space. Caption: As Earth orbits the Sun, it spins on its axis.
What's Up In Space?
Episode 2
12 minutes 37 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Illustration of the planets in our solar system. Caption: Mars is more like Earth than any other planet.
What's Up In Space?
Episode 4
13 minutes 5 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Illustration of the Sun and planets in our solar system. Caption: The Sun is the closest star to planet Earth.
What's Up In Space?
Episode 6
12 minutes 10 seconds
Grade Level: 3 - 6
Man teaching at a table. Caption: The Sun and Jupiter have a lot in common.
Why With Nye
Episode 5
1 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Satellite orbiting around Jupiter. Caption: And that will help us figure out what's inside.
Why With Nye
Episode 3
2 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Planet Jupiter being shown next to Earth. Caption: Jupiter is bigger than all of the other planets combined.
Why With Nye
Episode 8
2 minutes 57 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Diagram showing the different orbits of planets. Caption: And today, it’s falling back toward the Earth,
Why With Nye
Episode 2
2 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Satellite in close proximity to Jupiter. Caption: to steer Juno precisely on course.
Why With Nye
Episode 6
1 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Satellite orbiting around a planet. Caption: The Juno spacecraft is powered by light from the sun.
Why With Nye
Episode 1
2 minutes 43 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Picture of Jupiter with muscular arms. Caption: Jupiter has a very strong magnetic field--
Why With Nye
Episode 7
1 minutes 38 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
A ball between two bands. Caption: As the bands move, the Great Red Ball stays still.
Why With Nye
Episode 4
1 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Still image from: Wild Explorers: Leap Year Mystery!
Wild Explorers
Season 0 / Ep 22
2 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
Still image from: Wild Explorers: Space Daydreams
Wild Explorers
Season 0 / Ep 24
3 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 5
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