Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the fifth largest planet in the solar system. The planet is around 4.5 billion years old, and life appeared on its surface around 3.5 billion years ago. In our universe, Earth is the only place where life is known to exist with millions of species. Earth has a natural satellite, the moon, and orbits around the Sun once every 365.26 solar days.
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Science Videos & Lessons: (Reviewed by K-12 teachers) Early Earth and Plate Tectonics Grades: All Learn how our Earth was formed by accretion of spatial particulates and large masses, and eventually formed an outer crust. The video takes you to the early Earth with its plates and land masses, and their movement through time. 5:15 |
How the Earth was Formed Grades: All Lesson about the formation of Earth and its early history. 2:05 |
Planet Earth Grades: All A virtual tour through the amazing features on Earth from magnificent mountains, deserts, waterfalls, rivers, islands, icebergs, volcanoes to amazing plant and animal life and more. 5:45 |
Views from Space of Planet Earth Grades: All A tour of Earth's most impressive landscapes... as captured by astronauts with their digital cameras from space. NASA's astronaut team describes the special places that spacemen focus on whenever they get a moment. 7:00 |
Why Earth Science Grades: All The earth sciences are central to all aspects of life - get an introduction to earth sciences in this video. 6:35 |
Origins of Earth's Oceans Grades: All Find out how half of Earth's water originated from the planet's inception and how the other half was deposited by comets. 3:45 |
Earth's Atmosphere Grades: All Learn about Earth's atmosphere. Gases essential to life are explored through the history of the atmosphere. 5:00 |
Earth from Space - Countries and Coastlines Grades: All A presentation of time-lapse sequences captured by astronauts aboard the International Space Station. It gives us a beautiful and clear view of some well-known coastlines and countries around the world. 3:50 |
Earth Time Lapse View from Space (ISS) Grades: All Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by the crew onboard the International Space Station from August to October, 2011, at an altitude of around 350 km. 5:00 |
Everything about Planet Earth Grades: All How did Earth come into existence and how big is it really? Find out! 7:20 |
What Causes Seasons on Earth? Grades: All Learn what causes the change in seasons? Earth's seasons are determined by the planet's tilt and our annual trip around the sun. 6:40 |
Why are the Planets Round? Grades: All The presentation explains why the Earth and other planets are round. 3:30 |
Earth's History in 24 Hours! Grades: All Find out how Earth's 4.5 billion year history would look if we stuffed it into a normal day's 24 hour time-frame. 2:20 |
Earth's First Rocks Grades: All An ancient rock from the earliest days of Earth's existence reveals the presence of water. Scientists estimate that half of Earth's water originated during the planet's formation. 3:15 |
Tell Me Why : Earth Spin Grades: All We all know the Earth spins round and round, but did you know it's slowing down? But why? Now we have the answer. 2:05 |
Tell Me Why: Pangaea Grades: All Did you know that sometime in the past the world used to be one big super-continent? Let's finds out why it pulled apart. 2:20 |
Earth's History in the Last 600 Million Years Grades: All Presentation on the history of the earth in the 600 million years sliding towards the present. Watch how the continents move across the Earth's crust. 1:40 |
Earth 100 Million Years From Now Grades: All Can you guess how the globe will look 100 million years from now? Continents formed as Earth's crustal plates shifted and collided over millions of years. This video shows how today's continents evolved over the last 600 million years, and where they'll end up in the next 100 million years. 3:20 |
Where Did the Moon Come From? Grades: All A lunar scientist explores how the Moon was created, and its relationship with Earth. The debris from a cataclysmic collision of another planet on Earth created what is now our moon, just 14,000 miles from Earth, the closest it has ever been. 3:10 |
Inside the Earth Grades: All The presentation takes a look inside our planet Earth to display crust, mantle, outer and inner core. 0:50 |
The Solid Earth - Environmental Science Grades: All Learn how the solid interior of the Earth affects the outer layer through mountain ranges, volcanoes and plate tectonics. 2:55 |
Where Did the Earth Get Its Water From? Grade: 3 - 12 Earth is the wettest planet in the solar system, but it started out as a hot ball of magma. How did it get so wet? 3:00 |
What's Inside the Earth? Grade: 3 - 12 Though we've been to the Moon, we've hardly scratched the surface of the Earth! Learn about the new discoveries related to the Earth's core. 3:30 |
Earth History: Rocks and Paleo Earth Grade: 3 - 12 An overview of the history of rocks on our planet. 10:10 |
Aurora Lights Grade: 3 - 12 Learn about the aurora lights that occur near the north and south poles on Earth. Find out why these bright lights exist and what causes them. 6:05 |
Earth : Climate Change and The Global Ocean Grade: 3 - 12 Learn how climate change not only affects us, but also alters something as vast, deep and mysterious as our oceans. With the help of satellites and high-tech sensors, scientists gather data on ocean surface temperature, ocean winds, sea level, circulation, and even marine life. It helps us gain valuable insights into the impacts of climate change on oceans. 5:15 |
Earth : Water, Water Everywhere! Grade: 3 - 12 Water is all around us, and it is critically important to nearly every natural process on Earth. This lesson explains what the water cycle is and how important it is to life on Earth. 6:30 |
Earth : Melting Ice, Rising Seas Grade: 3 - 12 Learn about global warming and the resulting rise in sea level across the globe. Explore the impact of global warming, its effect on the Earth's ice and water to better understand how sea level rise might affect us all. 4:30 |
Earth : Keeping Up With Carbon Grade: 3 - 12 Carbon is all around us. This unique atom is the basic building block of life, and its compounds form solids, liquids, or gases. Carbon helps form the bodies of living organisms; it dissolves in the ocean; mixes in the atmosphere; and can be stored in the crust of the planet. Understanding how the carbon cycle is changing is key to understanding Earth's changing climate. 5:40 |
Can Humans Survive the Sun's Death? Grade: 3 - 12 Our sun will die in a few billion years and become a red giant. Do humans stand a chance against the Sun's ultimate fate? Find out! 3:35 |
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