Inner Planets of The Solar System

Study the Solar System using Online Video

Use these 5 online educational video titles to take a journey to our solar system's "rocky planets" - Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Discover why Venus is called both the Evening Star and the Morning Star and why, until recently, scientists have had trouble studying the surface of Mercury, the "quick planet." Learn more about our home planet, Earth, and its moon. Uncover the secrets of our mysterious neighbor, Mars, and find out how close we are to colonizing the "red planet".

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the characteristics of Mercury, the 'quick' planet.
• Study ancient and modern discoveries about Venus, Earth's closest neighbor.
• Learn how Earth was formed and continues to change --and the implications of those changes for both the present and the future.
• Survey the history of ideas about Mars, the planet most like Earth, and explore the possibility of colonizing it in the future.
• Gain insight to asteroids, and identify the location of the asteroid belt.

• Science > Study Of The Universe > The Inner Planets
• Mercury The Quick Planet (Runtime: 10:48)
• Venus A Shrouded Mystery (Runtime: 13:47)
• Earth Our Home Base (Runtime: 10:15)
• The Earth's Moon (Runtime: 08:37)
• Mars Our Mysterious Neighbor (Runtime: 06:41)