BrainPOP Videos for The Good and the Beautiful Space Science Unit Study
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BrainPOP and The Good and the Beautiful Space Science Unit Study
The Space Science Unit Study from Jenny Phillips and The Good and the Beautiful is a wonderful foray into the mysteries of space. The materials are beautiful and engaging. The notebooking component of the science units lets my kids put together a fun notebook of what they are learning and helps them “own” their new knowledge.
I use BrainPOP side-by-side with the teaching materials to illustrate concepts and to delve deeper into topics that we enjoy. I like to add links to the BrainPOP videos for each topic in my Homeschool Planet online lesson plans (see more Chromeschoolers posts about Homeschool Planet) so there isn’t any searching. This lets us click and go, right from our daily planner. The Space Science Unit also includes links to many internet videos in the curriculum. I like to add those links to my planner as well, even though they are not linked here.
If you like to let your kids “browse” and find things that interest them, BrainPOP has a page that lists all of their space related videos, more than just what specifically applies to the lessons in the unit study. It might make for a good interest-led topical exploration day.
I have listed and linked the BrainPOP videos we used to accompany the Space Science Unit Study below. Bookmark this page to come back and click straight to the video to accompany each lesson!
Space Science Unit Study
| Lesson | BrainPOP Videos |
|---|---|
| Lesson 1: Introduction to Space | Solar System |
| Lesson 2: Stars | Life Cycle of Stars
Black Holes (in the Lesson Extension) |
| Lesson 3: The Solar System and the Sun | Sun
Exoplanets (in the Lesson Extension) |
| Lesson 4: The Terrestrial Planets: Mercury and Venus | Mercury
Circles (diameter) |
| Lesson 5: The Terrestrial Planets: Earth and Mars | Earth |
| Lesson 6: The Moon and Its Phases | Moon |
| Lesson 7: Gravity and the Tides | Gravity |
| Lesson 8: Asteroids, Comets, Meteors, and Meteoroids | Asteroids |
| Lesson 9: The Gas Giants – Jupiter and Saturn | Jupiter |
| Lesson 10: The Gas Giants – Uranus and Neptune | Uranus |
| Lesson 11: The History of Astronomy | |
| Lesson 12: Galileo | Galileo Galilei |
| Lesson 13: Space Exploration – Part 1 | Apollo Project |
| Lesson 14: Space Exploration – Part 2 | |
| Lesson 15: Space Exploration – Part 3 | Space Flight |
| Lesson 16: Constellations | Constellations |
If you liked this list, you might also like the list of BrainPOP videos for The Good and the Beautiful History 1.
Did you find the list of videos helpful? What other subjects would you like to see linked to BrainPOP videos? Let me know in the comments!