Meteorites: Episode Content
If you are looking for specific topics, we hope the information on this page will be helpful. The videos can be watched as part of any science learning opportunities! But if you are interested in direct ties to Saskatchewan Curriculum, here are a few:
- RM4.1 Investigate physical properties of rocks and minerals, including those found in the local environment.
- RM4.2 Assess how human uses of rocks and minerals impact self, society, and the environment.
- SS6.1 Research and represent the physical characteristics of the major components of the solar system, including the sun, planets, moons, asteroids, and comets.
- EU9.1 Inquire into the motion and characteristics of astronomical bodies in our solar system and the universe.
EP00: Highlights
| Extraterrestrial visitors | 0:15 |
| Evidence for impacts | 1:12 |
| Meteoroids, meteors, and meteorites | 1:40 |
| Impact craters | 3:49 |
| How do we classify meteorites? | 6:11 |
| What is a tektite? | 8:50 |
| Mars has meteorites too! | 9:47 |
| Meteorites and the building blocks of life | 11:04 |
EP01: Is Earth a Target
| Is Earth a target? | 0:15 |
| Impact craters | 1:44 |
| Barringer crater in Arizona | 2:27 |
| Impact craters around the world | 3:50 |
| Haughton crater in Nunavut | 5:01 |
| Saskatchewan craters | 5:54 |
| The Eye of Quebec crater | 7:51 |
EP02: The 3 Emms
| The vocabulary gets mixed up a lot | 0:15 |
| What is a meteoroid? | 0:54 |
| What is a meteor? | 2:38 |
| What is a meteorite? | 6:01 |
EP03: Tektites
| An overview of tektites | 0:15 |
| Where are tektites found? | 2:26 |
EP04: Meteorite Classification
| How we classify meteorites | 0:15 |
| Introduction to iron meteorites | 1:26 |
| Introduction to stony meteorites | 2:47 |
| Introduction to stony-iron meteorites | 3:36 |
EP05: Iron Meteorites
| Appearance and fusion crust | 0:15 |
| Canyon Diablo meteorite | 1:27 |
| More iron meteorites | 3:42 |
| What do iron meteorites look like inside? | 4:20 |
| Classifying iron meteorites | 5:25 |
| How common are iron meteorties? | 9:29 |
EP06: Stony Meteorites
| Two kinds of stony meteorites | 0:15 |
| Chondrites and chondrules | 2:15 |
| How iron content changes chondrites | 4:51 |
| Achondrites | 6:33 |
| Where do achondrites come from? | 8:15 |
| More examples of stony meteorites | 9:18 |
EP07: Stony-Iron Meteorites
| The two kinds of stony-iron meteorites | 0:15 |
| Pallasites | 2:00 |
| Mesosiderites | 3:50 |
EP08: Lunar Meteorites
| Craters on the moon | 0:15 |
| What are lunar meteorites made of? | 2:30 |
| Where lunar meteorites come from | 4:05 |
EP09: Martian Meteorites
| Mars has meteorites too | 0:15 |
| Examples of iron meteorites found on Mars | 1:13 |
| Are there stony meteorites there too? | 1:42 |
| Martian geology | 2:10 |
| Valleys and volcanoes on Mars | 3:29 |
| Earth has meteorites created on Mars | 5:40 |
EP10: Asteroid Meteorites
| The asteroid Vesta | 0:15 |
| What happened when Vesta got hit | 0:40 |
| Where did the Vesta bits go? | 1:23 |
| Do we have 1,000+ Vesta meteorites? | 2:22 |
EP11: Impacts in Space
| What happens when things collide in space? | 0:15 |
| Fragment meteorites made from crashes | 3:05 |
| An example of a stony-iron meteorite | 6:33 |
EP12: Octahedrites
| Etching meteorites | 0:15 |
| The structure of octohedrites | 0:57 |
| Widmanstatten patterns | 2:05 |
| Creating jewelry and art from octahedrites | 5:39 |
EP13: Olivine and Lava
| Olivine created on Earth | 0:15 |
| How olivine beaches are created | 1:30 |
| How common is olivine? | 2:40 |
| Olivine colours | 3:17 |
EP14: Murchison Allende and Organics
| Two special meteorites | 0:15 |
| Organics: the building blocks of life | 1:10 |
| The Murchison meteorite and amino acids | 3:20 |
EP15: 7 Billion Years
| Calcium and aluminum clusters | 0:15 |
| What's so special about silicon carbide? | 1:46 |
| Older than our solar system! | 3:26 |