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On This Day: The Creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The Environmental Protection Agency often doesn't register as a critical government function, but the EPA works to protect communities. Using video segments from Scott Pruitt's confirmation hearing, a Barack Obama speech on the agency's...
TED-Ed
Could Underwater Farms Help Fight Climate Change?
Is there a way to sustainably farm the ocean? Welcome to the world of restorative ocean farming. A short video looks at the advantages and issues associated with aquaculture.
Crash Course
The Future of Clean Energy: Crash Course Engineering #31
Take a look into the future of energy with a video that focuses on future alternative sources of clean energy. Viewers looks at various forms of biomass, hydrogen fuel cells, and nuclear fission and fusion.
Crash Course
The Engineering Challenges of Renewable Energy: Crash Course Engineering #30
How hard is it to incorporate renewable energy resources? An informative video first describes renewable energy, such as hydropower, wind energy, geothermal energy, and solar power. It then explains the benefits and the challenges of...
Crash Course
Preventing Flint – Environmental Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #29
We all need clean air and water. An informative video first describes the causes of water contamination in Flint, Michigan. It then goes on to explain the importance of environmental engineering in clean air, clean water, and waste...
California Academy of Science
What is the Environmental Impact of Feeding the World?
One in every seven people suffer from a lack of basic food. Our Hungry Planet introduces this complex issue in the second lesson of an interesting 13-part unit. It discusses the space needed to grow and raise food, the transportation of...
Fuse School
Recycling Paper
From tree to paper to fuel — explore the life of a sheet of paper! An interesting lesson explains the benefits and challenges of recycling paper. Pupils learn you can only recycle paper a limited number of times before it is processed...
Fuse School
Reducing Particulates (Soot)
Understand your daily role in environmental chemistry. An informative video discusses the origination of particulate matter in our world. It considers both indoor and outdoor origination of particulates and how to reduce their impacts.
TED-Ed
The Nurdles’ Quest for Ocean Domination
Nurdles aren't the cute characters of a new children's cartoon, they are the tiny plastic pellets slowly polluting the world's water supply. Learn all about these little trouble makers with this short video that explores the impacts...
TED-Ed
The Survival of the Sea Turtle
Sea turtles face a lot of adversity: storms, predators on land and in the sea, and eggs that don't hatch, but the biggest threat to these magnificent and ancient creatures is human activity. From poaching to pollution, from trash to...
TED-Ed
Understanding Overfishing
Something's fishy here! Fishermen are having trouble catching enough fish to supply the demand due to years of overfishing. Bycatch, the unintentional harvesting of unwanted fish, is also a serious situation. Follow the viewing of this...
Sesame Street
Cameron Diaz: Habitat
Cameron defines that word habitat with all of her animal friends. Viewers will learn that a habitat is where an animal gets food, finds water and also shelter. It is the place where animals live.
Curated OER
Alala Ð An Endangered Species
What is an Alala? It is a crow native to the Hawaiian Islands, and it's endangered. Learn about what the Alala eats, when it breeds, and the startling fact that there are only 12 left in the world.