Be Smart
How Do Glaciers Move?
A glacier is like a river of ice. An interesting lesson explores how solid glaciers manage to flow. The video instructor explains how the pressure of the weight of the ice decreases the melting point, allowing the glacier to move.
NASA
The Water Cycle: Heating the Ocean
There is more to the water cycle than simply rain and evaporation! The first installment in a four-part series explores the solar heating of the ocean through three satellite animations. The animations offer different views of the earth...
MinuteEarth
The Deadliest Ice Age Ever
Will all species follow the trilobite down the road to extinction? Discover the changing conditions on ancient Earth that led to both population explosions and mass extinctions with a video presentation. The narrator shows examples...
MinuteEarth
Climate Change: The View From MinuteEarth
How does climate change look from where you're sitting? See the view from around the world in an animated video. The writers from Minute Earth share how changing conditions are impacting the economy, health, and well-being of their...
Fuse School
How Burning Fossil Fuels Leads to Climate Change
Do our vehicles really contribute to global warming? In part five of an eight-video series, pupils learn the mechanisms by which car emissions turn into greenhouse gases. Through animation, the class sees how the natural greenhouse...
Fuse School
Global Warming - Effects on the Environment
Is Earth becoming too hot to handle? The third installment in a series of eight videos about global warming and the carbon cycle describes the changes to Earth's natural balance as a result of rising average temperatures. Young...
Fuse School
Global Warming - Evaluating the Evidence
It's getting hot in here! Evidence of global warming is all around us, as shown in part four of a series of eight videos about global warming and the carbon cycle. High school environmentalists get to examine the facts for themselves in...
SciShow Kids
Explore an Ice Cave!
Caves have tunnels, chambers, rooms, and other features that make these geological features so amazing. Watch a video that focuses on one in particular—ice caves.
SciShow Kids
The Grand Canyon!
The Grand Canyon—how did it get there? Watch a video that shows how the Grand Canyon formed from water erosion over a long period of time.
Be Smart
The Amazing Science of… DUST?
Why do we bother to dust when more will start to land as soon as we get rid of it? What is dust made of and why won't it ever go away? The video answers these questions and more.
TED-Ed
Why is Mount Everest so Tall?
Many years ago, when the Indian plate collided into the Eurasian plate, the highest mountain on Earth was formed. But what gives Mount Everest its shape? Watch an informative video to learn what factors make the...
Curated OER
The Ice Age
Hear experts provide evidence of Ice Age and glacial movement based on today's geological features. Various measurement tools are used to see what chemicals are found in ice and the atmosphere in order to determine the climate of the...
Curated OER
Inside a Glacier - How it Flows?
Glaciers are like huge pieces of sand paper with water pockets which makes it able to mold around its environment. Why are scientists so interested in glaciers? Watch this short clip to learn why glaciers are so strong and interesting to...
Curated OER
Miracle Planet - Snow Ball Earth 1/5
Erratics, or drop-stones, are geographic abnormalities. Large stones that appear in unlikely places point to glacial movement. Lava flow also helps scientists determine timing of multiple Ice Ages. Watch this clip along with the four...
Curated OER
The Extreme Ice Survey in Action
Get up front and personal with the scientists, tools, and methodology that provides vital information on global warming. This is a very interesting clip sure to inspire a future geologist, environmentalist, or photographer.
Curated OER
Alaska: Science's Glacial Strides
Travel to the ice fields of Alaska alongside researchers working to discover all they can about the amazing glaciers. Show your upper graders what has been found and why scientists study glacier melt. Getting interested into what others...
Curated OER
Melting Himalayan Glaciers
Visit a Tibetan monk living high in the Himalayan mountains, he describes what changes he's seen in the environment do to global warming. The changing climate can be witnessed in the shifts in glaciation. A great clip for any class.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Antarctic Ice Movement: Part I
This video segment [3:33] adapted from NOVA explains why ice sheets move. To find out how fast they move, scientists carve a tunnel through a glacier.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Antarctic Ice Movement: Part Ii
Within Antarctic ice sheets are fast-moving streams of ice. This video segment [5:15] adapted from NOVA hypothesizes about how ice streams are the result of warming at the end of the last ice age.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Antarctic Ice: Sea Level Change
What would happen if a portion of the Antarctic Ice Sheet were to melt? This video segment [3:19] adapted from NOVA uses animations to show the effect of a 6-meter sea-level rise on coastal cities across the world.
PBS
Pbs: Nova: Descent Into the Ice
PBS offers a rare opportunity to explore the glaciers on France's Mt. Blanc in this engaging interactive site. Fun activities for students include following the process a snowflake takes to become a glacier.
PBS
Nova: Fastest Glacier
PBS site provides links to understanding how glacier movement can reveal the effects of global warming. Contains links to view satellite images of glaciers from space, a video clip and slide show about a science expedition to a glacier...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Antarctica: A Challenging Work Day
What happens when the ground under your feet is ice and it's moving? This video segment adapted from NOVA features some of the dangers faced by scientists conducting research in Antarctica.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Helheim Glacier
Why is the study of glaciers important? Glacial ice serves many functions that affect the entire Earth system, including regulating global moisture, temperature, and ocean salinity. Studying glaciers allow us to better understand how...