Instructional Video2:56
Fuse School

Coal, Oil and Gas Hydrocarbons

10th - Higher Ed
Where do the hydrocarbons we use for energy come from? Science scholars learn the origins of our fossil fuels in a short video. The animated video includes information on how fossil fuels formed, their uses, and how a number of useful...
Instructional Video5:05
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

How Much Warming?—Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 5

7th - 12th Standards
In the past century, the global temperature has climbed 10 times faster than the average rate of Ice Age recovery warming. The fifth video in a series of seven on factors that affect climate change discusses just how much global...
Instructional Video2:02
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Greenhouse Gases—Climate Change, Lines of Evidence: Chapter 3

7th - 12th Standards
Greenhouse gases prevent the earth from freezing over, so how do they cause global warming? The third installment in a seven-part series explains what greenhouse gases are, how they help us, and why they are important. It links an...
Instructional Video5:21
Fuse School

What Is The Natural Greenhouse Effect?

9th - 12th
The Greenhouse Effect is a big part of why Earth is able to sustain life. But, how much is too much? In part two of an eight-part series about the carbon cycle, environmental scholars learn how the natural Greenhouse Effect keeps us warm...
Instructional Video4:36
Fuse School

How Burning Fossil Fuels Leads to Climate Change

9th - 12th
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...
Instructional Video5:18
Fuse School

Global Warming - Effects on the Environment

9th - 12th
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...
Instructional Video4:24
Fuse School

Effect on Health of Air Pollutants

9th - 12th
Is air making us sick? How exactly does air pollution contribute to illness across the world? Part five in a series of seven about the atmosphere addresses these questions and many others. This is a perfect resource to show during your...
Instructional Video4:21
Fuse School

The Ozone Layer: The 'Hole' - Part 2

9th - 12th
Introduce your class to the "hole" truth! Part four of the 7-part series about Earth's atmosphere gives learners the facts about the depletion of our ozone layer. Simply animated and concisely narrated, the video leads viewers from the...
Instructional Video2:22
Fuse School

Green Chemistry - Principle 4

9th - 12th
How can we reduce carbon emissions and make safer solvents, all at the same time? Part four in a 12-installment green chemistry series demonstrates how chemists have traded in their hazardous go-to solvents and begun using safe...
Instructional Video8:23
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Crash Course

Environmental Econ

9th - 12th Standards
How does the economy affect the environment—and vice versa? A video from Crash Course Economics discusses the ways supply and demand for products made with non-renewable resources can result in the Tragedy of the Commons, or even in the...
Instructional Video4:04
SciShow

The Fern That Cooled the Planet

9th - 12th
Fifty million years ago, the earth started to cool down drastically. It went from palm trees at the poles to glaciers. Video explains one theory of what happened to cause the drastic shift in climate change. It details how a specific...
Instructional Video6:08
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Be Smart

Climate Science: What You Need To Know

6th - 12th Standards
Win any argument in support of climate change thanks to a video from PBS Digital Studios. Viewers learn the 24 steps to explain climate change and information to counter claims denying climate change.
Instructional Video2:02
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University of California

The Global Warming Facts You Need to Know

9th - 12th
According to NASA, global sea levels rose 17 cm in the last century and 30 cm in the last decade. The video highlights a scientist who predicted climate change, and who offers solutions to change the course of global warming. 
Instructional Video6:40
TED-Ed

Cloudy Climate Change: How Clouds Affect Earth's Temperature

7th - Higher Ed Standards
While clouds may not make for the most enjoyable weather, they play an important role when it comes to regulating the temperature of the earth. Watch this video and learn how these giant masses of water droplets actually help to...
Instructional Video5:54
TED-Ed

How to Create Cleaner Coal

6th - 12th Standards
It's easy to take for granted the the importance of electricity in modern society, and even easier to overlook the environmental cost that is paid for all that energy. Watch as this video explores the detrimental impact...
Instructional Video4:11
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TED-Ed

Is Our Climate Headed for a Mathematical Tipping Point?

7th - 12th Standards
Raising the global temperature by two degrees may not seem like much, but the impact this would have on the planet is amazing. Follow along with this short video as it examines how even a small change to a system can turn its...
Instructional Video8:30
Curated OER

Intro to Carbon Sequestration

9th - 12th
Increase awareness of the greenhouse effect with this clip. Global climate change poses a problem if our planet becomes warmer than is possible to sustain life. Reduction in carbon emissions is essential in the next few decades and can...
Instructional Video8:59
Curated OER

Miracle Planet - Snow Ball Earth 2/5

6th - 9th
Simulations of a snowball effect recurring on the earth show how life might have survived and might continue to survive if our planet freezes over again. How a snowball event starts is unknown, but it could be related to greenhouse...
Instructional Video3:58
Curated OER

Planet Carbon

6th - 12th
Carbon is essential to life; yet, too much carbon will stifle life here on Earth. Our planet hangs in a delicate balance and the increased greenhouse gases threaten to harm the environment. Now that we have recognized human contribution,...
Instructional Video
Other

Media Storm: Airsick: Industrial Devolution

9th - 10th
Toronto Star photographer Lucas Oleniuk took twenty thousand still pictures in a span of twenty days and created this powerful video about global warming. It is certain to stimulate thoughtful discussion in a classroom.
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: How Do Earth and Life Interact?

9th - 10th
A look at the 'comfort zone' humans live in, and the interplay of life and the biosphere. [9:58]
Instructional Video
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Climate Connections: Global Warming: It's All About Carbon

3rd - 8th
NPR Science reporter, Robert Krulwich, produced a five-part series to explain the role of carbon in global warming. It's in a cartoon format, but is very informative and easy to understand.
Instructional Video
Planet Nutshell

Planet Nutshell: Climate Science: Where Does Carbon Dioxide Come From?

9th - 10th
Where does carbon dioxide - the gas that's mainly responsible for warming up our planet and changing the climate - come from? This video answers that important question. [2:49]
Instructional Video
US Department of Energy

U.s. Department of Energy: What Are Hydrofluorocarbons?

9th - 10th
A video discussing that most common refrigerants contain hydrofluorocarbons [1:42]