Instructional Video1:14
PBS

Conductors and Insulators: Materials and Design | UNC-TV Science

6th - 12th
Does a material encourage or discourage the flow of thermal energy? Pupils learn that the answer determines whether a material is a conductor or insulator in a concise video presentation. The lesson also includes several examples of...
Instructional Video5:20
SciShow Kids

Make the Most of Compost!

K - 5th Standards
What do decomposers and a compost have in common? Decomposers help a compost break down, or decompose, things that can biodegrade and become similar matter. Watch a video that explores the science of composts.
Instructional Video3:44
SciShow Kids

What's the Dirt on ... Dirt?

K - 5th Standards
Dirt or soil? What's the difference? Actually, dirt is soil as explained by the video's high-energy speaker who goes on to emphasize its importance. She describes the composition of soil as minerals, water, air,...
Instructional Video3:10
Be Smart

Where Does the Smell of Rain Come From?

6th - 12th
I smell a great video. Viewers learn how the smell of rain originates from various sources, and how ozone and organic material work to produce the recognizable smell.
Instructional Video4:24
TED-Ed

How Do We Separate the Seemingly Inseparable?

7th - 12th
Fractional distillation? Desalination? Chromatography? How is it that stuff can be separated into raw ingredients? And where did the raw ingredients come from in the first place? So many question and a few answers are provided by...
Instructional Video4:50
Curated OER

Organic Farmer

6th - 12th Standards
Camp Joy Gardens, a small, non-profit, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm, runs classes for children and adults. The narrator of a short video about Camp Joy Gardens explains how CSA farms can work as a profitable business, as...