Curated Video
Erosion
This live-action video program is about erosion. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and...
Visual Learning Systems
Rocks and the Rock Cycle: Sedimentary Rocks
The rock cycle is illustrated in detail using easy-to-understand animations. Examples of the various types of rocks are introduced and the characteristics of different rocks are compared. Other terminology includes: rock cycle, igneous,...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate - Evaporation
The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate shows us how the sun produces heat to drive the water cycle. It's made clear that the water cycle continues in the absence of sunlight or heat. We learn how the two components of climate- temperature and...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate - Quiz
The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate shows us how the sun produces heat to drive the water cycle. It's made clear that the water cycle continues in the absence of sunlight or heat. We learn how the two components of climate- temperature and...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate - Condensation
The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate shows us how the sun produces heat to drive the water cycle. It's made clear that the water cycle continues in the absence of sunlight or heat. We learn how the two components of climate- temperature and...
Visual Learning Systems
Weathering and Erosion: What Is Weathering?
Upon viewing the Weathering and Erosion video series, students will be able to do the following:
Describe weathering as a process that involves the breaking down of rocks and other materials on Earth's surface.
Differentiate between the...
Visual Learning Systems
Sedimentary Rocks: Formation of Sedimentary Rocks
This program outlines the classification system of sedimentary rocks. Specific attention is paid to the different ways sedimentary rock forms. The relationship between sedimentary rocks and the formation of fossils is investigated. Other...
Visual Learning Systems
Sedimentary Rocks: Sediments
This program outlines the classification system of sedimentary rocks. Specific attention is paid to the different ways sedimentary rock forms. The relationship between sedimentary rocks and the formation of fossils is investigated. Other...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Climate Defined
Climate is the average type of weather that a region has. It is defined by temperature and moisture. Proximity to oceans and large mountain ranges defines climate too, depending upon the prevailing wind. While climates change over...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate - Summary
The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate shows us how the sun produces heat to drive the water cycle. It's made clear that the water cycle continues in the absence of sunlight or heat. We learn how the two components of climate- temperature and...
Curated Video
Glass sponge reefs re-discovered off B.C. coast
Glass sponge reefs, previously thought to be extinct, were discovered along the coast of B.C. and are now protected by the province
Curated Video
Hamilton residents fight for action, accountability for slow sewage leak clean-up
Hamilton residents are fighting for accountability in the case of a 24-billion-litre sewage and stormwater leak that has taken years to clean up.
Curated Video
Destroyed and reformed: S Korea's Bamseom Island a home to migrating birds
A small river island in South Korea's capital, which was destroyed more than 50 years ago to increase water flow, has formed again.
Curated Video
2023 ISA assembly: Deep-sea mining debate intensifies in Jamaica
Deciding the future of deep-sea mining - gov't officials gather in Jamaica to discuss if or when drilling should happen.
Curated Video
This Ontario lake could help scientists define our next geological era
A group of scientists is pushing to have a new geological epoch declared, something that only happens every few million years, or longer. Named the 'Anthropocene,' they say it is driven by human activity.
Curated Video
Climate change: Scientists look to the seabed for solutions
The ocean is the world’s largest carbon sink, absorbing about 30 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions.
Curated Video
Deep-sea mining: The race for critical minerals
There are billions of tonnes of valuable minerals for electric vehicle batteries and energy storage at the bottom of the ocean, and a Canadian-registered company is leading the race to mine them. But marine scientists and...
Curated Video
Famous crater on Mars was once a lake, says NASA
The first analysis of images from NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has shown that one of the planet's famous craters used to be a lake fed by a series of small rivers.
Curated Video
Scientists want a ban on deep-sea mining. Trump wants to fast-track it
A group of leading ocean and climate scientists, including Canadians, is calling for a ban on deep-sea mining just as U.S. President Donald Trump moves to fast-track undersea mining approvals.
Curated Video
Cambodia’s Mekong River canal faces funding doubts, environmental criticism
Cambodia has launched a controversial canal project to link the Mekong River to the sea.
Curated Video
Fraser River is unique and needs monitoring, experts say
The Fraser River stands out as one of the world’s last largely untouched mountain river systems flowing through a densely populated urban region. However, experts warn that a lack of monitoring and poor management could jeopardize the...
Curated Video
Running potable water still not available to Asheville residents nearly a month after Helene
Water is proving to be one of the biggest issues in Asheville as the city continues to clean up from Hurricane Helene. The city’s 100,000 plus residents remain under a boil water advisory. (Scripps News)
Curated Video
Side effects of antidepressants on marine life
Minute traces of antidepressants which escape into water from human waste can make shrimp subdue their natural behaviour raising their risk of being eaten by predators.
Scientists say experiments recreating aquatic conditions in the...
Press Association
Expert speaks ahead of Nasa Mars landing
Nasa’s Mars Perseverance rover will land on the red planet on Thursday to begin its search for traces of life. Interview with Dr Megan Argo, Vice President, Royal Astronomical Society. Dr Argo touches on the difficulties of such a...