While exploring, the Pteranodon family finds minerals, and Mr. Pteranodon helps them to understand the difference between rocks and minerals.

Dr. Michael Wise explains the incredible qualities of rocks called pegmatites, and our dependence on them for minerals. Wise is a geologist at the National Museum of Natural History. [29:19]

These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos provide an informative overview of calcium. Students learn what foods provide good sources of calcium, and how calcium helps grow strong and healthy bones. [4:02]

In this Fizzy's Lunch Lab video, Fizzy and the kids are painting a rainbow salad until Uncle Freddy interrupts, and they teach him that vibrant colored natural foods are much more healthy and have more vitamins and minerals than ones...

In this Fizzy's Lunch Lab video, the vegetables sing a song about foods being different colors, and students learn about the nutritional benefits of eating an assortment of colorful food. [1:36]

In this video [2:05] you will meet expert Dr. Franek Hasiuk, a geologist who teaches kids about all kinds of rocks, minerals and fossils found on planet Earth. Kids will discover stalactites, amber and geodes.

In 1968, the New Jersey Senate decreed the town of Franklin a geological wonder: "The Fluorescent Mineral Capital of the World." Over 350 different minerals have been found in the area, ninety of which glow brilliantly under ultraviolet...

Slice open a rock and look at it under a microscope and you will see are a rainbow of colors which are minerals. Minerals are made up of elements essential to modern life. Watch this video to see the mineral composition of rocks and the...

This video provides insight to mineralogy, petrology and crystallography and how minerals and gems are researched [4:09]

Metabolism is a complex process that has a lot more going on than personal trainers and commercials might have you believe. Today we are exploring some of its key parts, including vital nutrients -- such as water, vitamins, minerals,...

Investigate dirt and why just about everything on the planet depends on it! This video explores soil's properties. Learn how soil is a mixture of minerals, water, air, and organic matter. [3:43]

Learn how the different geological components that make up sand are formed. [2:28]

Find out how much sodium is in some common foods and how you can maintain a low sodium diet. [6:00]

Paul Andersen explains how mining is used to extract valuable minerals from the Earth's crust. Surface and subsurface mining are used to extract ore which is then processed. A discussion of ecosystem impacts and legislation is also...

Overview of common vitamins and minerals that are important to human health. [6:11]

This lesson will explore the process of rock mineral formations. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Geology: Rock Mineral Formations."

This lesson will look at the effect that diet and exercise have on normal body functions. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Nutrition and Health."