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I WONDER - What Is A Monsoon?
This video is answering the question of what is a Monsoon.
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I WONDER - When Is Monsoon Season?
This video is answering the question of when is monsoon season.
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Understanding the Powerful Waves of Tsunamis
Learn about the causes of tsunamis, their characteristics, and the destruction they can cause. Tsunamis are a form of natural disaster where a huge wave or waves form. Understand the importance of preparing for these powerful storms, as...
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Is A Tsunami?
This video is answering the question of what is a tsunami.
Let's Tute
Understanding Floods: Causes, Consequences, and Prevention
This video explains the causes of floods and their devastating consequences on a nation's economy, environment, and people. It also discusses the factors that contribute to floods and how they can be prevented through water conservation...
Global Health with Greg Martin
The Social Determinants of Health. A Public Health framework.
The social determinants of health represent aspects of people’s social identity, their social environment and their social position that can health and public health. It’s a broad topic and includes issues like justice, inequality,...
Curated Video
Writing in a Formal Style
This video is a lesson on writing in a formal style for an academic audience. The teacher guides students through identifying familiar and formal language, avoiding contractions, and making specific and concise word choices. The students...
Curated OER
Avalanches 101
National Geographic videos are so good! This one, on avalanches, is especially well done. In just three minutes, learners should glean a lot of important information on how avalanches occur, the different types of avalanches, and how to...
TED-Ed
Why Isn’t the Netherlands Underwater?
When picturing the Netherlands, many imagine windmills, tulips, wooden clogs, Dutch chocolate, and idyllic waterways. Find out what role the waterways and windmills play in the vast Delta Works project that protects a country that has a...
Cisco
Episode 2.5: The Business Plan
Sometimes helping communities after a natural disaster requires a solution of monstrous proportions! The fifth episode in a seven-part shows scholars how the Problem Solvers rise above climbing waters by enlisting the help of monster...
Cisco
Episode 2.2: The Problem
School's out ... forever? Episode two in a seven-part Global Problem Solvers series follows the team as they touch down in hurricane-ravaged Tampa. After meeting with a local principal and teacher, the group begins to formulate a plan to...
Cisco
Episode 2.4: The Technology
No power? That's no problem for the Global Problem Solvers! The fourth of seven episodes follows them in their search for solar panels to power their pop-up school kits. High water threatens to delay the return of normalcy for Tampa's...
Cisco
Episode 2.3: The Solution
When times get tough, divide and conquer! The third of seven episodes in Global Problem Solver's second season shows the team working toward a solution for displaced pupils and teachers. After dividing into two teams, the Problem Solvers...
Cisco
Episode 2.1: The Storm
When a hurricane strikes Tampa, Florida, who will help? The first episode in a seven-part series follows the Global Problem Solvers as they embark on a new mission. The team's main line of communication with Tampa gets severed, leaving...
Bozeman Science
ESS3B - Natural Hazards
Planning and preparing for natural disasters is possible and necessary. A video lesson begins with a description of natural hazards in relation to natural disasters. Using specific examples, the instructor shares strategies for preparing...
TED-Ed
Why Do Buildings Fall in Earthquakes?
There are few natural phenomena as startling as an earthquake, and depending on the building you're in, these experiences can be downright terrifying. Follow along as this video explores the factors that determine how a building...
TED-Ed
How Do Tornadoes Form?
Take your students on a storm chasing adventure from the safety of the classroom with this short video on tornadoes. From powerful thunderstorms to swirling twisters, this resource explains the necessary conditions and process...
Curated OER
Flooding in Canutillo
In 2006 there was a terrible storm that led to the flooding of the small town of Canutillo. Listen and watch as a young boy describes the causes and effects of this flood. This is a very interesting video because the boy interviews and...
Curated OER
4 Degrees Warmer: Great Cities Wash Away
Our planet, if four-degrees warmer, will be "unrecognizable" according to one scientist. Flooding will be rampant and rivers like the Ganges will self-destruct. See what else could happen in "5 Degrees Warmer..." following this clip.
Curated OER
5 Degrees Warmer: Civilization Collapses
Imagine the world five degrees warmer: large, uninhabitable deserts span across the globe, forcing refugees to flee to cooler areas with water. Human civilization may very well diminish as social systems break down and people turn...
Curated OER
Could Just One Degree Change the World?
A one-degree change in the earth's climate does not seem like a problem, but the rate at which our climate is changing is frightening. Of all the recorded temperature changes, our planet is currently warmer than it has ever been. If the...
Curated OER
This is for Me
A young man tells how he joined his friends and traveled to New Orleans to help provide aid those suffering from the after-effects of Hurricane Katrina. They tell what it took to get there, what they did there, and what they learned...
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6 Degrees Warmer: Mass Extinction?
In this final clip of climate change by National Geographic, a "doomsday scenario" is shown. Truly, six degrees difference will change the world as we know it, having devastating effects on all life forms. Let's prevent this by making...
US National Archives
Internet Archive: This Place in Time: The Mount St. Helens Story
Documentary [22:57] on Mount St. Helens tells the story of the 1980 eruption and aftermath through personal narrative and dozens of amateur and professional cinematographers.