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Meet the Marsupials! | SciShow Kids
Squeaks and Jessi have been having fun learning all about Australia. Squeaks wants to know more about marsupials, the special group of animals that lives almost nowhere else. So Jessi introduces him to a special friend: Pinto the...
PBS
When Lizards Took Over the World
Lizards are incredibly widespread and diverse but it took them a long time to get to where they are now. Because they used to face some pretty stiff competition from a group of lizard look-alikes.
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How Climate Change Helped Dinosaurs Take Over
New research suggests climate change in the past might have helped dinosaurs spread across the world. And modern climate change is revealing some of the things they left behind.
SciShow
Will Pangea Form Again? The Next Supercontinent on Earth
Did you know that in about 200 million years, Earth is due for another supercontinent? What exactly that supercontinent will look like, though, depends on a lot of geological factors, and is harder to guess at than you might think!...
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What Will Earth’s Next Supercontinent Be?
In about 200 million years, Earth is due for another supercontinent. What exactly that supercontinent will look like, though, depends on a lot of geological factors, and is harder to guess at than you might think! Today, SciShow walks...
Crash Course
The Plate Tectonics Revolution: Crash Course Geography
Today we're going to tell the story of a quiet revolution in the 1960s that shifted our entire understanding of how the Earth works. We currently believe that the Earth's broken outer shell rises from the mantle and folds back in - kind...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How North America got its shape - Peter J. Haproff
North America didn't always have its familiar shape, nor its famed mountains, canyons, and plains: all of that was once contained in an unrecognizable mass, buried deep in Rodinia, a huge supercontinent that lay on the face of the Earth....
Curated Video
Pangaea
The supercontinent that included all of Earth's land surface about 200-300 million years ago. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig...
Curated Video
How Did the Continents Form?
Explore the theory of Continental Drift: have the continents always been in the same place? And are they stationary now? Earth Science - Geology - Learning Points. 250 million years ago, most of the world's land mass was joined together....
Wonderscape
The Formation of Earth and the Seven Continents
Discover how Earth formed over 4.6 billion years ago, from a cloud of dust and gas to a planet with continents. Learn about the process of continental drift and how it shaped the seven continents we know today. The 7 Continents part 1
Curated Video
Fossil Locations
Fossil Locations discusses the importance of fossils and what they can tell people about their discovery locations by introducing several examples of fossils and discussing their surroundings.
Curated Video
Plate Tectonics
“Plate Tectonics” will look at the movement of tectonic plates, and how they have shaped our world.
Curated Video
Exploring Continental Drift
“Exploring Continental Drift” introduces the concept of continental drift by exploring how it works and how it came to shape Earth’s seven continents.
Visual Learning Systems
Earth's Moving Plates
The video discusses the presence of warm water fossilized animals in rocks found in cold Vermont and how this change occurred over time. The video also mentions the theory of the supercontinent Pangea and how the continents have drifted...
Mazz Media
Earth's Landforms
With HD footage from all over the world, this program shows students all the various types of landforms found on our planet. Animation segments demonstrate how land formations are created by movement of the earth's plates, volcanoes,...
Visual Learning Systems
The Moving Continents
This video is about the theory of continental drift, which suggests that the present-day continents were once joined together in a supercontinent called Pangea. The video also discusses the challenges faced by the scientist Alfred Vagner...
Visual Learning Systems
The Theory of Continental Drift
The video discusses the theory of continental drift proposed by Alfred Vagner in 1912. The video explores the evidence that Vagner compiled to support his theory, including the geographic fit of the continents, fossil evidence, and rock...
PBS
That Time It Rained for Two Million Years
What would happen if all of the land on Earth received as much rainfall as the temperate rain forest? The vast desserts would be altered, the animals would adapt or die, and the types of plants available would quickly shift. This is what...
PBS
Why Triassic Animals Were Just the Weirdest
Normally when two species look similar, they are closely related. However, this doesn't seem to apply to the Triassic animals. Learn why these familiar looking animals are not actually related to today's animals. Viewers come to...
TED-Ed
The Ferocious Predatory Dinosaurs of Cretaceous Sahara
What's not to love about dinosaurs? Lucky for us humans, we can love to learn about them from 100 million years away, especially a group of extra large predatory dinosaurs from the Cretaceous period. Watch a descriptive video that...
PBS
When the Synapsids Struck Back
As environments change so must their inhabitants, or extinction will prevail. An in-depth look at the evolution of the synapsids shows how one group overcame environmental changes and survived. The video lesson from the PBS Eon series...
PBS
Biogeography: Where Life Lives
Biogeography is the study of the geographical distribution of plants and animals. NOVA's Evolution Lab explains how organisms on different continents can be so closely related. The resource discusses the processes that bring life from...
PBS
The Whole Saga of the Supercontinents
See the world as it was—and also how it will be! A riveting video from a vast biology and earth science playlist takes viewers back in time to see how supercontinents formed, broke apart, and formed again. The resource includes a sneak...
SciShow
A Brief History of Life: Dinosaur Time!
Scientists have confirmed that more than 30 species of non-avian dinosaurs had feathers. The evolution of life on the planet during the time of the dinosaurs fascinates most children at some point. Research often changes or updates what...