Instructional Video3:57
SciShow Kids

How Do We Know When It Will Rain?

K - 5th
Have you ever seen a weather report on TV and wondered how they can tell when it's going to rain days before it happens? Well, there are special scientists called meteorologists who use all kinds of cool equipment to predict the weather!
Instructional Video4:16
SciShow

3 Whack Weather Phenomena

12th - Higher Ed
Hank describes three of the whackest weather phenomena on Earth: atmospheric rivers, fire tornadoes, and ball lightning. Super interesting and super weird.
Instructional Video9:38
Crash Course

How Can Rain Create Conflict? Precipitation and Water Use: Crash Course Geography

12th - Higher Ed
If you compare precipitation around the world with population distribution we can understand a simple but powerful pattern of human geography: where there is water, there are people. But it gets a little more complicated because where...
Instructional Video10:16
Crash Course

Groundwater & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Crash Course Geography

12th - Higher Ed
The Arab-Israeli Conflict, which is the ongoing political tensions and military conflicts between Arab nations and Israel, is one of the longest and most complex disputes in the world. Today, we're going to focus on more recent events,...
Instructional Video2:53
SciShow Kids

How to Make a Rainbow

K - 5th
We often see beautiful rainbows during or right after a rain storm, but did you know that you can make your very own rainbow at home? Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn how!
Instructional Video8:03
PBS

That Time It Rained for Two Million Years

12th - Higher Ed
At the beginning of the Triassic Period, with the continents locked together from pole-to-pole in the supercontinent of Pangea, the world is hot, flat, and very, very dry. But then 234 million years ago, the climate suddenly changed for...
Instructional Video4:25
Crash Course Kids

Severe Weather

3rd - 8th
So, what's the difference between 'weather' and 'severe weather'? Is it just how hard the wind is blowing? Is it just thunder and lighting? Well, it can be some or all of those things. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks...
Instructional Video15:37
SciShow Kids

From Seasons to Salmon: All About Cycles! | SciShow Kids Compilation

K - 5th
Mister Brown and Squeaks are learning all about different cycles, or patterns, as they get ready for summer!
Instructional Video2:32
MinuteEarth

Which Came First - The Rain or the Rainforest?

12th - Higher Ed
Which Came First - The Rain or the Rainforest
Instructional Video4:28
Crash Course Kids

The Great Aqua Adventure

3rd - 8th
Water travels... a lot. In fact, the water cycle is amazing and takes water all over the planet by using evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina shows us how the water cycle works and...
Instructional Video4:20
SciShow Kids

Amazing Ways to Live in the Desert!

K - 5th
Life in a desert can be tough, but the plants, animals, and people that live there have some special skills to help them survive!
Instructional Video3:23
PBS

Has the Microsoft Kinect revolutionized art?

12th - Higher Ed
If you haven't had a chance to play with Microsoft's Kinect, you're missing out on some great video games and some amazing art! The Kinect is a crazy awesome piece of XBox 360 hardware that maps your physical movements onto any screen....
Instructional Video3:43
SciShow Kids

Explore the Rainforest! Ecology for Kids

K - 5th
It's raining where Jessi and Squeaks live, so they decided to bust out some books and read up on a special kind of forest where it rains almost every day!
Instructional Video3:49
SciShow Kids

The Biggest Snowstorms!

K - 5th
Usually when it's snowing outside, it's really calm, pretty, and fun to play in! But there are certain types of big snowstorms, called blizzards, that can get really windy, wild, and even dangerous!
Instructional Video4:52
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Why is Mount Everest so tall? - Michele Koppes

Pre-K - Higher Ed
At 8,850 meters above sea level, Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everest, has the highest altitude on the planet. But how did this towering formation get so tall? Michele Koppes peers deep into our planet's crust, where continental...
Instructional Video14:29
TED Talks

Tshering Tobgay: An urgent call to protect the world's "Third Pole"

12th - Higher Ed
The Hindu Kush Himalaya region is the world's third-largest repository of ice, after the North and South Poles -- and if current melting rates continue, two-thirds of its glaciers could be gone by the end of this century. What will...
Instructional Video2:24
MinuteEarth

UPSIDE-DOWN Rivers On Mars?! (Response to MinutePhysics)

12th - Higher Ed
The "Mountain or Valley?" illusion makes our brains turn valleys inside out. But inside-out valleys are a real thing, both on Earth and on Mars. ___________________________________________ If you want to learn more about this topic,...
Instructional Video4:32
Crash Course Kids

Weather vs. Climate

3rd - 8th
So we have Weather and Climate... but are they the same thing? No, no they are not. But they are both super important to how the geosphere is shaped. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina chats with us about the differences...
Instructional Video4:51
TED Talks

TED: The most Martian place on Earth | Armando Azua-Bustos

12th - Higher Ed
How can you study Mars without a spaceship? Head to the most Martian place on Earth -- the Atacama Desert in Chile. Astrobiologist Armando Azua-Bustos grew up in this vast, arid landscape and now studies the rare life forms that have...
Instructional Video3:58
SciShow Kids

Where Does Water Come From? Ecology for Kids

K - 5th
The water in your faucet may once have been part of a cloud...or a snowflake...or even the ocean! And it’s all because of the water cycle!
Instructional Video4:10
SciShow

Take a Trip to Titan!

12th - Higher Ed
Get your gasmasks ready because we're taking a trip to Titan! Reid Reimers tells us all about the mysterious moon.
Instructional Video2:13
MinuteEarth

This Is Your Brain On Extreme Weather

12th - Higher Ed
This Is Your Brain On Extreme Weather
Instructional Video3:30
Crash Course Kids

Four Spheres Part 2 (Hydro and Atmo)

3rd - 8th
The second part of our two part tale of the puzzle that is Earth. In this episode, Sabrina talks about the Hydrosphere and the Atmosphere and what is contained in each one. Let's dive in!!! This first series is based on 5th grade...
Instructional Video3:42
Crash Course Kids

What On Earth

3rd - 8th
We've already talked about how the Earth is divided into four spheres (The Hydrosphere, the Biosphere, the Geosphere, and the Atmosphere). But, how do these different sphere interact with each other? In this episode of Crash Course Kids,...