TED-Ed
TED-Ed: A brief history of plastic | TED-Ed
For centuries, billiard balls were made of ivory from elephant tusks. But when excessive hunting caused elephant populations to decline, they began to look for alternatives. John Wesley Hyatt took up the challenge. In five years, he...
SciShow
We're Running Out of These Elements — Here's How
Phones, TVs, solar panels, and electric car batteries are all made of some rare and unusual elements. As our modern world creates more and more of these technologies, will things go from "rare" to "nonexistent" and what will we do then?
Bozeman Science
Solid Waste
In this video Paul Andersen explains the basics of solid waste including trends over time, basic composition, and disposal. A brief description of the three R's (reuse, reduce, and recycle) is included as ways to minimize waste. ...
Crash Course Kids
Water Fix!
How can we fix water shortages? Well, we know that shortages are a problem and can cause fighting because water is a resource. When you limit a resource, things get scary. But, in this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about...
SciShow Kids
How Recycling Works!
Humans make a lot of garbage every day, and a lot of it ends up in big, smelly dumps. Luckily, there are things we can do to reuse a lot of our garbage and keep the Earth healthy and clean! Join Jessi and find out how!
SciShow
What Happens If You Use Your Feces as Fertilizer?
Being able to use human feces as fertilizer could be really helpful for human colonies on other planets. It could also be useful for human colonies on THIS planet! And who doesn’t love recycling!?
SciShow Kids
How Plastic Hurts the World
Recycling trash is one really important way that we can help the Earth stay clean! It's much better to recycle things than throw them away, but it's super important to recycle plastic! Jessi is here to tell you why!
SciShow Kids
Make Your Own Recycled Bird Feeders - #sciencegoals
Jessi's on spring break, but Dino's here to teach you about birds and how you can recycle items around the house to make bird feeders! #sciencegoals
Bozeman Science
LS2B - Cycles of Matter and Energy Transfer
In this video Paul Andersen explains how matter moves from the environment into living organisms and back into the environment. Food webs are used to show how matter and energy move through organisms. Ecological pyramids show that matter...
Curated Video
The Importance of Gratitude and Environmental Responsibility
In this video, Libby the Ladybug discusses the importance of gratitude and how it can bring positivity and optimism to our lives. She also shares a story about a little girl named Maddie who learns the value of gratitude by helping the...
Curated Video
I WONDER - How Does Recycling Metals Reduce Air Pollution?
This video is answering the question of how does recycling metals reduce air pollution.
Great Big Story
Turning billboards into Eco-Friendly Bags
Discover how discarded billboards transform into unique, durable bags in our eco-conscious venture, supporting sustainability with style.
Curated Video
Sustainable Living: A Semi-Underground Eco-Home
Discover the journey of creating a semi-underground eco-home that emphasizes recycling, sustainable materials, and renewable energy. Learn how this innovative house, constructed with local wood and powered by solar energy, integrates...
Curated Video
How Five Billion lbs of Las Vegas Garbage Powers a City
Most the of 600 billion pounds of waste that Americans produce every year ends up in landfills. All that trash can have huge impacts on the environment. But modern landfills have found a new use for all that trash — they’re turning it...
Curated Video
Decomposition
The process by which dead organic matter is broken down into simpler chemicals and dispersed. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig...
Curated Video
Bottled Water: The True Cost
What is the expense, and environmental cost, of bottling water when tap water is freely available? Earth Science - Earth's Resources - Learning Points. Bottled water is up to 10,000 times more expensive than tap water. Bottled water has...
Curated Video
Pollution: Land
How does land get polluted, and what with? Discover the quantities of waste deposited in landfills each year, and just how much could be recycled. Earth Science - Human Impacts - Learning Points. Landfills are holes in the ground where...
Curated Video
Recycling Plastics
The differences between thermosetting, thermosoftening and partially biodegradable plastics, and how they can be recycled. Chemistry - Chemical Industries - Learning Points. We throw away a lot of plastic and most is non-biodegradable....
Curated Video
Brownfield Sites
Reusing previously built-on "Brownfield" sites is an environmentally friendly solution to housing shortages. But there can be hidden dangers. Human Geography - Orientation And Settlements - Learning Points. A brownfield site is...
Curated Video
Reduce, reuse, recycle – Pixelate
What is it? ... These are crushed cans! People and places - Environmental awareness and care - Reduce, reuse, recycle A Twig Tidbit Film - Pixelate. A pixelated image unscrambles. The children have to guess what it is.
Curated Video
Recycling
Meet the musicians who make music with rubbish! Our universe - Sharing our Earth - Keeping Earth tidy Learning Points Humans have an effect on the world around them. People can make choices to reduce their impact on the natural world,...
Curated Video
Caring for the environment – Odd one out
Four activities are shown on screen, but which is the odd one out? People and places -Environmental awareness and care - Caring for the environment Learning Points Humans can behave in a way that cares for the environment. A Twig Tidbit...
Curated Video
Plastic fantastic
In this film types of synthetic plastics are examined ... including biodegradable plastics known as bioplastics. People and places - Environmental awareness and care - Natural and synthetic materials Learning Points Bioplastics are made...
Curated Video
Biodegradable and non-biodegradable materials
Find out the difference between biodegradable and non-biodegradable materials. People and places -Environmental awareness and care - Natural and synthetic materials Learning Points Biodegradable material can be broken down by...