Mazz Media
Unconformities
In this video students will learn about unconformities and how they help geologists to discover episodes of volcanism, uplift, erosion and deposition that provide evidence for plate tectonics during Earth's history. Through video and...
FuseSchool
What Is The Rock Cycle?
In this video you will learn about the dynamic rock cycle. Plant roots help to create new soil from the solid rock and they get nutrients and support from the soil. This solid rock is often sandstone or granite. They are made up of...
Visual Learning Systems
Sedimentary Rocks: Summing Up
This program outlines the classification system of sedimentary rocks. Specific attention is paid to the different ways sedimentary rock forms. The relationship between sedimentary rocks and the formation of fossils is investigated. Other...
Visual Learning Systems
Sedimentary Rocks: Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
This program outlines the classification system of sedimentary rocks. Specific attention is paid to the different ways sedimentary rock forms. The relationship between sedimentary rocks and the formation of fossils is investigated. Other...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Our Earth - Fossils
A fossil is a trace of a living thing left in rock. Fossils offer a three-part challenge - first to reconstruct the organism itself, then to reconstruct the world it lived in, then to understand its place in time and evolution.
Visual Learning Systems
The Rock Cycle: Pathways in the Rock Cycle
Upon viewing the The Rock Cycle video series, students will be able to do the following: Explain that rocks are non-living substances made up of one or more minerals. Understand that a mineral is a natural substance with a definite...
Visual Learning Systems
The Rock Cycle: Types of Rocks
Upon viewing the The Rock Cycle video series, students will be able to do the following: Explain that rocks are non-living substances made up of one or more minerals. Understand that a mineral is a natural substance with a definite...
Visual Learning Systems
Rocks and Geology: Understanding Earth's History through Classification
The video introduces the concept of geology while highlighting the importance of rocks in understanding the planet. The video also introduces the role of geologists in studying Earth's processes and history, and how classifying rocks is...
Visual Learning Systems
Rocks and the Rock Cycle: Sedimentary Rocks
The rock cycle is illustrated in detail using easy-to-understand animations. Examples of the various types of rocks are introduced and the characteristics of different rocks are compared. Other terminology includes: rock cycle, igneous,...
Visual Learning Systems
Sedimentary Rocks: Formation of Sedimentary Rocks
This program outlines the classification system of sedimentary rocks. Specific attention is paid to the different ways sedimentary rock forms. The relationship between sedimentary rocks and the formation of fossils is investigated. Other...
Visual Learning Systems
Sedimentary Rocks: Sediments
This program outlines the classification system of sedimentary rocks. Specific attention is paid to the different ways sedimentary rock forms. The relationship between sedimentary rocks and the formation of fossils is investigated. Other...
Wonderscape
Science Kids: Rocks, Minerals and Geology
This video is about rocks and minerals. It explains the importance of minerals and rocks in our everyday lives and how they are found in various materials and products. It also discusses the characteristics of minerals. It goes on to...
PBS
A Brief History of Geologic Time
How do scientists know the history of Earth before humans—or any mammals—existed? An epic "Eons" series video explains the larger history of geologic time. It highlights the eons, eras, periods, epochs, and ages scientists use to divide...
Curated OER
Rocks
This video, meant for older students, clearly explains how each of the three types of rocks on the earth's surface are formed. I learned that 75% of the earth's land area is made up of sedimentary rocks! Interesting details about the...
Curated OER
The Rock Cycle
Here is an outstanding video that is produced and narrated by a young scholar. He does a fabulous job explaining what the three types of rocks are and how they interact with each other in the rock cycle - which is how rocks actually...
Curated OER
Our World: The Rock Cycle
Sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks are the stars of this interesting video produced by NASA. The rock cycle is when each of these three types of rocks transforms into another kind of rock - which happens under extreme...
The Brain Scoop
Fossil Meteorites
Fossils ... from space? Science scholars discover evidence in a limestone quarry that helped researchers learn about a meteor shower that lasted hundreds of thousands of years through an interesting video from Brain Scoop's Fossils and...
Bozeman Science
ESS1C - The History of Planet Earth
Take a trip back in time as the history of the earth is uncovered. An interesting video lesson explains the different methods scientists use to learn about the earth's past. While emphasizing teaching strategies, the lesson instructor...
Bozeman Science
LS4A - Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
Need help putting together an uncommonly good unit about common ancestry? Check out a video that covers NGSS standard LS4A, Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity. Topics include ways to convey similarities and differences between...
Fuse School
Limestone Cycle - Limestone, Quicklime and Slaked Lime
Calcium rocks! Well, in this case, calcium carbonate is a little more accurate. Part four in a series of seven, the video describes how the seashells of ages past compressed to form one of Earth's most useful sedimentary rock resources....
Fuse School
The Rock Cycle
Aren't all rocks the same? High school earth scientists can say "definitely not!" after viewing the second in a series of seven videos. Beginning with an easy analysis and comparison of sandstone and granite, class members follow the...
MinutePhysics
Why are Stones Round? feat. Zach Weiner
Explore how gravity shapes the world around us. An engaging video lesson explains how gravity contributes to the shape of stones. The discussion centers on the difference between the formation of spherical and flat stones.
SciShow Kids
Be a Rock Detective!
Every kid has a rock collection! That's because rocks are unique and different. Learners discover how igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks form in an informational and visually engaging video.
Scholastic
Study Jams! Sedimentary Rocks
Fascinating photos of sedimentary rocks and formations supply a brief overview for your geology class. By viewing these slides, learners discover that sedimentary rocks are made of tiny bits of rock, dirt, or shell that have settled,...