Curated Video
Brazil's Space Agency Reports Soaring Rates Of Rainforest Destruction
A report by Brazil's space agency, completed before a recent surge in fires, reveals a 30 percent 12-month spike in rainforest destruction.
Curated Video
Teaching Children About Conservation, How To Make A Difference
There are many ways children can be proactive about climate change, which in turn helps alleviate climate anxiety.
Curated Video
How Can We Live A More Sustainable Lifestyle?
According to EPA, the average American produces around 4.5 pounds of trash each day.
Bozeman Science
Biodiversity
"The one process ongoing that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by destruction of natural habitats" - E.O. Wilson. Here is a video that discusses biodiversity at multiple levels from...
Curated OER
Exploring Oceans: Great Barrier Reef
All aboard! Let's take a trip to the world's largest living structure, the Great Barrier Reef. Encompassing more than 1,200 miles of islands and reefs, it is considered one of the seven wonders of the natural world due to its...
Curated OER
The Story of Petroleum
An array of video clips, photographs, and drawings keep visual learners engaged, and an agreeable narration voice draws in auditory learners. It begins by explaining the formation of fossil fuels and progresses into how oil is located,...
Curated OER
We Are All Earthlings
The animals all sing about the earth. This would be a great video to show during a unit about environmental stewardship.
Curated OER
Birdie Treat
A little girl and her Grandmother make a healthy snack for themselves as well as their birdie friends.
Curated OER
Cameron Diaz Talks Trees
What is so wonderful about trees? Professor Grover and Cameron Diaz explain all of the amazing things trees can do. Viewers will learn that trees clean the air, give us shade, provide us with food, and are home to many animals.
American Museum of Natural History
Ask a Scientist About Cuba's Biodiversity
In a video interview Ana Luz Porzecanski, a conservation biologist with the American Museum of Natural History, answers questions about her work Cuba's biodiversity.
PBS
Relative Reasoning in Finance
Take stock of your financial knowledge. As part of the Math at the Core MS: Ratios series, future investors consider the financial well-being and the environmental stewardship of companies in which to invest. They calculate an emissions...
Nature League
What Is Life? - Lesson Plan
The first lesson in the five-part What is Life? series addresses the definition of life. It discusses characteristics, why the concept of carbon-based life is important, and the macro-molecules of life on Earth.
PBS
Arbor Day | All About the Holidays
Discover how Arbor Day came to be with a brief, engaging video. Scholars watch how Nebraska's first pioneer in 1854 decided why planting trees was important and the journey that took place to make Arbor Day a national holiday celebrated...
PBS
Earth Day | All About the Holidays
Why do we celebrate Earth Day? Find out with a brief video that details the history behind the special day dedicated to our beautiful planet. The video answers the who, what, why, and how in a festive fashion while showcasing real-world...
Veritasium
13 Misconceptions About Global Warming
With so much information floating around about global warming, how can we tell what's really going on? Examine the evidence through a video from Veritasium to sift through everything we hear. The narrator presents convincing data when...
Bozeman Science
LS1B - Growth and Development of Organisms
Here's your chance to grow and develop your lesson plan for NGSS standard LS1B! The narrator of the video explains how to lay a solid foundation for learning within the standard, then gives examples and scenarios to help fine tune...
Real Engineering
Why Build Higher?
Always strive to go higher. Viewers of a video learn about the advantages of constructing higher city buildings. This format requires the consideration of building materials, costs, environmental impacts, and commutes.
MinuteEarth
Why Are There so Many Tigers in Texas?
Everything is bigger in Texas, including its cats! An engaging video compares and contrasts the global wild tiger population to the domesticated population in Texas. By comparing habitat characteristics, the instructor explains why the...
Fuse School
Social and Environmental Considerations of the Haber Process
Man-made processes often have surprising environmental and social impacts. The 17th installment in a series of 35 lessons explains the environmental and social factors connected to the Haber Process. The impact on the aquatic environment...
Crash Course Kids
Big Changes in the Big Apple
How do living things change their environment? This is the focus of a video that describes how the building of communities and clearing of forests changes the types of living organisms that can thrive there.
Crash Course Kids
Climate Change
What affects might an ecosystem undergo if the climate changes? This is the focus of a video that describes how a tiny change in an ecosystem can "throw everything off."
Curated OER
Earth : Climate Change & The Global Ocean
Changes to the earth's atmosphere can cause environmental change; they can also affect the ocean. Learn how satellite images show scientists what changes are occurring under the surface of the ocean. They can detect temperature shifts,...
Curated OER
Crude Oil
Watch the distillation process as a female narrator explains what is happening. Ideally you would demonstrate this process or have advanced classes work in lab groups to perform it themselves. If time is short or materials not available,...
Sesame Street
Cameron Diaz: Habitat
Cameron defines that word habitat with all of her animal friends. Viewers will learn that a habitat is where an animal gets food, finds water and also shelter. It is the place where animals live.