Crash Course
The Anthropocene and the Near Future: Crash Course Big History #9
The Anthropocene covers the last century in an unofficial geological era. An informative video considers both the pros and cons of progress. It discusses the environmental impact, changes in lifestyle, political changes, wars, and...
Bozeman Science
Environmental Matter Exchange
Why did carbon marry hydrogen? They bonded well from the minute they met. Here is a video that focuses on the essential chemicals for life: water, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. It relates each of these to macromolecules and the way...
Bozeman Science
ESS2A - Earth Materials and Systems
The water we use today is the same water our ancient ancestors used. A comprehensive video lesson explains this concept and many others as it explores the earth's materials and systems. From the geosphere to the atmosphere, the narrator...
Bozeman Science
ESS2E - Biogeology
Life exists where three spheres—goesphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere—come together and interact. A video lesson explains the progression of instruction related to this biosphere. The instructor discusses the connection between life...
Bozeman Science
ESS3C - Human Impacts on Earth Systems
The human impact on the earth's systems often has unintended consequences. A comprehensive video lesson builds a progression for teaching the standards ESS3C in elementary through secondary classrooms. Instruction focuses on the...
Teacher's Pet
Introduction to Ecology
An educational video offers an overview of ecology and discusses the levels of organization from biosphere down to organisms. It also compares terms such as habitats versus niches, generalist versus specialist, and biotic versus abiotic.
Bozeman Science
Hierarchy of Life
The leader of the biology gang is known as the nucleus. In the video, learners see the different levels of the hierarchy of life. Scholars explore each level, listening to descriptions and seeing examples of each one. It is the second...
Crash Course
Ecology - Rules for Living on Earth
Populations, communities, ecosystems, and biospheres are the subject of a video that investigates biomes and reveals that taigas, or boreal forests, are the largest biome, covering 17% of Earth's land surface. Viewers then explore how...
Crash Course
5 Human Impacts on the Environment
It is estimated that within 100 years, there will be no rain forests. The video on ecosystems covers the impact humans have on the environment. It includes ecosystem services, the importance of biodiversity, deforestation,...
Ricochet Science
Organization of Life
What do matryoshka dolls have to do with the organization of life? Young scientists learn about the levels of organization of life in the last installment of a five-part video series. The video covers the cellular, organismal, and...
Amoeba Sisters
Biological Levels: The World Tour
It might look like he's doing nothing, but at the cellular level, he's quite busy. A video provides an overview of the many different biological levels. Using two different graphic organizers and many cartoon drawings...
Crash Course Kids
H2O-NO! - Fresh Water Problems
If the amount of freshwater in an ecosystem changes, in what way is the specific ecosystem affected? This is the focus of a video that discusses the importance of freshwater and how all ecosystems need freshwater to sustain life.
Crash Course Kids
The Life Hydrologic
What effect does the hydrosphere have on the biosphere? What's going on below the surface of the ocean? As one goes deeper into the ocean, habitats, temperatures, pressure, and the types of living organisms change. This is the focus of a...
Crash Course Kids
Let's Take a Hike
What type of effect can the geosphere have on the biosphere? This is the focus of a video that explains how geologic features and landforms directly affect the types of living things in a habitat, positively, and negatively.
Crash Course Kids
Severe Weather
What makes severe weather so severe? Very different from regular weather, severe weather is more dangerous and "puts people at risk." This is the focus of a video that explains how severe weather interacts with the biosphere and geosphere.
Crash Course Kids
Dinosaur Pee?
Why is water a limited resource? Because water never leaves Earth's system, and new water cannot be introduced. This is the focus of a video that describes how the biosphere (living things) fits into the water cycle.
Crash Course Kids
Four Spheres Part 1 (Geo and Bio)
Earth has four spheres. What are these spheres and what makes them unique? This is the focus of a video that describes what makes up two of the four spheres: the geosphere and biosphere.
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."