TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Are we running out of clean water? - Balsher Singh Sidhu
Despite water covering 71% of the planet’s surface, more than half the world’s population endures extreme water scarcity for at least one month a year. Current estimates predict that by 2040, up to 20 more countries could be experiencing...
TED Talks
TED: The real danger lurking in the water | Romulus Whitaker
The gharial and king cobra are two of India's most iconic reptiles, and they're endangered because of polluted waterways. Conservationist Romulus Whitaker shows rare footage of these magnificent animals and urges us to save the rivers...
Wonderscape
Preserving the Water Cycle: Protecting Freshwater Resources and Tropical Rainforests
Explore the vital role of tropical rainforests in the water cycle and the importance of preserving freshwater resources. Learn about the impact of deforestation on rainfall patterns and discover ways individuals can help conserve water...
Healthcare Triage
Climate Change and Safe Drinking Water
In our last climate episode we took a look at how climate change affects the spread of infectious disease. Unfortunately, that isn’t the end of our discussion of disease on a warming planet. Waterborne diseases are already a serious...
Curated Video
The Difference between Point and Non-Point Source Pollution
The Difference between Point and Non-Point Source Pollution demonstrates the understanding of point and non-point source pollution by explaining the difference between each type of pollution
Science360
Los Angeles & Water Imports
The nearly 10 million people in the city and county of Los Angeles, California require a lot of water -- most of which is imported snow melt from the Eastern Sierra Nevadas and Rocky Mountains, hundreds of miles away. UCLA researchers...
JJ Medicine
Giardiasis (Beaver Fever) Infection Sources, Pathophysiology, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Giardiasis (Beaver Fever) | Infection Sources, Pathophysiology, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment Giardiasis (also known as Beaver Fever) is a gastrointestinal condition caused by infection with the protozoal species known as...
msvgo
Availability of Freshwater
It talks about the availability, renewal and scarcity of freshwater resources. It lists the factors responsible for freshwater scarcity.
Let's Tute
Sources and Distribution of Water on Earth
The video discusses the sources of water, including surface water and groundwater, and how they are distributed in different parts of the world. It also highlights the factors that influence water distribution and the importance of...
Wonderscape
Science Kids: The Water Cycle
In this video, we learn about the water cycle and how water travels from the earth to the air and back again. We explore where water is found on Earth, including oceans, glaciers, rivers, and underground. We also learn about the...
Visual Learning Systems
Water, Water, Everywhere: the Water Cycle
Upon viewing the Water, Water, Everywhere video series, students will be able to do the following: List some of the ways they use water everyday in their lives. Describe why water is important to plants and animals. Explain the structure...
Weird History
What Was Hygiene Like In Colonial America
Personal hygiene in the 1700s was heavily maintained through a complicated balance of practicality, religious belief, and social position. Men and women living in colonial America washed their bodies and clothes with varying degrees of...
Cisco
Episode 1.6: Test and Retest
When it rains, it pours! Episode six in a seven-part Global Problem Solvers series explores the challenges brought upon the team as Malawi enters its rainy season. Two problem solvers visit a local institute to get assistance in...
Cisco
Episode 1.4: The Technology
What happens when the plan just won't come together? Get a bigger team! Episode four in a seven-part series featuring the Global Problem Solvers examines what happens when young leaders run into a road block when implementing new...
Cisco
Episode 1.7: Birth of a Social Enterprise
All's well that ends well! The final episode in a seven-part series shows the outcome of the Global Problem Solver's quest to fix Malawi's aging water wells. The team sees the impact of their efforts firsthand and receives recognition...
Cisco
Episode 1.3: The Solution
How can the people of Malawi get the fresh drinking water they need? The third episode in a seven-part series shows the Global Problem Solvers as they put their heads together and use technology to upgrade the country's system of wells....
Cisco
Episode 1.2: The Problem
Where have all the schoolgirls in Malawi gone? Teen leaders solve a mystery and investigate a problem in episode two in the seven-part first series of Global Problem Solvers. After finding the missing girls at a far-away well, the group...
Crash Course Kids
The Great Aqua Adventure
How does water travel? This is the focus of a video that describes how water moves via the water cycle. An in-depth discussion explains the constant repetition of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation that makes up the water...
Crash Course Kids
Water Water Everywhere
How do different animals access the small amounts of freshwater on Earth, in order to survive? This is the focus of a video that discusses how animals must adapt to surviving off limited amounts of freshwater present in their habitat.
Crash Course Kids
The Basics of Freshwater
Most of the water on Earth is found in our oceans; however, humans cannot survive on salt water. Instead, we need freshwater. So, what is freshwater and where does it come from? This is the focus of a video that discusses the differences...
TED-Ed
Where Did Earth's Water Come From?
It's commonly known that over 70 percent of of the earth's surface is covered by water, but exactly where did it all come from? Join this short video as it travels back to the beginning of the universe in search of the origins...