Curated Video
Caves
This brief video introduces the viewer to the different types of caves on our planet.
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Is A Tsunami?
This video is answering the question of what is a tsunami.
Weatherthings
Hurricane Katrina: The Impact on Society
Hurricane Katrina was historic, not just for size and strength but for way it hit the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and southeastern Louisiana. It led to death, destruction, displacement, and suffering, particularly in New Orleans. See the...
Curated Video
Uses and Applications of Electromagnetic Waves
In this lecture video, the different types of electromagnetic waves are examined, and their uses and applications are explored. The video begins with an overview of the electromagnetic spectrum, starting with gamma rays and ending with...
Science360
Wave Energy Harnessing the Ocean's Power - Science Nation
Harnessing energy from the waves of the world's oceans seems like the ultimate in renewable fuel. Yet research lags 15-20 years behind studies of solar and wind power. With funding from the National Science Foundation, Electrical...
Mazz Media
Refraction
Through live action footage and animated diagrams students will come to understand that refraction is the bending of light rays when they go from one medium to another medium of different density. The program explains why light refracts...
Wonderscape
Science Kids: Earthquakes Around the World
This video provides an overview of earthquakes, including their causes, measurement, and notable earthquakes in history. It also discusses the importance of earthquake preparedness and provides tips on how to create an emergency plan and...
Mazz Media
Sound
Helping children relate to the topics they study is what the Real World Science series of videos does best. Real World Science: Sound helps students learn the principles of sound, the range of human hearing and significant terms, as they...
Mazz Media
Light
Using real world demonstrations and colorful graphics, Real World Science: Light teaches students the different properties of light, pertinent definitions and how light travels. Students will learn how different mediums can affect light,...
Professor Dave Explains
Earthquakes and Seismology in Earth’s Interior
We just learned about all the layers of the Earth, but how did we accumulate this information? How do we know the composition of these layers and the depths at which they occur? The answer is seismology! Let's learn about the different...
Tumble Science Podcast for Kids
The Hurricanes of the Future
Hurricanes are huge storms that can cause major damage and destruction. Scientists predict that hurricanes will gain in strength due to climate change. Since nothing can be done to stop hurricanes, scientists are working on methods to...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Weather Beauty
The atmosphere is dynamic and forever changing to maintain balance. The ingredients of air, sunlight and water allow life to exist on Earth, but they also generate calm scenes like rainbows, as a tornado ends. All storms move moisture,...
Science360
Wave Energy
Harnessing energy from the waves of the world's oceans seems like the ultimate in renewable fuel. Yet research lags 15-20 years behind studies of solar and wind power. With funding from the National Science Foundation, Electrical...
Flipping Physics
Wave Superposition Introduction
The difference between wave and object interaction is demonstrated. Constructive interference, destructive interference, and total destructive interference via superposition are all demonstrated.
Nature League
Does Life on Earth Have a Voice? - Lesson Plan
In this Nature League Lesson Plan, Brit explores the four main categories of communication for life on Earth, and discusses the realities of interspecies communication. Guest starring: Adrian Adams as the bit partner, Sean Kirkpatrick as...
NASA
NASA Sees Tides Under Ocean’s Surface
Internal tides, or internal waves, can reach hundreds of feet underneath the ocean surface, but might only be a few inches high on the surface. Even though they’re underwater, NASA can see these tides from satellites. They provide...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Waves and Vibration
Overview of the relationship between frequency and period in waves.
Visual Learning Systems
The Nature of Waves: Interaction of Waves
Upon viewing the The Nature of Waves video series, students will be able to do the following: Define waves as traveling disturbances that carry energy through matter or space. Explain that waves do not actually move matter. Instead,...
FuseSchool
PHYSICS - Waves - Wave Behaviour
How do waves behave? Badly? In this video we are going to look at how light and sound waves behave. Before we start, you should know that waves can be transverse or longitudinal. Transmission, reflection, refraction, diffraction,...
Visual Learning Systems
Photosynthesis: Photosynthesis and Light
Almost all life either directly or indirectly depends on one of the most important biological processes on the planet - photosynthesis. Through easy-to-understand graphics and colorful animations, the complex chemical process of...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Seeing Saturn's Moon Titan
Overview of the Cassini spacecraft's investigation of Saturn's moon Titan.
Visual Learning Systems
Light: Electromagnetic Spectrum
Upon viewing the Light video series, students will be able to do the following:
List some of the reasons light is important to all living things.
Understand that light is a type of energy.
Describe how light behaves both as a wave and...
Visual Learning Systems
The Nature of Light: Nature of Electromagnetic Waves
Students will learn about the different frequencies along the electromagnetic spectrum. Vivid animation is used to explore the visible spectrum of light and the colors it allows us to see everyday. The video also investigates various...