Curated Video
Heating and Cooling VRF system
In this video, we will discuss a heating and cooling VRF system. This system allows buildings to provide heating and cooling from the same system.
Food Farmer Earth
Cornfield in Winter: A Farmer's Reflections
Organic farmer, and former forester, Anthony Boutard, speaks of the meaning to him of his cornfield. Not just during the more active periods of the growing seasons, but over the dormancy of winter; his cornfields serve as a sanctuary for...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
A Plague of Wasps | Part 4 | STORY | NASTY
A Plague of Wasps | Part 4 | STORY | NASTY Michael Rosen keeps bumping into a chatty old lady who tells him wildly unlikely stories - like there being man eating fleas on the London tube.
NASA
Tracking California Rains During El Niño
This winter, areas across the globe experienced a shift in rain patterns due to the natural weather phenomenon known as El Niño. New NASA visualizations of rainfall data show the various changes to California. According to the National...
NASA
NASA | Arctic Sea Ice 101
NASA climate scientist Tom Wagner provides a look at the state of Arctic sea ice in 2009 and discusses NASA's role in monitoring the cryosphere. Learn More: Or get tweeted by NASA:
NASA
NASA | LOOP Trailer
LOOP connects viewers to a moving world. Engines of circulation pump energy and matter, and LOOP presents circulation's story in poetic, energetic, and compelling cinema. See it exclusively on Science On a Sphere--now showing in theaters...
Curated Video
Shopping for Winter (Solve word problems involving estimation of sums.)
Tiffany has $100 to spend on shopping for winter clothes. She needs to buy a jacket, a pair of boots, a snow hat and mittens. Does Tiffany have enough money to buy these things?
TLDR News
Britain's Shutting Down: Why is this the Summer of Strikes?
This summer is shaping up to be the 'Summer of Discontent' with seemingly more people striking than in decades. So in this video we'll explain what's driving all this industrial action, what people are so unhappy about & what the...
Food Farmer Earth
Winter Farming: A Tale of Bitter and Sweet
When it comes to farming through the winter months, Tom DeNoble of DeNoble's Farm Fresh Produce in Tillamook is no romantic.
Food Farmer Earth
Tranquility on an Urban Homestead
How do cats, a rabbit, a flock of chickens and a nest of honeybees all get along in an enclosed backyard? Charlyn Ellis, of 21st Street Urban Homestead in Corvallis, Oregon shares her experience.
Ancient Lights Media
Iceland
This clip looks at the physical features, climate and culture of Iceland.
Visual Learning Systems
Migration and Hibernation: Animals Adjusting
Geese flying south is a sign that winter is arriving. Through numerous fascinating examples, this colorful program illustrates the migration of animals. Also explored is the amazing process of hibernation.
Curated Video
Charles the Almost-Great | The Life & Times of Carolus Rex (ft. Kinetic History!)
Charles XII, aka Carolus Rex -- boy, the difference growing up and sobering up can make. Sweden might be known as a big softy today, but back in the day it was a tough-as-nails empire with dreams of becoming King in the North. But when...
NASA
NASA | GPM Wraps Up Cold Season Field Campaign
For six weeks in Ontario, Canada, scientists and engineers lead a field campaign to study the science and mechanics of falling snow. The datasets retrieved will be used to generate algorithms which translate what the GPM Core satellite...
Curated Video
10 Essential Autumn Idioms | Learn English
The weather has started to turn cold and the Autumn / Fall is finally here. Join me in this short English lesson as I share with you 10 essential autumn idioms.
PBS
Why Are Prices Going Up?
It's the worst bout of inflation in decades... What's going on? And what can you do about it?
Food Farmer Earth
Winter Vegetable Farming - A Farmer's Insights
In more temperate regions of the world including here in Portland, Oregon, farmers can grow food nearly year-round. Of course, winter crops are more limited and they exhibit some differences from summer harvests. Tom DeNoble of DeNoble’s...
Food Farmer Earth
Growing winter vegetables - Mobile Minute
Winter is a challenge for farmers who grow during this season. It also can have it's rewards in the form of extra sweetness.
Food Farmer Earth
Choosing the Right Garden Tools for Your Vegetable Garden
For those with little direct gardening experience, this introductory video will help you choose the right garden tools to properly manage your vegetable garden. Weston Miller, an urban horticulturist for the Oregon State University...
Wonderscape
History Kids: The Alaska Purchase
This video provides an overview of the state of Alaska, highlighting its size, natural wonders, indigenous peoples, historical events such as the purchase of Alaska from Russia, the Klondike Gold Rush, and the journey towards statehood....
NASA
NASA | IceBridge 2010 with Lora Koenig
This video shows a live interview with NASA Goddard cryospheric scientist Lora Koenig regarding Operation IceBridge and the 2010 Arctic sea ice maximum. Or get tweeted by NASA:
NASA
Countdown to ICESat-2 Launch
NASA is about to launch the agency's most advanced laser instrument of its kind into space. The Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, will provide critical observations of how ice sheets, glaciers and sea ice are...
Food Farmer Earth
A Homesteader's Indoor Cold Storage Space for Food
Charlyn Ellis, a homesteader living in Corvallis, Oregon shows us her indoor cold storage space that she created to house certain foods in the winter months. She refers to it as her second refrigerator.
TLDR News
Why the Hell do Clocks Still Change? - TLDR News
Last night the clocks changed in the UK, marking both an hour of lost sleep and a lot of confusion. So in this video we examine why people ever started changing the clocks and why we probably ought to stop...