Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Energy & Matter: Flows, Cycles and Conservation
Paul Andersen explains how matter and energy flow and cycle through systems. He starts by explaining how energy and matter input and output will always be conserved. He addresses the many misconceptions surround energy and matter...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: A Coral Catastrophe?
A third of the world's reef-building coral species are vulnerable to extinction, a group of researchers says. We'll talk with one of the authors of a report about the plight of corals, and discuss whether anything can be done to turn...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sound and Solids: Stereo Hangers
This video segment, adapted from ZOOM, explores how sound waves travel differently through solids than through air, in this case, a metal clothes hanger. [1:14]
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Nature Cat: Let's Save the Marsh!: Grade 3
Nature Cat and friends visited the marsh in the story segment Muck Amok. Learn along with them as they discover more about marshes and conservation. Discover the challenges of pollution with Daisy, explore the muck beneath the surface...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Conservation: Rene Magritte, 'The Menaced Assassin,' 1927
In this video [2:35] This is Rene Magritte's Menaced Assassin from 1927. In preparation for the exhibition, we did some treatment, and also some technical examinations. One of the techniques we used for examining the painting was...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Conservation: Rene Magritte, "The Portrait," 1935
This video [2:59] In preparation for the Magritte exhibition, they began examining The Portrait, from 1935. What started as a fairly routine conservation treatment uncovered some very interesting details about Magritte's painting.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Conservation: Picasso's Guitars
In this video [3:15] photography helps MoMA conservators determine how to treat Picasso's 1913 Cubist sculpture, Still-Life with Guitar. To learn about how art changes over time, enroll in one of MoMA's courses online. Created by The...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Conservation: Paik, 'Untitled,' 1993
To learn more about the history of sound, video and performance art, enroll in our online courses, including Five Puzzles of Contemporary Art.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Conservation: Rene Magritte, 'The False Mirror,' 1928
In this video [1:19] "The False Mirror" by Rene Magritte presents us with this enormous, lashless eye. Its iris is very and implausibly filled with this luminous cloud-swept blue sky, and then right at dead center is this matte black,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Conservation: Rene Magritte, 'The Palace of Curtains, Iii' 1928 29
This video [2:29] they did a lot of investigation on the painting "Palace of Curtains, III." The varnish was not something that Magritte would have chosen for this work. We realized that this painting should not be varnished. We first...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ecology: Ecosystem Biodiversity
Are all coral reefs the same? Each regional ecosystem has its own assemblage of species and each contributes uniquely to global biodiversity. Explore why ecosystem diversity is important for conservation decisions. [4:13]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ecology: Conservation and the Race to Save Biodiversity
Different approaches to conservation and how they can protect species and habitats. [12:04]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Untamed: Conservation and Public Policy
Learn about the importance of public policy action on natural resource and conservation issues. This episode highlights some key pieces of conservation legislation. The American system of land and wildlife management is one built on, and...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Taking the Politics Out of Climate Science
Why 'conservative' doesn't have to mean 'climate change denier.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The High Renaissance: Leonardo Da Vinci: Lesson 1
This lesson will introduce High Renaissance art and architecture and consider several examples of the work of Leonardo da Vinci. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "The High Renaissance: Leonardo da Vinci."
California Academy of Sciences
Ca Academy of Sciences: Discoveries in the Philippines
Academy scientists spent this past spring in the Philippines, documenting the country's rich biodiversity with local scientists. Their results hope to bolster conservation efforts in the area. [2:21]