Curated Video
Biodiversity: Natural and Human Causes of Depletion
This video discusses what biodiversity is and its overall importance in ecosystems. The video will also discuss different factors that can decrease biodiversity.
Curated Video
Climate: How Does It Impact the Way People Live?
The video “Climate: How Does It Impact the Way People Live?” defines climate and identifies the many factors that influence it.
Curated Video
Is A Straight Line Always The Shortest Distance Between Two Points?
No, a straight line isn't always the shortest distance between two points. The shortest distance depends on the geometry of the object or surface in question. While a straight line is the shortest distance between two points on a flat...
Nature League
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, New Fish - De-Natured
In this De-Natured segment of Nature League, Brit breaks down a recent scientific journal article about the rates of speciation of marine fish around the world. Article citation: Rabosky, D.L., Chang, J., Title, P.O., Cowman, P.F.,...
Curated Video
The Power and Impact of Wind
This video provides a comprehensive overview of wind, covering its formation, measurement, and various effects on climate and weather. It highlights the importance of wind measurement in engineering and architecture, as well as its...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate - Precipitation
The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate shows us how the sun produces heat to drive the water cycle. It's made clear that the water cycle continues in the absence of sunlight or heat. We learn how the two components of climate- temperature and...
Soliloquy
How do we measure the length of a year?
The earth takes one year to orbit the sun but we can measure the length of a year in several ways. If I were to ask (and I do) how would you measure the length of a year? In reference to distant stars? By the time between two closest...
Mazz Media
Bailey's Big Back Yard: It's Hot
Bailey is planning a fun summer day's activity with Boggs. Bailey realizes that knowing what the weather will be is important and comes to understand that the middle of the day is the hottest time. They learn about keeping themselves and...
Mazz Media
Hurricane
This live-action video program is about hurricanes. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics...
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: Solving the Mystery of Pluto’s Giant Blades of Ice: Podcast
A feature from NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on September 26, 2017.
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: SOFIA Makes Observations of Jupiter: NASA in Silicon Valley Podcast
A feature from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on January 5, 2017.
Next Animation Studio
On Mars, the largest canyon in the solar system could contain large reserves of water
The largest canyon in the solar system, the Valles Marineris on Mars, could contain reserves of hidden water.
Mazz Media
Earth (Simple English)
This video includes a quiz and writing activity. Students will learn about Earth's geography, composition, and place in the Solar System. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the...
Visual Learning Systems
Spring: What Causes Spring?
This video explores the features of spring, focusing on the unique habits of plants, animals, and people during this season. Additional concepts and terminology: season, sunlight, warmth, hibernation, migration, revolution, axis, and...
Curated Video
The Great Red Spot: A Storm on Jupiter
The Great Red Spot is a massive storm on Jupiter that is believed to have been going on for over 300 years! Learn what scientists know about the storm and what about it is still a mystery.
Science ABC
Where Does Snow Come From?
Technically speaking, the snow falling on mountains and other cold regions is just frozen water. It is formed of tiny crystals of frozen water and looks a bit like small pieces of cotton. A snowflake is an ice crystal, or an amalgamation...
Physics Girl
How tall is this building?
What happens when you keep building a skyscraper higher and higher? You may run into some problems with the laws physics. The higher you build, the faster the top of the building moves around the earth, and you end up with strong...
Next Animation Studio
New space telescope shows alien planet’s bizarre behavior
Thanks to the ESA’s Cheops space telescope, scientists can now see the strange features of exoplanet WASP-189b and its blue star
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Demystified: Solstices and an Equinoxes
Learn more about solstices and equinoxes.
NASA
NASA’s Global Tour of Precipitation in Ultra HD (4K)
Precipitation (falling rain and snow) is our fresh water reservoir in the sky and is fundamental to life on Earth. This video shows the most detailed and worldwide view of rain and snowfall ever created and uses satellite measurements...
Visual Learning Systems
Factors Influencing Regional Temperatures
In this video, the teacher explains the major difference in climate between northern New England and Florida, which is temperature. They discuss how latitude plays a significant role in determining the temperature of a region. The video...
Physics Girl
This phenomenon only happens in Hawaii . . . and Cuba & Nigeria & Indonesia & Peru & Sudan & Laos &…
There are apparently no shadows in these images. But they were taken during the brightest part of the day. There are only certain parts of the year and certain times of day when you can experience the subsolar point or Lahaina noon....