Instructional Video16:02
TED Talks

TED: How Mars might hold the secret to the origin of life | Nathalie Cabrol

12th - Higher Ed
While we like to imagine little green men, it's far more likely that life on other planets will be microbial. Planetary scientist Nathalie Cabrol takes us inside the search for microbes on Mars, a hunt which counterintuitively leads us...
Instructional Video5:06
SciShow

The Gulf of California's Upside-Down Mirror Pools | Weird Places

12th - Higher Ed
For upside-down mirrors, super hot volcanic chimneys, and neon rocks with living microorganisms, look no further than the Guaymas Basin in the Gulf of California.
Instructional Video4:04
SciShow

Watch the Delta Aquarids, and Meet NASA's 'Aquanauts'

12th - Higher Ed
SciShow Space preps you for the Delta Aquarids, a meteor shower, and explains what makes them so unique. Plus, join "aquanauts" on one of NASA's least-known missions, a nine-day tour in its NEEMO undersea laboratory.
Instructional Video4:45
Crash Course Kids

Normal Stuff in Not-So-Normal Places

3rd - 8th
So, what happens to normal stuff (like water) when it goes to not so normal places? What happens if you take a glass of water to the top of Mt. Everest? Or Space? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina shows us how matter is...
Instructional Video2:30
Curated Video

Antarctica - Exploring the Wonders of Enterprise Island

12th - Higher Ed
Enterprise Island, formerly Nason Island, has a fascinating history since its charting in 1898. Located in Wilhelmina Bay, it is 1.5 nautical miles long and became known to whalers in the early 1900s. The island attracts scientists and...
Instructional Video0:51
Curated Video

Archaea

6th - 12th
A type of prokaryotic organism lacking a cell nucleus, similar to bacteria but now considered as a domain in their own right.
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Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using...
Instructional Video3:19
Curated Video

Extreme Living: Nomads

6th - 12th
With nomadic populations in decline, the Darhad still choose to roam the harsh environment of Outer Mongolia year round. But for how long? Human Geography - Orientation And Settlements - Learning Points. Nomadic tribes have no permanent...
Podcast36:30
NASA

Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 42, Game Changing Development Program Small Steps, Giant Leaps

Pre-K - Higher Ed
NASA Game Changing Development Program Executive Niki Werkheiser discusses advancement of space technologies that could lead to new approaches for future space missions.
Podcast46:01
NASA

‎Houston We Have a Podcast: Astronaut, M.D.

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Serena Auñón-Chancellor shares her story about becoming an astronaut from her education in engineering and medicine to her time at NASA as a flight surgeon. Auñón-Chancellor discusses her training and expectations before her first trip...
Podcast57:15
NASA

‎Houston We Have a Podcast: The National Lab in Space

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Patrick O'Neill, Marketing and Communications Manager at CASIS, talks about the part of the International Space Station designated as a U.S. National Laboratory, what that means, and how CASIS manages research from all over the world...
News Clip3:09
Curated Video

46,000-year-old worm comes back to life after thawing

9th - Higher Ed
When scientists revived two female roundworms that were frozen in the Siberian permafrost for 46,000 years, they immediately started reproducing. Philipp Schiffer, group leader at the Institute for Zoology at the University of Cologne,...
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: A Community of Ancient Bacteria

9th - 10th
We'll talk with researcher studying a community of bacteria that has been isolated from the surface for millions of years. They describe some of the biochemical processes that have allowed the bacteria to survive below glacier ice, and...
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Great Salt Lake Is No 'Dead Sea'

9th - 10th
Biologist Bonnie Baxter explains how Great Salt Lake was formed, and what it is like today. One half of the lake is much saltier, yet still supports microbes. These microbes, called halophiles, promise to give us insights into how to...
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: From Atlantis to Antarctica

9th - 10th
In this segment, we'll listen in on a phone call from Atlantis to Antarctica, to check in with researchers studying organisms that live in extreme environments: one group of scientists is working with the submersible Alvin, studying...