SciShow
How Safe Are Pesticides, Really?
If you’ve heard anything about pesticides, it’s probably about how toxic they are. But they make growing food more cost-effective, so when some make it into your groceries, how bad can they be?
TED Talks
Hetain Patel: Who am I? Think again
How do we decide who we are? Hetain Patel's surprising performance plays with identity, language and accent -- and challenges you to think deeper than surface appearances. A delightful meditation on self, with performer Yuyu Rau, and...
MinuteEarth
The Secret Global Sewer System
Ditches and drain pipes help crops survive but can negatively impact the broader landscape.
Crash Course
Specialization and Trade: Crash Course Economics
In which Adriene Hill and Jacob Clifford teach you about specialization and trade, and how countries decide whether they're going to make stuff or trade for stuff. You'll learn about things like comparative advantage, the production...
Curated Video
Can Hail Destroy Everything? Exploring the Impact of Hailstones
The team investigates the destructive power of hailstones, exploring how they form and how they can cause significant damage. Through experiments with supercooled water and high-speed impact tests, they simulate hailstorms to see their...
Curated Video
Only In Spain 1 - Giant Pumpkin Harvest
Giant Pumpkin Harvest:A pumpkin farmer in Spain achieves a remarkable feat by growing giant pumpkins, with the heaviest weighing an astonishing 423 kilograms.
Food Farmer Earth
The Legal Void: Animal Welfare on Factory Farms and the Absence of Protections
Explore the legal landscape of animal welfare on factory farms, where existing laws fail to protect animals during their upbringing. Learn about the shocking gaps in federal and state regulations as explained by a leading animal law expert.
Food Farmer Earth
Innovative Business Strategies for U-Pick Farms: Diversifying Income Streams
Discover the diverse business models a U-pick farm employs to maintain steady cash flow and engage the community. From vacation rentals to selling homemade products, learn how multiple revenue streams can enhance farm sustainability.
Curated Video
Erosion on the Ganges
Explore how the Ganges river dramatically sculpts the landscape in the Bay of Bengal. Material processes - Classifying materials - Soil Learning Points Water can wash away or erode soil very quickly. A Twig Context Film. Reinforce and...
Curated Video
Organic farming
Explore how organic farming maintains the health of the environment. People and places - Environmental awareness and care - Caring for the environment Learning Points Organic farming avoids the use of chemicals. Plants that naturally...
Curated Video
The dangers of electricity
Find out what happens to a farmer who becomes part of an electrical circuit. Physical processes - Electricity and magnetism - Conductors and dangers of electricity Learning Points People can conduct electricity. Conductors are materials...
Bedtime History
Amelia Earhart For Kids
Learn about one of the most famous pilots of all time, the Queen of the Air, Amelia Earhart.
Curated Video
Precision Farming: Using Echolocation to Grow More with Less
Video 6 of the Echolocation Unit. In this final segment, students will discover how farmers are using precision farming to adapt to the challenges of climate change. Using an analogy of doing homework with different tools for different...
Curated Video
The Native American People
Dr. Forrester explains that the story of Native Americans is the beginning of American History. She creates a KWL chart and researches information about Native Americans.
Curated Video
New and Improved: Lincoln Park Opens a Petting Zoo
Mr. Griot reviews the elements of a newspaper article. Then he uses the proofreading checklist and identifies and corrects errors.
Curated Video
Farm Living
Mr. Griot explores the nonfiction story "Farm Living." Then he compares and contrasts city life and farm life using a Venn diagram.
Curated Video
Pioneer Families and Their Children
Dr. Forrester compares the difficult lives of pioneer families in the 1800s to the lives we live in modern times.
Curated Video
The Development of the West
Dr. Forrester talks about the Transcontinental Railroad and how it dramatically changed America. She then talks about those who settled in the Great Plains, including ranchers and farmers.
Curated Video
Producing Produce
Dr. Forrester explains how new technologies enable farmers to feed an ever growing population.
Curated Video
Farm Tech
Dr. Forrester explains how America has fewer farmers that have to provide for a larger population.
Curated Video
Controlling Pests
Dr. Forrester explains how farmers minimize the damaging effects of insects.
Curated Video
Farmers: Feeding the World
Dr. Forrester explains the basic needs of a human and how those are met in our society.
Curated Video
Comparing Data Sets Using Mean and MAD
In this math video we will solve a math problem by comparing data sets using mean and MAD. We will understand that mean represents the average of a set of data. We will understand that MAD represents the Mean Absolute Deviation of a data...
PBS
Tikbálang: The Filipino Nightmare Shapeshifter
A malevolent spirit lurks in the shadows of forests and the darkest mountains of the Philippines. Capable of adopting physical form, the most terrifying of which being a massive half-human, half-horse hybrid, the Filipino Tikbálang...