Instructional Video13:31
Brave Wilderness

PREHISTORIC TREASURE FOUND?!

6th - 8th
On this episode of Beyond Dinosaurs, Coyote and Mario have teamed up with PaleoCris and Fossil Rick for one epic adventure! They're headed to a top secret location in Florida and dividing into two teams to search for some Prehistoric...
Instructional Video1:18
Visual Learning Systems

Listening and Speaking in Science: Active Listening

3rd - 8th
Key components to communication in the field of science are listening and speaking. This program demonstrates and models basic listening and speaking skills. Special emphasis is given to these skills in science as outlined in the ELA...
Instructional Video1:18
Visual Learning Systems

Understanding the Importance of Fossils

9th - 12th
This video discusses how fossils provide valuable information about the history of life on Earth. By studying fossils, scientists have learned about extinct animals, past climates, and changes in Earth's climate. Fossils part 3/12
Instructional Video1:43
Visual Learning Systems

Fascinating Fossils: How Fossils Help Us

3rd - 8th
Fossils are windows to the past. This fascinating program takes a look at how fossils are formed and preserved. Special attention is given to the meaning, significance, and use of fossils in telling us about past life on Earth.
Instructional Video15:02
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Our Earth - Fossils

6th - Higher Ed
A fossil is a trace of a living thing left in rock. Fossils offer a three-part challenge - first to reconstruct the organism itself, then to reconstruct the world it lived in, then to understand its place in time and evolution.
Instructional Video4:20
Curated Video

Fossil Fuel

K - 8th
This live-action video program is about fossil fuels. 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...
Instructional Video3:24
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Ocean Influence

6th - 8th
Climate is the average type of weather that a region has. It is defined by temperature and moisture. Proximity to oceans and large mountain ranges defines climate too, depending upon the prevailing wind. While climates change over...
Instructional Video2:22
Visual Learning Systems

Fascinating Fossils: Types of Fossils

9th - 12th
Fossils are windows to the past. This fascinating program takes a look at how fossils are formed and preserved. Special attention is given to the meaning, significance, and use of fossils in telling us about past life on Earth.
Instructional Video5:02
Science360

The need for speed! Check it out in NSF Science Now 53!

12th - Higher Ed
In this week’s episode we discover a new species of titanosaurian dinosaur and how airline boarding procedures might be making you sick; we explore a compact mass spectrometer for use in the field; and finally, we learn how vertebrate...
Instructional Video6:09
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Past Climate Change

6th - 8th
Climate is the average type of weather that a region has. It is defined by temperature and moisture. Proximity to oceans and large mountain ranges defines climate too, depending upon the prevailing wind. While climates change over...
Instructional Video5:34
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Climate Change

6th - 8th
Climate is the average type of weather that a region has. It is defined by temperature and moisture. Proximity to oceans and large mountain ranges defines climate too, depending upon the prevailing wind. While climates change over...
Instructional Video18:38
Wonderscape

Science Kids: The Fossil Record and Evolution of Life

K - 5th
This video is a lesson on paleontology and the study of fossils. It discusses how fossils are formed, the fossil record, and the information scientists can gather from studying fossils. The video also explores the different eras of...
Instructional Video2:38
FuseSchool

How Do Fossils Form

6th - Higher Ed
Fossils are the preserved remains of an animal or plant in a rock. Many of the fossils discovered so far are the ancestors of organisms that are alive today. The study of fossils is called paleontology. Much of what we understand about...
Instructional Video1:13
Visual Learning Systems

Introduction to Paleontology

9th - 12th
This video provides a brief introduction to fossils and paleontology. It explains the difference between a fossil, which is the remains or traces of once-living things, and a rock like granite. It also highlights the significance of...
Instructional Video2:05
Visual Learning Systems

The Law of Superposition and Index Fossils

9th - 12th
In this video, the concept of the law of superposition is explained, which states that younger rock layers are found on top of older rock layers in sedimentary rocks. Additionally, the video introduces the concept of index fossils, which...
Instructional Video4:48
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Climate Defined

6th - 8th
Climate is the average type of weather that a region has. It is defined by temperature and moisture. Proximity to oceans and large mountain ranges defines climate too, depending upon the prevailing wind. While climates change over...
Instructional Video1:17
Visual Learning Systems

Exploring Fossils: Fossils

3rd - 8th
Upon viewing the Exploring Fossils video series, students will be able to do the following: Explain that fossils are the ancient remains or traces of once-living things. Understand that fossils come in a wide range of shapes, sizes, and...
Instructional Video15:34
TED-Ed

Digging for Humanity's Origins

9th - Higher Ed Standards
"Is this a good evolutionary adaptation, or is it going to lead us to being the shortest lived hominid species on planet earth?" Listen as Kenyan paleontologist Louise Leakey discusses our evolution from common ancestry and her work in...
Instructional Video
Other

Science Now: What Tiny Marine Fossils Reveal About Extinction

9th - 10th
Scientists study many fossils of all sorts of past creatures and plants. What do these fossils share about their history? [30:00]
Instructional Video
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: How Fossils Explain the Rise of Dinosaurs

9th - 10th
Find out how this paleontologist believes dinosaurs rose to higher grounds following a mass extinction hundreds of thousands of years ago. [36:38]
Instructional Video
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Global Change Reading Ocean Fossils

9th - 10th
In this webcast, Dr. Brian Huber, paleontologist, explains why tiny organisms called foraminifera are great indicators of changes in global environmental conditions. [29:16]
Instructional Video
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: What Tiny Fossils Explain About Big Dinosaur Ecosystems

9th - 10th
A webcast presents a way to dig deeper into the ecosystems from dinosaur eras based on data gathered from small fossils versus what big dinosaur bones may reveal. [36:40]
Instructional Video
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Fossil Record of Stickleback Evolution

9th - 10th
A close-up look at the fossil records of the stickleback fish. [1:26]
Instructional Video
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Great Transitions

9th - 10th
This series of three videos from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute explore major transitions in the history of life on earth. Videos cover the evolution of fish, reptiles that evolved to birds, and the origin of humans.