Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Fossils: Video Assessment
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...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Carbon Dioxide
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...
Mazz Media
Extinct
This live-action video program is about the word extinct. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word extinct through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Next Animation Studio
Giant prehistoric ‘prawns’ developed night-vision eyes
Radiodonta, meaning “radiating teeth”, are a group of arthropods that dominated the oceans around 500 million years ago.
Science360
NSF Science Now: Episode 23
In this week's episode we discover the earliest and most primitive pterodactyloid. We learn about a new device for diagnosing pancreatic cancer. We study the cougars' diet and finally we explore a science & engineering festival. Check it...
Journey to the Microcosmos
What Are These Vorticella up To
It’s not technically a colony. Think of it more as a community of like-minded individuals. And today, we are going to join them.
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Fossils And My Brother | POEM
Michael Rosen performs Fossils and my Brother.
Visual Learning Systems
Fossils Quiz
This video is a quiz on the topics covered in the Fossils series. Topics include: the different processes by which fossils are formed, what fossils tell us about the past, and how scientists interpret fossils. Other terminology includes:...
Science360
Scientists discover the earliest and most primitive pterodactyloid! NSF Science Now 23.
In this week’s episode, we discover the earliest and most primitive pterodactyloid; we learn about a new device for diagnosing pancreatic cancer; we study the cougars’ diet; and, finally, we explore a science & engineering festival....
Curated Video
Fossils: A Journey Through Earth's Past
Fossils are preserved specimens that provide us with information about plants and animals of the past. They contribute to our understanding of evolution and the history of life on Earth. Learn about different types of fossils and how...
Mazz Media
Punctuated Equilibria and Speciation
Darwin saw evolution of new species as a slow process occurring over very long periods of time. Changes that lead to new species usually take place in small populations where genetic changes can accrue rapidly. This video will help...
Curated Video
Fossils: Evidence for Evolution and Extinction
This video explains the use of fossils as evidence for the theory of evolution by natural selection. It describes the three main ways in which fossils can be formed, and how they provide evidence of organisms that lived millions of years...
Brave Wilderness
Unearthing a Prehistoric Turtle!
On this episode of Beyond Dinosaurs, Coyote and the crew head to Hill City, South Dakota, and team up with renowned paleontologist Peter Larson to explore the Badlands by hunting for fossils at a top-secret dig location! And amongst...
Next Animation Studio
A Fossil of a Rare Dinosaur has Been Identified in Australia
Five years after the discovery of a pterosaur fossil, a PhD student in Australia noticed that it had been mislabeled and that it actually belonged to a rare dinosaur called Elaphrosaurus.
Science360
Earliest and most primitive pterodactyloid discovered - Science Now 23
In this week's episode we also learn about a new device that may help diagnose pancreatic cancer earlier and how cougars may have survived extinction 12,000 years ago by not being picky about what they ate. Check it out!
Weird History
The Feud That Almost Destroyed Paleontology
Nothing better than an intense rivalry between scientists...right? Well, that's exactly what happened with paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh -- two men who really take the cake for petty feuds.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ariel Zych - Teachers Make a Difference - Fossil
As Science Friday’s education director, Ariel Zych finds ways to empower parents and educators to excite students about science, engineering, and math. She can be seen around the office making messes with new experiments, planning...
Brian McLogan
Using Carbon dating to determine the age of a fossil
Using Carbon dating to determine the age of a fossil
Visual Learning Systems
Fascinating Fossils: Video Quiz
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.
Brave Wilderness
Fossil Hunting in the BADLANDS!
On this episode of Beyond Dinosaurs, Coyote and the crew head to Hill City, South Dakota, and team up with renowned paleontologist Peter Larson to explore the Badlands by hunting for fossils at a top-secret dig location! In Part 2 of...
Next Animation Studio
Fossilized tracks show woman and child’s dangerous journey
An amazing trove of fossilized footprints in New Mexico tells the harrowing story of a woman and a 2-year-old child’s dangerous journey around 13,000 years ago.
Curated Video
Understanding Evolutionary Trees: An Introduction and Example of Elephants
This video explains what evolutionary trees are and how they show the relationships and evolution of organisms or species. It discusses the general structure of an evolutionary tree, with organisms or species at the ends of branches...
Learning Mole
Herbivore Dinosaur Facts
This video explores five fun facts about herbivore dinosaurs.
Curated Video
I WONDER - How Scientists Figure Out What Dinosaurs Ate?
This video is answering the question of how scientists figure out what dinosaurs ate.