Instructional Video2:06
NASA

NASA | Intro to LIDAR - 2D Version

3rd - 11th
Want to know the 3D shape of terrain on another planet? Want to study the height and density of Earth's forests? An amazing tool called LIDAR can help! Learn more in this video.<b<b<br/>r/>r/>


Instructional Video2:34
Science360

Dams - What Goes Up Must Come Down, and Then What?

12th - Higher Ed
There's been a lot of research on what happens to a river when dams go up, but what happens when the dam comes down? With support from the National Science Foundation, Dartmouth College geographer Frank Magilligan is researching the...
Instructional Video2:01
NASA

Amazon Canopy Comes to Life through Laser Data

3rd - 11th
Flying over the Brazilian Amazon with an instrument firing 300,000 laser pulses per second, NASA scientists have made the first 3D measurements of forest canopies in the region. With this research they hope to shed light on the effects...
Instructional Video4:40
NASA

Snow Scientists in the Windswept Montana Prairie

3rd - 11th
NASA’s SnowEx ground and airborne campaign is a multiyear effort using a variety of techniques to study snow characteristics, and the team began their new field study year in January 2021. Not only is SnowEx learning...
Instructional Video1:57
NASA

NASA | Building a Bigger Bridge

3rd - 11th
Operation IceBridge is heading back into the Arctic with two aircraft and the most sophisticated suite of instruments ever flown in polar regions. This year's mission will focus on sea ice thickness, the Canadian Ice Caps, Greenland...
Instructional Video4:20
NASA

Fly Above Alaskan Glaciers in 360

3rd - 11th
The area of coastline where the glacier-laden mountains of Alaska meet the Pacific Ocean has some of the most stunning scenery on Earth. This 360 video takes you flying low over the landscape of Icy Bay from...
Instructional Video1:40
NASA

3-D Views of Puerto Rico's Forests After Hurricane Maria

3rd - 11th
In September 2017, Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico head-on as a Category 4 storm with winds topping 155 miles per hour. The storm damaged homes, flooded towns, devastated the island's forests and caused the longest...
Instructional Video0:36
NASA

May the Forest Be with You: GEDI Moves Toward Launch To Space Station

3rd - 11th
The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation - or GEDI, pronounced like "Jedi," of Star Wars fame - instrument is undergoing final integration and testing this spring and summer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center,...
Instructional Video2:31
NASA

NASA | IceBridge 2011: Eight Down, One to Go

3rd - 11th
As of April 6, 2011, crew and scientists with NASA's Operation IceBridge mission have completed eight out of nine planned sea ice flights from Thule, Greeenland, and plan to fly one more from Kangerlussuaq. Michael Studinger, IceBridge...
Instructional Video3:49
NASA

Exploring A Crater

3rd - 11th
This video looks at a NASA Goddard Instrument Field Team deployment to the Kilbourne Hole maar crater in New Mexico. The scientists came here to test hand-held geological instruments that may one day be used by astronauts...
Instructional Video4:42
TMW Media

Mysterious Weather Clouds: Why Weather Cloud Research is Important

K - 5th
How do scientists get a more accurate idea of weather clouds based on the data they receive from satellites? What are the many different ways a meteorologist can help society?<br/>
Mysterious Weather Clouds, Part 4
Instructional Video5:04
Curated OER

Finding Dinosaurs

4th - 6th
Explorer Evan hosts this episode of "Our World" as he describes what a paleontologist does and how NASA helps these scientists work using remote sensing. Perfect for your first through third graders, this five-minute video shows the many...
Instructional Video
Crash Course

Crash Course History of Science #5: The Americas and Time Keeping

9th - 10th
How did ancient civilizations in America develop their culture and knowledge base without any contact with the peoples of Africa, Asia, or Europe? This is a story about the planet Venus, breathtaking pyramids, and intricate calendars....