Instructional Video12:39
Be Smart

Is Earth's Most Important Ocean Current Doomed?

12th - Higher Ed
Ocean currents are our planet’s circulatory system, and they keep everything from ecosystems to the climate healthy. But we’re changing Earth in ways that threaten to disrupt and even break critical ocean currents like the planet-wide...
Instructional Video2:17
SciShow

Coriolis Effect: IDTIMWYTIM

12th - Higher Ed
Does your toilet water drain differently than in the other hemisphere? Is it because of the Coriolis effect? Hank has some things to clarify about these questions, and more in this edition of I Don't Think It Means What You Think It Means.
Instructional Video3:59
SciShow

How Ancient Pollen Can Predict The Future

12th - Higher Ed
We don't need a time machine to learn from the past (but let us know if you find one)! Air bubbles trapped in ice for millennia and ancient pollen grains can tell us a lot about climate shifts hundreds of thousands of years ago!
Instructional Video2:21
SciShow

Coriolis Effect: IDTIMWYTIM

12th - Higher Ed
Does your toilet water drain differently than in the other hemisphere? Is it because of the Coriolis effect? Hank has some things to clarify about these questions, and more in this edition of I Don't Think It Means What You Think It Means.
Instructional Video5:49
Wonderscape

Understanding Ocean Currents and Their Impact on Climate

K - 5th
Delve into the fascinating world of ocean currents, from surface flows influenced by wind patterns to deep currents driven by water density. Learn about the crucial role of currents in regulating global climate and distributing nutrients...
Instructional Video14:13
Learning Mole

The Ocean and Climate

Pre-K - 12th
A series aimed at Primary School students learning all about the Ocean and its inhabitants in their science classes. This video in particular will take students through how the Oceans and climate are linked and how they affect each other.
Instructional Video14:13
Learning Mole

Ocean and Climate

Pre-K - 12th
This animated science video lesson is all about Ocean and Climate. Students will love this engaging and interactive video as they learn more about and study oceans.
Instructional Video5:05
NASA

Earth Climate Models Bring Exoplanet To Life

3rd - 11th
In a generic brick building on the northwestern edge of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center campus in Greenbelt, Maryland, thousands of computers packed in racks the size of vending machines hum in a deafening chorus of data crunching....
Stock Footage0:12
Getty Images

MS T/L Shot of drifting and moving glaciers at Jokulsarlon Lagoon at early morning with Glaciers are reflected in water surface / Iceland

Pre-K - Higher Ed
MS T/L Shot of drifting and moving glaciers at Jokulsarlon Lagoon at early morning with Glaciers are reflected in water surface / Iceland
Stock Footage0:20
Getty Images

MS T/L Shot of drifting and moving glaciers at Jokulsarlon Lagoon at dawn / Iceland

Pre-K - Higher Ed
MS T/L Shot of drifting and moving glaciers at Jokulsarlon Lagoon at dawn / Iceland
Instructional Video5:20
TED-Ed

The Motion of the Ocean

6th - 12th Standards
What drives the ocean's motion? Get your class moving toward understanding by using this video. Viewers find that thermohaline circulation is caused by the concentration gradients of temperature and salinity. Using adorable animation in...
Instructional Video2:09
Bill Nye

Bill Nye The Science Guy on Ocean Currents

5th - 8th
Density drives the ocean currents. The difference in density is caused by the sun heating up the water and causing evaporation that leaves salt behind. The result? Thermohaline circulation! You could highlight this fine film in your...
Instructional Video
SciShow

Sci Show: The Truth About Biodegradable Plastic

9th - 10th
A video discussing the research of scientists to see if biodegradable plastic really breaks down faster than normal plastic. The move towards biodegradable plastic was to protect our environment from plastic which could not be broken...
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Flotsametrics

9th - 10th
What can floating debris teach researchers about the world's oceans? We'll talk with the author of a new book about the data to be learned from observing shoes, rubber ducks, and other wayward flotsam. [17 mins. 49]