Professor Dave Explains
Mineralogy of Sedimentary Rocks: Weathering and Diagenesis
Now that we know some general information regarding sedimentary rocks, let's examine their mineralogy. What kinds of minerals can be found in sedimentary rocks? How do these minerals change over time? What can we say about weathering,...
Professor Dave Explains
Characteristics of Sedimentary Rocks: Size, Provenance, and Composition
With igneous rocks understood, let's move on to the second type of rock, sedimentary rock. What are sediments, and how do they come together to form sedimentary rocks? What can we say about the size of such a rock? It's provenance, or...
Professor Dave Explains
Classification of Sedimentary Rocks Part 1: Terrigenous/Siliciclastic Rocks
We now know what sedimentary rocks are, but how do we classify them? We have to discuss three broad categories of sedimentary rock, and the first of these are terrigenous or siliciclastic rocks. These are rocks composed of clasts, or...
Professor Dave Explains
Classification of Igneous Rocks: Intrusive vs. Extrusive
Now that we know how igneous rocks form, what are the types of igneous rocks? This depends on precisely where they form, and we can call them either intrusive or extrusive. These can also be called either plutonic or volcanic. What do...
Curated Video
I WONDER - How Did Stone Age People Make Tools?
This video is answering the question of how did Stone Age People make tools.
Australian Children's Television Foundation
How to Catch an Arafura File Snake
Season 1, Arafura File Snake part 4. Brandon and Kayne get help from a few Gunbalanya Traditional Owners who are experts at catching File Snakes. Learn how to catch a File Snake and how to cook one! Bushwhacked! is a high-energy search...
Australian Children's Television Foundation
Third Mission: Tag a Tiger Snake
Season 1, Tiger Snake part 1. Brandon and Kayne travel to Tasmania for a deadly challenge: find and then tag a venomous Tiger Snake. The two set off to learn more about this dangerous reptile, trekking across the bush and spelunking...
FuseSchool
BIOLOGY - Environment - Carbon Cycle part 2
Photosynthesis and respiration help carbon to be cycled in nature by using energy from the sun. As living things grow, they have to build up large polymer molecules from small molecules. Protein comes from joining amino acids together,...
Visual Learning Systems
Measuring: Measurements of Volume
Upon viewing the Measuring video series, students will be able to do the following: Generally explain that the process of measuring involves making observations of things using tools. Understand that measurements often involve the use of...
Visual Learning Systems
Measuring in Science: Measuring Volume
Measuring is a vital process in science, and it is a process all students can carry out. This program demonstrates many of the different ways measurement occurs in science including measuring length, mass, volume, and temperature....
Professor Dave Explains
Overview of Geologic Structures Part 1: Rock Deformation, Stress and Strain
Now that we've briefly gone over the history of the Earth, it's time to look at some different geologic structures that span all those eons. This will require gaining an understanding of rock deformation. We need to discuss the terms...
TMW Media
How did they build the Hoover Dam
We’re scaling incredible heights on this episode of Travel Thru History. We visit a civil engineering wonder on the border of Arizona and Nevada - the Hoover Dam. This massive structure not only attracts about a million tourists each...
Visual Learning Systems
Rocks and the Rock Cycle: What Is a Rock?
The rock cycle is illustrated in detail using easy-to-understand animations. Examples of the various types of rocks are introduced and the characteristics of different rocks are compared. Other terminology includes: rock cycle, igneous,...
Visual Learning Systems
Fossil Formation: Factors and Processes
In this video, the teacher explains the factors that contribute to the formation of fossils. It emphasizes the importance of quick burial in sediments to prevent decay and consumption by other animals. The video also highlights the...
Amor Sciendi
Art is a Process: Michelangelo's Slave Sculptures | AmorSciendi
Art is a Process: Michelangelo's Slave Sculptures | AmorSciendi
NASA
Gravity Assist: When the Moon Was Like a Magnet, with Sonia Tikoo
From lunar samples brought back in the Apollo program, scientists have figured out that the Moon once had a shield around it called a magnetosphere, just like the Earth has today. As NASA prepares to send humans to the Moon, and...
Schooling Online
Perfecting Poetry: Rosemary Dobson - Summer's End - 1. After the Summer Season
Discover how Dobson uses the symbol of summer’s end to explore the inevitable passage of time. The first wave of winter comes, washing away the sun-hats, surfboards and screaming children of summer. The waves ebb and flow, mirroring the...
Visual Learning Systems
Rocks and the Rock Cycle: Video Quiz
The rock cycle is illustrated in detail using easy-to-understand animations. Examples of the various types of rocks are introduced and the characteristics of different rocks are compared. Other terminology includes: rock cycle, igneous,...
TMW Media
The history of the Louisville mega cavern
We’re off to Louisville Kentucky on this episode home to the most famous horse race in the world, buckets of chicken and something called a hot brown. Saddle up, as we learn about Derby history at the Kentucky Derby Museum. We’ll give...
Wonderscape
Preschool Prep: Alphabet Animals from A to Z
Join young host Marisa as she takes you on a fun-filled adventure through the alphabet with both familiar and exotic animals from A to Z! Each upper-case letter of the alphabet gets presented slowly, several times with large,...
Curated Video
Understanding Conditional Probability Using Two-Way Tables
This video teaches students about conditional probability using a two-way table. It explains how to calculate the probability of an event occurring given that another event has already occurred. Through examples and formula explanations,...