Instructional Video3:24
SciShow

The Mystery of the Black Diamond

12th - Higher Ed
There are still lots of unsolved mystery about carbonados ("black diamonds"), and geologists even think those mystery rocks come from outside of Earth.
Instructional Video14:08
SciShow Kids

Solving Problems with Simple Machines! | SciShow Kids Compilation

K - 5th
Jessi and Squeaks are revisiting the fun times they had when they learned all about simple machines so they can solve all sorts of problems around the Fort!
Instructional Video5:04
SciShow

Can Animals Predict Earthquakes?

12th - Higher Ed
You might have heard about animals behaving oddly right before an earthquake hits. But are these reports more than just anecdotes?
Instructional Video2:56
MinuteEarth

How To Date A Planet

12th - Higher Ed
How do we know how old the Earth is? Learn how we date rocks, the moon, and planets.
Instructional Video3:07
SciShow

The Secrets of Life’s Toughest Material

12th - Higher Ed
One of the toughest materials known to science is made not by humans, but by nature... and it's inside of oysters.
Instructional Video5:04
SciShow

The Only Non-Human Mammal that Farms

12th - Higher Ed
This week, we discovered that some gophers are not the pests they’re made out to be, perhaps even sharing some of the farming behaviors of humans. And a martian rock a million years in the making finally has its origin story.
Instructional Video3:23
SciShow Kids

Explore an Ice Cave! Geology for Kids

K - 5th
Learn about some cool, chilly, spaces with Jessi and Squeaks!
Instructional Video3:43
SciShow Kids

Where Do Pearls Come From?

K - 5th
You may think oysters taste kind of gross, but did you know that some of them hide rare gemstones?
Instructional Video4:20
Be Smart

Exoplanets: Are There Other Earths?

12th - Higher Ed
We live in one of a hundred billion of galaxies, each with hundreds of billions of stars. And now, thanks to modern astronomy, we know that the Milky Way is home to perhaps a hundred billion planets! In the past two decades, these...
Instructional Video3:36
SciShow

How Tall Can Mountains Get?

12th - Higher Ed
The Himalayas are well known for containing the highest elevations on Earth, but can they get higher or is there something putting a stop to their lofty pursuits?
Instructional Video11:00
SciShow

How Archaeologists Are Literally Recreating the Past | Experimental Archaeology

12th - Higher Ed
Archaeology might make you think about excavating dinosaur bones or exploring ancient ruins, but we can also learn a lot about the past through experimentation, sometimes with some pretty tasty results!
Instructional Video3:15
SciShow

How Earth Recycled a Mountain Range

12th - Higher Ed
Mountains take can take billions of years to form, but the Adirondack Mountains got ahead by recycling itself.
Instructional Video5:05
SciShow

People May Have Walked North America 30,000 Years Ago | SciShow News

12th - Higher Ed
Two new studies challenge what we thought we knew about the first humans in the Americas, sending the archaeology community buzzing. Could people have been on these continents 10 to 15 thousand years earlier than archaeologists...
Instructional Video3:41
SciShow

We're Going Asteroid Wranglin'!

12th - Higher Ed
Hank has good news about NASA.
Instructional Video4:29
SciShow

We Found Water on a Habitable Zone Exoplanet

12th - Higher Ed
Researchers found water in the atmosphere of an exoplanet about 110 light-years away, and there's another rock from interstellar space flying through our solar system!
Instructional Video5:34
SciShow

Has Saturn Had More than One Ring System

12th - Higher Ed
Saturn’s rings might only be around a hundred million years old, billions of years younger than some astronomers have suspected, and they might not be the only rings the planet has ever had.
Instructional Video2:04
SciShow

Meteorite Strikes Russia

12th - Higher Ed
Earlier today, a 15 meter wide meteor exploded over siberia with the force of several Hiroshima bombs. Over 1200 people were injured, mostly by flying glass. Here, Hank discusses what happenedt, what it means, and comparable events in...
Instructional Video10:16
Crash Course

Jupiter's Moons

12th - Higher Ed
Before moving on from Jupiter to Saturn, we’re going to linger for a moment on Jupiter’s moons. There are 67 known moons, and 4 huge ones that we want to explore in greater detail. Ganymede is the largest - larger, in fact, than any...
Instructional Video1:59
SciShow

Why Does Rain Smell?

12th - Higher Ed
Almost everyone loves the smell of rain, but where does the smell come from? Join Quick Questions as we stop and smell the chemistry!
Instructional Video2:35
SciShow

Why Is This Island Disappearing?

12th - Higher Ed
Hoboro Island off the coast of Japan may soon be an island of the past, and it’s primarily due to one unsuspecting isopod.
Instructional Video3:46
Crash Course Kids

A Change of Scenery

3rd - 8th
The world changes. It really does! But sometimes it changes so slowly that we don't notice it. Other times it changes REALLY FAST!!! In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about some of the reasons things can change quickly...
Instructional Video3:59
Crash Course Kids

The Great Escape

3rd - 8th
Do you know how many people have been to the moon? Only 12! Part of the reason it's so few is because of how difficult it is to escape Earth and get into space in the first place. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about...
Instructional Video2:47
SciShow Kids

Make Your Own Well! Science Project for Kids

K - 5th
Jessi and Squeaks have talked about how wells move water from one place to another before; now they're going to show you how to build your very own so you can see for yourself!
Instructional Video5:22
SciShow Kids

The Very First Living Thing! | The History of Life! | SciShow Kids

K - 5th
Squeaks built a pretend time machine, and he and Mister Brown use their imaginations to travel back in time to learn all about the very first living thing! Second Grade Next Generation Science Standards Disciplinary Core Ideas: LS4.D:...