Instructional Video20:29
Curated Video

The Science of Climate Change

K - 8th
Real World Science : The Science of Climate Change
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This program begins by explaining how scientists have learned that Earth’s climate has changed many times over billions of years and that Earth’s climate is...
Instructional Video4:10
Curated Video

Desert

K - 8th
This live-action video program is about deserts. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and...
Instructional Video17:31
Curated Video

Ecosystems and Biomes

K - 8th
Ecosystems and biomes takes students on a journey around the globe to tropical rain forests, deserts and the ocean. Live footage and colorful graphics teach students about regions and climates, and explain the impact environments and...
Instructional Video1:26
Next Animation Studio

Melting ice has warped Earth’s crust

12th - Higher Ed
The melting of Earth's polar ice is incrementally warping the planet’s crust both vertically and horizontally.
Instructional Video4:53
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Winter

6th - 8th
The orbit of Earth on a tilted axis around the sun leads to the seasons. The resulting change of angle of the sun, and length of day controls how warm we get at different times of the year. With those changes in seasons come changes in...
Instructional Video3:11
ProTeachersVideo

Ecosystems: Exploitation

Higher Ed
The potential threat to Antarctica from industrial exploitation.
Instructional Video1:06
Next Animation Studio

‘The Flying Bum’ airship gets a ‘cool’ job

12th - Higher Ed
A giant airship that’s been nicknamed “The Flying Bum,” because it looks strikingly like a flying bum from behind, will soon be taking rich tourists on luxury cruises over the North Pole.
Instructional Video2:07
Visual Learning Systems

Understanding Global Warming and its Impact on Earth

9th - 12th
In this video, the concept of global warming and its impact on Earth's climate is explained. It highlights the increase in temperature over the past century and the concern over the accelerated rate of warming in recent years. This video...
Instructional Video3:21
FuseSchool

Global Warming - Evaluating the Evidence

6th - Higher Ed
Learn the basics about global warming as part of the environmental chemistry topic.
Instructional Video20:24
Curated Video

Way Cool Science II: Ecosystems and Biomes

K - 8th
The climate, animals, and plant life vary greatly in the different parts of the world. Students explore how wildlife and the environment work together in harmony. By viewing the program and engaging in activities, viewers will learn to...
Instructional Video2:05
Kids Learning Videos

Polar Bears! Learn Fun Polar Bear Facts for Children

Pre-K - K
Polar bears are adorable winter animals that live in the arctic. which is all the way at the top of the earth. In this fun and informative video for preschoolers and toddlers, kids can learn about polar bears from what they eat to how...
Instructional Video19:34
Wonderscape

Science Kids: Camouflage in Animals, Insects and Plants

K - 5th
In this video, the teacher discusses the concept of camouflage in animals and plants. The teacher explains how different species have adapted to their environments through natural variations and favorable traits. The different types of...
Instructional Video4:59
Science360

Greenland Ice Cores

12th - Higher Ed
At the Stable Isotope Lab in Boulder, Colorado scientists are doing a lot of the same things that those CSI folks do on TV. But instead of being ""crime scene investigators,"" these experts are more like ""cold scene investigators.""...
Instructional Video2:55
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Seasonal Changes

6th - 8th
The orbit of Earth on a tilted axis around the sun leads to the seasons. The resulting change of angle of the sun, and length of day controls how warm we get at different times of the year. With those changes in seasons come changes in...
Instructional Video3:46
Curated OER

Bears

4th - 12th
Take a good look into the lives of bears in this video. It focuses on polar bears and kodiaks. Did you know the reflection of the sun is what makes polar bear fur white?
Instructional Video4:28
Curated OER

Oceans: Arctic

4th - 8th
By 2100, it is projected that nearly all of the Arctic's sea ice will be lost. Explore this region and learn about the effects of global warming on our polar bears, ring seals, whales, and narwhals. What will happen to our arctic sea...
Instructional Video1:56
Curated OER

Life in the Polar Regions

4th - 8th
Take a look at the coldest, windiest, and driest place on earth: the arctic! Very few species exist here, and those that do have undergone several adaptations to ensure their survival. Learn about some of these unique animals and their...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Arctic Summer

9th - 10th
See the many birds that spend their summer in the Arctic in this video segment from Nature. [2:52]
Instructional Video
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Qrius: Culture and Climate Change in the Arctic

9th - 10th
This webinar probes into how people in the Arctic have coped with extreme conditions for thousands of years. [35:35]
Instructional Video
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Rh Kids: Fact Tracker: Penguins and Antarctica

K - 1st
This video checks information included in the fiction book entitled Magic Tree House #40: Eve of the Emperor Penguin by Mary Pope Osborne. The book Fact Tracker: Penguins and Antarctica, the nonfiction companion written by Will Osborne...
Instructional Video
California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences: Arctic Grades

3rd - 8th
NOAA has issued 2010 Arctic Report Card. If you were its parent, what would you do? [2:18]