Instructional Video5:07
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Building the impossible: Golden Gate Bridge | Alex Gendler

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Stretching 227 meters tall, two towers were assembled to support California's Golden Gate Bridge. They were just one of the challenges facing engineers Charles Ellis and Joseph Strauss. Even before construction began, many thought the...
Instructional Video4:57
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: How North America got its shape - Peter J. Haproff

Pre-K - Higher Ed
North America didn't always have its familiar shape, nor its famed mountains, canyons, and plains: all of that was once contained in an unrecognizable mass, buried deep in Rodinia, a huge supercontinent that lay on the face of the Earth....
Instructional Video4:20
The Daily Conversation

The Earthquake-Tsunami Disaster that Threatens the Pacific Northwest

6th - Higher Ed
A massive earthquake is expected to hit the Pacific Northwest at some point, due to the Cascadia Subduction Zone. This 9.2 magnitude quake could trigger a huge tsunami and destroy major cities like Seattle, collapsing buildings, roads,...
Instructional Video4:13
Curated Video

Earthquakes: Nature's Warning Signs and the Power of Tectonic Plates

3rd - 12th
This video explores the phenomenon of animals sensing earthquakes before they happen and the causes of earthquakes. It also highlights the importance of understanding and engineering our buildings and cities to withstand earthquakes. The...
Instructional Video1:00
Next Animation Studio

A bubbling mud pool threatens infrastructure in California

12th - Higher Ed
The pool of boiling mud has already damaged local railroads and may damage pipelines, fiber-optic communication cables and highways in its path.
Instructional Video1:15
Visual Learning Systems

Faults and Earthquakes

9th - 12th
The video explains the San Andreas Fault, which is a geological feature in North America. It shows a line that represents the fault and explains that it is a break between different areas of rock where movement has occurred, resulting in...
News Clip4:12
Curated Video

This fault could pose a bigger threat than the San Andreas. Is LA ready?

Higher Ed
Are LA buildings equipped to withstand earthquakes? Scripps News spoke to experts and went behind the scenes at one of the world's leading facilities for testing buildings' earthquake resilience. (Scripps News)
News Clip2:38
Curated Video

New technique may help predict earthquakes

Higher Ed
Thailand - December 26 2004

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News Clip3:02
Bloomberg

'Rampage' Outperforms 'A Quiet Place' at Box Office | THR News

Higher Ed
Horror remains the big headline as 'Truth or Dare' debuts to an impressive $19.1 million and 'Quiet Place' scares up $32.6 million in its sophomore outing.
News Clip8:40
Curated Video

RR0303/C Colombia: San Andres

Higher Ed
San Andres, Colombia (recent): women singing in church; woman singing; people dancing; women on stage; old woman; people dancing; man preaching; woman; couple being blessed by Pastor Alberto Gordon; young woman; woman fainting; people...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Earthquakes: San Francisco

9th - 10th
The history of earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay area is plotted on a digital map and analyzed in this video segment adapted from NOVA. [3:28]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Earthquakes: The Prehistoric Record

9th - 10th
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, a geologist digs a trench along the San Andreas Fault to reveal three thousand years of earthquake history. Information from the layers of sediment may help geologists to predict earthquakes.3m 19s
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Earthquakes: Los Angeles

9th - 10th
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, animations are used to show how the hills around Los Angeles were formed by earthquakes at small thrust faults that extend outward from the larger San Andreas fault.5m 15s