Visual Learning Systems
Environmental Problems and Solutions Review
This video reviews the topics covered in the Environments Problems and Solutions series. In this series, we explore various environmental problems and their potential solutions. We discuss the interconnection of living and nonliving...
Curated Video
Statistics for Data Science and Business Analysis - Standard Deviation and Coefficient of Variation
This video explains standard deviation and coefficient of variation. This clip is from the chapter "Descriptive Statistics Fundamentals" of the series "Statistics for Data Science and Business Analysis".This section describes the...
Visual Learning Systems
Understanding Environmental Problems
This video discusses the concept of environmental problems and how they can impact the health of the environment. The video highlights the subjective nature of defining environmental problems, as different perspectives can influence how...
Visual Learning Systems
The Outer Planets: Uranus
Students are taken on an exciting animated trip to the outer reaches of our solar system. Images from NASA and the Hubble space Telescope illustrate the Giant Red Spot on Jupiter, Saturns' beautiful rings, the tilted rings of Uranus, and...
SciShow
Gina McCarthy on Public Health & Climate Change | SciShow Talk Show
Humans are great at creating, and solving, problems. Hank talks with Gina McCarthy about the biggest public health problem we face today: climate change. Gina McCarthy is the Director of C-CHANGE (Center for Climate, Health and the...
SciShow
Interview with EPA Administrator McCarthy
Hank interviews Administrator Gina McCarthy of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. They discuss getting people to care about climate change, the EPA's goals going into the United Nations Climate Change Conference, and the...
Curated Video
Environmental Innovations in Rio de Janeiro: Harnessing Waste for Energy and Advancements in Biodiesel
This video highlights the innovative environmental schemes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The city is harnessing methane gas from landfills to generate electricity, potentially avoiding an energy crisis. Additionally, recycling is being used...
Global Health with Greg Martin
One Health - thinking about human health, animal health and environmental health as one system
One health is about developing strategies that consider the interrelations between human health, the environment and animal health. Zoonotic outbreaks, where infectious diseases spread from animals to humans, is an example of the need to...
FuseSchool
Environmental Impacts of Detergents
Learn the basics about the environmental impacts of detergents as part of the environmental chemistry topic.
National Geographic
Her "Classroom" is an Environmental Theme Park | Best Job Ever
How do you inspire children to care about the environment? Maritza Morales Casanova, an environmentalist and Rolex Young Laureate from the Yucatán, established Ceiba Pentandra, a theme park designed to teach students all about...
National Geographic
Her "Classroom" is an Environmental Theme Park | Best Job Ever
How do you inspire children to care about the environment? Maritza Morales Casanova, an environmentalist and Rolex Young Laureate from the Yucatán, established Ceiba Pentandra, a theme park designed to teach students all about...
Wonderscape
Approaches to Addressing the Negative Impacts of the Anthropocene
Explore three strategies for mitigating the adverse effects of the Anthropocene era on Earth's ecosystems and communities. Learn about innovations in renewable energy, sustainable urban design, and plant-based alternatives to reduce...
Visual Learning Systems
Forming Bonds: Introduction
Upon viewing the Forming Bonds video series, students will be able to do the following: Understand that matter is made up of tiny particles called atoms. Explain that atoms consist of many different types of subatomic particles including...
TED Talks
TED: How marijuana reform could repair, reclaim and restore communities | Khadijah Tribble
Khadijah Tribble eloquently describes how marijuana reform is necessary to end the destructive war on drugs. Differential enforcement of marijuana drug laws have led to ongoing, systemic social and economic inequity. Tribble suggests...
Curated Video
Sustainability 2.0
Andrew Hoffman, Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan, relates how while environmental awareness has become more mainstream, many environmental issues still need to be better addressed.
Visual Learning Systems
Ways to Protect Earth’s Resources
This program illustrates how students can obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science to protect Earth’s resources and the environment. Special emphasis is paid to common environmental problems found in...
Science360
Tires and Pressure - Science of Speed
NASCAR tires don't have "air pressure" because they're filled with nitrogen. The culprit responsible for increasing tire pressure during a race is friction. Using dry nitrogen gas helps the team predict how hot the tire will get and how...
Food Farmer Earth
A Conversation with Claire Hope Cummings - Reimagining a Sustainable Food System
From the archives: journalist, environmentalist and author of Uncertain Peril: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds, Claire Hope Cummings speaks out on behalf of the natural world. Cummings argues for a radical new approach to...
Curated Video
Droughts and Water Scarcity
Droughts and Water Scarcity investigates environmental issues by examining problems caused by droughts, challenges of water shortages, and ways to combat water scarcity.
Curated Video
Unraveling the Plastic Threat to Sea Turtles
Join host Bobby Donohue at HOPE Headquarters as he explores the impact of plastic pollution on ocean life, especially sea turtles. Learn how plastic waste travels from everyday use to the ocean, posing dangers to marine species like...
Curated Video
Rhino horns sawn off to protect animals from poachers
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4056851LEAD IN: Eager to stop wildlife poaching, some in Africa are taking the drastic step of de-horning rhinos before the illegal hunters do, taking a chainsaw to the hulking animals' most...
Healthcare Triage
Health Harms from Pollution Can Choke the Economy
The Trump Administration's EPA has shown a propensity to ease regulations on polluting industries, in hopes of increasing economic output. Pollution has a lot of very well studied impacts on health, and those health problems can decrease...
Curated Video
Locating Points in Space: Reading Coordinates on a Coordinate Plane
In this lesson, students will learn how to locate points in space by reading the coordinates of a specific point on a coordinate plane. They will understand the concept of the X and Y axes, and how to plot and name points using ordered...
Visual Learning Systems
Metric Conversions: Video Quiz
This program provides a conceptual foundation to help students understand how to convert between English and metric units of mass, volume, length, and temperature. The program also discusses how it is possible to convert between units of...