Professor Dave Explains
The Layers of the Ocean
Before taking a deep dive into the geology of the ocean's layers, let's review the basics of ocean life. What are the different sections of the ocean? What types of creatures live in each region? Composition of Oceanic Crust introduction
SciShow Kids
Make the Ocean in a Jar!
We've been learning a whole lot about the ocean lately, so we thought it might be fun to put all that knowledge to use with a fun project! Join us as we make an ocean in a jar and learn a little more about the different ocean zones!
Professor Dave Explains
An Overview of Earth’s Layers
We only interact with the very surface of the Earth, called the crust. So what else is down there? What is the composition of the Earth? How many layers are there, and how do they differ? What is the mantle, and how does it convect? What...
SciShow
The Ocean on Enceladus is Really Big
This week on SciShow Space News, Saturn’s moon Enceladus probably has a giant ocean covering the entire world. And the year-long mission to the International Space Station just hit its halfway point!
Curated Video
Oceanic crust
The uppermost solid layer of the Earth beneath the oceans. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films reinforce...
NASA
Water in Helheim Glacier Makes Its Way to the Ocean
New NASA research found that large crevasses provide aquifer water upstream of Greenland's Helheim Glacier with a clear escape to the ocean. This discovery helps confirm that the water, which is held in a layer of crunchy, granular snow...
NASA
NASA Evaluates New Threats to Earth’s Ozone Layer
Scientists are closely monitoring positive signs of recovery of the Earth’s stratospheric ozone layer, which is depleted by the use of chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) for a range of industrial and commercial purposes. Even...
Wonderscape
The Ozone Layer: Earth's Natural Sunscreen Under Threat
Explore how chemicals like chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) impact the ozone layer, which acts as the Earth's natural sunscreen by absorbing harmful ultraviolet rays. Understand the environmental consequences of ozone depletion, including...
Curated Video
Layers of the Earth /Earths Lithosphere
Learn about the earth's Tectonic Plates with the Layers of the Earth /Earths Lithosphere
Professor Dave Explains
Topography and Types of Sediments
Now that we've learned about the layers of the ocean, let's focus on the floor. How did oceanographers learn about the composition of the ocean floor? What is sediment? How do different types of sediment get to the ocean and what happens...
SciShow
More Clues to the Oldest Fossils Ever
New evidence suggests some fossils as the oldest known sign of life on Earth, and scientists may have a way to speed up the process of carbon neutralization in the ocean!
NASA
NASA | Earth’s Oceans Show Decline In Microscopic Plant Life
The world's oceans have seen significant declines in certain types of microscopic plant-life at the base of the marine food chain, according to a new NASA study. The research is the first to look at global, long-term phytoplankton...
SciShow
Pluto Might Have a Liquid Water Ocean! SciShow News
Pluto might seem like the least likely place to find liquid water, but thanks to New Horizons, we have new information about oceans on the dwarf planet and more from the outer reaches of the solar system!
MinuteEarth
Why Earth Has Two Levels
Earth’s outer shell is made of two materials whose different densities and thicknesses give rise to two distinct “levels” on the planet’s surface. Watch our new show Paradigms (U.S. servers only!): https://www.vrv.co/paradigms...
TED Talks
Scott Dinsmore: How to find work you love
Scott Dinsmore quit a job that made him miserable, and spent the next four years wondering how to find work that was joyful and meaningful. He shares what he learned in this deceptively simple talk about finding out what matters to you —...
SciShow
How Do Wetsuits Keep You Warm?
Snorkelers, surfers, divers. They all use them… wetsuits! So how do they work to keep you warm? It turns out layers of materials, and water itself!
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The Pangaea Pop-up - Michael Molina
The supercontinent Pangaea, with its connected South America and Africa, broke apart 200 million years ago. But the continents haven't stopped shifting -- the tectonic plates beneath our feet (in Earth's two top layers, the lithosphere...
SciShow
How Do Wetsuits Keep You Warm?
Snorkelers, surfers, divers. They all use them… wetsuits! So how do they work to keep you warm? It turns out layers of materials, and water itself!
TED Talks
TED: How trees talk to each other | Suzanne Simard
A forest is much more than what you see, says ecologist Suzanne Simard. Her 30 years of research in Canadian forests have led to an astounding discovery -- trees talk, often and over vast distances. Learn more about the harmonious yet...
SciShow
The Deep-Sea Snail with an Iron Shell
Deep in the Indian Ocean, scientists have discovered a snail whose feet are covered in iron scales, but how it builds these scales is a bit of a mystery.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Jellyfish predate dinosaurs. How have they survived so long? - David Gruber
Some are longer than a blue whale. Others are barely larger than a grain of sand. One species unleashes one of the most deadly venoms on earth; another holds a secret that's behind some of the greatest breakthroughs in biology. They've...
SciShow
This Diagram of Earth Is a Lie
When you learned about the Earth’s interior in school, you were probably shown a diagram that looked like a perfect layer cake. But we've known for a long time that that diagram is... inaccurate at best, and leaves out information that...
Curated Video
El Niño is back. Here's how it works.
Update at 2:23 – 2015 was the hottest year on record, until 2016. Which broke the record again. El Niño is a weather phenomenon that occurs irregularly in the eastern tropical Pacific every two to seven years. When the trade winds that...
Schooling Online Kids
History for Kids: Stage 1 - Fun Photo Albums
It’s time to celebrate! Christmas, Hanukkah, weddings and New Year’s Eve... so many special events that different people in Australia enjoy. We can talk about them and remember all the fun times through photographs. Along the way, engage...
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