Visual Learning Systems
The Nature of Electricity: Charges in Action
This video describes the basic role that atoms play in creating electrical charges, as well as the nature and creation of static electricity. Various methods of charging are discussed, emphasizing the role that insulators and conductors...
Visual Learning Systems
Topography and the Earth: the Crust
This program describes the major topographical features of Earth including mountains, plains, and plateaus. Footage from throughout North America takes students to the Rocky Mountains, the plains of Iowa, and the Colorado Plateau to...
FuseSchool
Alkaline Earth Metals
Learn the basics about Alkaline Earth Metals, their uses and chemical properties. At Fuse School, teachers and animators come together to make fun & easy-to-understand videos in Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Maths & ICT. Our OER are...
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...
SciShow
What Makes Earth’s Magnetic Field Change Direction?
You might have heard that Earth is due for a complete flip of its magnetic field. And while our planet does have a history of this behavior, predictions of when it might happen are too complex to estimate a date for.
SciShow Kids
Make Your Own Mountains!
Mountains are some of the biggest things in the world, but today, we're going to teach you how to make some of your own, right on your kitchen table!
SciShow
Terraforming: Can We Turn Mars Into Earth 2.0?
Are there ways to terraform Mars -- that is, make it habitable for humans? Some scientists think so. They have big plans, but they also face some big obstacles.
SciShow
How Studying Venus Saved Earth
Chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, seemed too good to be true when they were first created, and before long astronomers studying Venus' atmosphere discovered what could go wrong with this "miracle molecule."
Rachel's English
Networking
If you’re trying to find a job, the best place to start is with your network—everyone you know! In this video I’ll show you exactly how to build your network and use networking skills to find a job. You’ll here from several experts along...
Curated Video
Structure of the Earth
The land surface of the Earth accounts for 1% of its total volume. Travel from the core to Earth's surface, examining the layers that make up our planet. Earth Science - Geology - Learning Points. The Earth is made up of four layers. The...
NASA
NASA | A Story of Ozone: The Earth’s Natural Sunscreen
In this talk, Dr. Paul Newman tells the story of how scientists and policy-makers safeguarded the Earth’s ozone layer and the world we avoided by by regulating chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) . Back in the 60s, we used chlorofluorocarbons, a...
Language Tree
Introduction to Dogs in Spanish
NATURE FOR KIDS: Beginning Spanish' not only helps build essential foreign language skills, it also exposes children to the wonders of nature. With the wild African savannah as a backdrop, kids will get up close and personal with exotic...
NASA
NASA | ATREX Studies Earth's Ultra-High Super Wind
High in the sky, 60 to 65 miles above Earth's surface, winds rush through a little understood region of Earth's atmosphere at speeds of 200 to 300 miles per hour. Lower than a typical satellite's orbit, higher than where most planes fly,...
NASA
Warm Winter Air Makes for a Small Ozone Hole
NASA and NOAA scientists work together to study the ozone layer, monitoring the hole over Antarctica as it fluctuates with the seasons. This year, the ozone hole's annual maximum set a record -- the smallest it's been since 1988. The...
Wonderscape
Science Kids: Earth's Materials and Systems
This video is a lesson about the Earth's four systems: the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere. It explains the characteristics and interactions of each sphere and how they are interconnected. The video also discusses...
Tumble Science Podcast for Kids
The Center of the Earth
There is no natural hole to the center of the planet Earth, so seeing what is in the center is difficult. Scientists haven’t ever drilled deeper than 2,000 feet into the Earth’s crust. Seismographs are used to measure earthquakes, which...
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...
MinuteEarth
The Fastest-Growing Plant In The World
Bamboo is the world’s fastest growing plant thanks to the cell elongation process it shares with all grasses and its unique cell wall layering adaptation, allowing it to shoot up to 100 ft (30m) in just 8 weeks.
Curated Video
Earthquakes
Investigate why earthquakes happen. Physical processes -The Earth and beyond - The Earth's layers Learning Points Earthquakes occur when plates that make up the Earth's crust move. The epicentre is the point from which an earthquake...
Healthcare Triage
Minors, E-cigarette Regulation, and Dating Violence: Healthcare Triage News
It's way too easy for teens to buy e-cigarettes on the Internet, and too many of them are victims of teen violence. Two new studies on Healthcare Triage news.
MinuteEarth
These tiny shells know how much ice there is on Earth
Foraminifera – tiny, single-celled marine life forms – build gorgeous houses that record how much ice there is on the planet. SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH ************************** If you like what we do, you can help us!: - Become our patron:...
Curated Video
The Geosphere
The Geosphere examines the three layers of Earth's geosphere by discussing each layer and its relation to the others.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What makes volcanoes erupt? | Steven Anderson
In February of 1942, Mexican farmer Dionisio Pulido thought he heard thunder coming from his cornfield. However, the sound wasn't coming from the sky. The source was a large, smoking crack emitting gas and ejecting rocks, and would come...
TED Talks
TED: A beatboxing lesson from a father-daughter duo | Nicole Paris and ed Cage
Nicole Paris was raised to be a beatboxer -- when she was young, her father, ed Cage, used to beatbox her to sleep at night. Now the duo is known for their beatbox battles and jam sessions, which mix classic rap beats with electronic...