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PHYSICS - Astrophysics - Waves and the Earth (S and P waves)
In this video you are going to learn how we used earthquakes to look deep into the earth. The study of S and P waves helped us understand that the Earth has a layered structure, with a solid inner core surrounded by an outer liquid core.
Science360
Materials with self-healing properties! NSF Science Now 20
In this week’s episode, we learn about new materials with self-healing properties that could also remove paint from walls. And we explore Greenland’s fastest moving glacier and how it affects sea level rise. Check it out!
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Our Earth - Rock Recipes
Rocks are complicated collections of mineral particles. Four silicate mineral groups make up 90% of the crustal rocks - mafic minerals, quartzes, feldspars and micas. Rocks come in three basic varieties - igneous, sedimentary and...
Visual Learning Systems
Rocks: Rocks From Melting
Upon viewing the Rocks video series, students will be able to do the following: Define rock as a solid, naturally-occurring mixture of minerals. Define minerals as solids with a definite chemical composition and crystal structure....
Visual Learning Systems
Rocks and the Rock Cycle: the Rock Cycle
The rock cycle is illustrated in detail using easy-to-understand animations. Examples of the various types of rocks are introduced and the characteristics of different rocks are compared. Other terminology includes: rock cycle, igneous,...
Visual Learning Systems
Formation of Volcanic Mountains and Colliding Plates
This video discusses the formation of volcanic mountains and the role of lithospheric plate movement in this process. It explains how plates can interact with each other in different ways, such as moving away, towards, or sliding past...
Science360
Kilauea: Up close and personal with red-hot science!
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is one of the best places on Earth to study processes within basaltic volcanoes. Its high eruption frequency, easy access to lavas, and distinct geologic setting far from plate boundaries or continents allow...
Visual Learning Systems
Rocks and the Rock Cycle: Igneous Rocks
The rock cycle is illustrated in detail using easy-to-understand animations. Examples of the various types of rocks are introduced and the characteristics of different rocks are compared. Other terminology includes: rock cycle, igneous,...
Wonderscape
Science Kids: All About Volcanoes
This video is about volcanoes. It explains how volcanoes are formed, the different parts of a volcano, the types of volcanoes, and notable volcanic eruptions. The video also includes review questions to test the viewer's understanding of...
Wonderscape
Science Kids: Rocks, Minerals and Geology
This video is about rocks and minerals. It explains the importance of minerals and rocks in our everyday lives and how they are found in various materials and products. It also discusses the characteristics of minerals. It goes on to...
Curated OER
Volcano 101
Another fantastic video from National Geographic! This one teaches the basics of volcanoes; where they occur, why they occur, the different types of volcanoes, and the benefits and hazards of living nearby an active volcano.
TED-Ed
How Do Crystals Work?
What do amazonite, heliotrope, carnelian, and diamonds have in common? There are all crystals and members of one of the six crystal families. Viewers of a fascinating short video learn about the molecular structure of crystals that cause...
TED-Ed
Why Are Earthquakes so Hard to Predict?
Cell phones to crowdsource vibrations to warn of incoming earthquakes? Detectors to register high levels of radon-thoron isotopes? After detailing the factors that make earthquakes so difficult to predict, the narrator of a fascinating...
PBS
Lava Lake Tectonics
Do you enjoy spending the day at the lake? Maybe not an active lava lake! Viewers watch the fascinating movement of crust on top of molten magma as part of a larger series exploring the story of Earth. Comparisons to tectonic plates...
Physics Girl
The Unusual Formation of the Hawaiian Islands
How are the Hawaiian Islands different from other island chains? Discover the surprising geologic history of Hawaii with a video from a cool physics playlist. The narrator takes a hike with some geologists and discusses mantle plume...
Crash Course Kids
Landforms, Hey!
What are different types of landforms, and how are they formed? This is the focus of a video that describes how mountains, plateaus, mesas, buttes, volcanoes, deserts, islands, and deltas are made.
Khan Academy
Structure of the Earth
Salman Khan delves into the layers of the Earth. He provides names and general numbers about depths and composition.
Curated OER
Miracle Planet - Snow Ball Earth 1/5
Erratics, or drop-stones, are geographic abnormalities. Large stones that appear in unlikely places point to glacial movement. Lava flow also helps scientists determine timing of multiple Ice Ages. Watch this clip along with the four...
Khan Academy
Plate Tectonics: Difference Between Crust and Lithosphere, Cosmology and Astronomy
Explore the tectonic plates that make up the surface of our Earth and their movement, as well as the terminology of the Earth's structure.
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Iris: Basin & Range: Volcanoes
Animation explores how basin and range processes can lead to four types of volcanic eruptions. [1:10]
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: A Volcanologist Dances on Lava
Do you know difference between lava and magma? Get an explanation from a scientist as he stands at the Hawaii Volcano Observatory in this video. [3:40]
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Demo of Shield Volcanoes Versus Stratovolcanoes
This video shows the difference between the magma found in shield volcanoes and stratovolcanoes. [2:29]
Other
Geo Science Videos: Naming Igneous Rocks
This video, produced by two science educators, describes how hot magma is converted to igneous rocks, one of the three major groups of rocks on Earth. It explains how geologists use texture (grain size) to identify if the magma that...
Other
Earth Parts #29: Bowen's Reaction Series
Explains Bowen's reaction series, which is a characteristic sequence of minerals that are produced by cooling of mafic magma or lava. This video was created by an Associate Professor of Geochemistry at Western Michigan University. [8:47]