Visual Learning Systems
Rocks and the Rock Cycle: Complexities of 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
Sedimentary Rocks: Video Quiz
This program outlines the classification system of sedimentary rocks. Specific attention is paid to the different ways sedimentary rock forms. The relationship between sedimentary rocks and the formation of fossils is investigated. Other...
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Fossils: Molds, Casts, and Imprints
Upon viewing the Exploring Fossils video series, students will be able to do the following: Explain that fossils are the ancient remains or traces of once-living things. Understand that fossils come in a wide range of shapes, sizes, and...
Journey to the Microcosmos
Life Without Oxygen Challenge Accepted
Slimy, a little smelly, maybe even a little gross, but to many organisms, the oxic-anoxic transition is a shifting chemical boundary that has created a challenge for life...a challenge it conquered.
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Carbon Dioxide
Climate is the average type of weather that a region has. It is defined by temperature and moisture. Proximity to oceans and large mountain ranges defines climate too, depending upon the prevailing wind. While climates change over...
Science360
Climate Change And Other Threats To World's Freshwater Goliaths
The Large Lakes Observatory (LLO) helps an interdisciplinary group of scientists use oceanographic research approaches to investigate the mysteries of large lakes, and that includes everything from large-scale reactions to climate change...
Next Animation Studio
Meteor killed dinosaurs with dust, not wildfires, study finds
New research shows that the great dinosaur die-off was caused by airborne particles ejected directly from the crater made by the Chicxulub meteor
Science360
Restoring the Mississippi River Delta - USA Science and Engineering Fest
Learn how experiments and computer models can help harness energy and restore free-flowing rivers. Assess the challenges and benefits of restoring lost wetlands in the Mississippi Delta.
Physics Girl
I found a Mud Volcano in California
Why are there holes all over the southern California desert? This area is a unique basin that should actually be 20,000 ft below sea level. So I traveled there and spent 4 hrs looking for muddy holes in the ground.
Next Animation Studio
Ice age cut massive channels under North Sea
A new study shows detailed 3D images of hundreds of channels carved into the bedrock under the North Sea.
Next Animation Studio
Conquistador anchors discovered off Mexico Gulf Coast
Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History have announced that two 500-year-old iron anchors could belong to the ships of Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés.
National Parks Service
Everglades National Park - Boating in Florida Bay
Video to help boaters navigate around Florida Bay.
Curated Video
The Evolution of Earth's Atmosphere
The video discusses how the Earth's atmosphere has evolved over the past 4.6 billion years, with a focus on the composition of gases present over different periods of time. It highlights the role of volcanoes, oceans, plants, and fossil...
Next Animation Studio
Newest rover set to launch its mini helicopter on Mars
Mars’ atmosphere is incredibly thin, only 1% of the atmospheric volume of earth, so getting a helicopter to fly in its thin air would be a very big deal.
NASA
NASA | The Changing Chesapeake
The Chesapeake Bay receives water from the 64,000 square miles of land surrounding the bay and Landsat satellites are a critical and invaluable tool for characterizing the landscape and mapping it over time. Landsat data provides a...
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Are Sedimentary Rocks?
This video is answering the question of what are sedimentary rocks.
Professor Dave Explains
Pillow Lava, Dikes, Gabbro, and Peridotite
Magma from the Earth's crust routinely bubbles up, forming various types of volcanic rock on the ocean floor. What types of lava rocks can be found in the ocean? How are the formed and what happens to them over time? Plus, learn where...
Science360
When Nature Strikes - Hurricanes
Hurricanes are one of nature's most powerful natural hazards. Jenni Evans of Pennsylvania State University and Jeff Donnelly from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are studying how hurricanes form and what factors influence where...
Visual Learning Systems
Mold and Cast Formation of Fossils
This video explains how fossils are formed through the processes of mold and cast. It highlights how the decay of a living thing can create a mold, which is a space left in the rock. The video emphasizes the usefulness of casts to...
Weatherthings
Swim Water Quality - Algae and Bacteria
Water quality for swimming can be compromised by high levels of bacteria and harmful blooms of algae, in lakes and on ocean beaches. These can cause illness in people, along with harm to other creatures and plants. In this film, we look...
Visual Learning Systems
Landforms part 3: Coastal Landforms
The video provides an overview of coastal landforms, specifically beaches, dunes, sea cliffs, and sea stacks. It highlights the different types of beaches and explains the importance of dunes in stabilizing beaches and preventing...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate - Percolation
The Sun, Water Cycle, & Climate shows us how the sun produces heat to drive the water cycle. It's made clear that the water cycle continues in the absence of sunlight or heat. We learn how the two components of climate- temperature and...
National Parks Service
Glacier National Park - The Work of Water (Accessible Version)
This video is part of Work House: A Glacier National Park Science Education Program created by the Division of Interpretation & Education at Glacier National Park with the help of many people from the Blackfeet, Kootenai, Salish & Pend...
Visual Learning Systems
Forces Shaping the Earth: Moving Water
Gravity and erosion are major factors in changing the shape of the surface of Earth. The different types of erosion, and the major types of mass movements caused by gravity are discussed in this video. Other terminology includes:...