PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Little Brain, Big Journey
This Nature video shows the migratory patterns and habits of the Rufous hummingbird. [2:41]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Arctic Summer
See the many birds that spend their summer in the Arctic in this video segment from Nature. [2:52]
Encyclopedia of Life
Eol: Migration of the Arctic Tern
The arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) makes an incredible migration each year. These small birds travel distances of more than 50,000 miles, from pole to pole, crossing through temperate and tropical regions along the way. Carsten Egevang...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: Continuity and Change in the Gilded Age
This video lesson from Khan Academy covers Period 6: 1865-1898 in American History. Continuity and change, as it pertains to the Gilded Age, are discussed. This resource is designed as a review for the AP US History Test.
BBC
Bbc Mundo: Entre Dos Mundos Ninos Y Migracion
Based on a special BBC series that explored the lives of young Latin American immigrants to the United States. Listen to eight short segments that touch on a range of themes: hopes and fears, bilingual education, the effect migration has...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Birds of Kundha Kulam
In this Nature video, learn about the extraordinary impact that birds have on the agriculture of a small Indian community. [2:47]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Hungry Beasts
Learn about the wildebeest and locusts on the move in this video segment from Nature. [2:47]
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Access Islam: Somali Muslims in Maine
Lewiston, Maine has become a hotbed for Somali Muslims. Watch or read the transcript of this video that looks into the impact this has had on the community. [10:45]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Pigeon Express
Decades of research has been dedicated to the impressive navigation skills of homing pigeons. To explain how these pigeons are able to find their way home from unfamiliar, distant sites, scientists have arrived at various theories. These...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Planetary Moves
This video segment from Nature offers an introduction to four species' migratory patterns. [2:05]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Bird in Hand to Save Those in the Bush
Join orinthologists at Braddock Bay, a prime stop for migrating birds, as they explain what can be learned from the songbirds they observe.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Stunning Footage: Epic Animal Migrations in Yellowstone
Some of the world's most incredible animal migrations take place in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Among them are a 120-mile pronghorn migration and nine elk herds with unique migration patterns. While on assignment in Yellowstone,...
Other
Youtube: Why Move West?
Consider the push and pull factor when people decide to move to certain areas. This video highlights reasons why folks were pulled to settle in the west. What was pushing them from their native lands or the eastern part of the nation?...
Minute Earth
Minute Earth: Birds That Hibernate in Lakes?!
Find out about the very unique journeys of birds, which humans have learned about in a variety of investigative manners. [3:12]
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Following the Rail
Learn how scientists track the Sora Rail, a unique bird that depends on the estuary to fuel up for lengthy migrations up and down the Atlantic Coast. [10:00]
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: The Trail of Latino Migration
NPR's Morning Edition chronicles the plight of Latino migrants who attempt to cross the border into the United States.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Teacher Resources: Journey North
Four video-segments highlight the study of seasonal change through the "Journey North" website: "Introduction," "Seasonal Migration," "Plants and Seasons," and "Sunlight and Seasons."
NASA
Nasa: Space Place: Animals on the Move
Learn all about migration and the need for certain animals to move in order to survive. Links to a matching memory game with migratory animals. Animals include wood stork, Demoiselle crane, Siberian crane, Barrows goldeneye ducks, King...
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Response to External Environments
Paul Andersen explains how organisms respond to the external environment. He begins with a discussion of behavioral responses like hibernation and migration. He ends with a discussion of physiological responses like shivering and...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Human Prehistory 101: Epilogue
Last in a series of videos on human prehistory, this video describes how human populations from different geographical regions have reunited in the modern era. [2:45]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Causes and Effects of Human Migration
The video lesson from Khan Academy provides information for a high school world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge of the causes and effects of human migration.
PBS
Pbs: Migrations, Grades 6 12
A video discussing the migration of Wyoming's pronghorn antelope. Students will learn about the animals that use the migration corridor that stretches from the Grand Tetons in Northwest Wyoming to the Red Desert in South Central Wyoming....
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Monarch Migration Molecular Mechanism
What drives monarch butterflies to undertake a mass migration, traveling thousands of miles to pine groves in Mexico? New research takes a look at a complex circadian clock mechanism in the butterfly brain, a molecular tool that allows...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Tracking Bird Migration
Geese head south for the winter, and the swallows return to Capistrano - but how? In this hour, we'll talk about how birds make their migratory journeys, and how scientists are trying to study their travels.