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Red Rock Films
Women's History Activator: Rachel Carson
Event: September 1962. Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring is published and word of how industrial chemicals harm nature begins to spread. Story: Rachel Carson is an author, scientist and environmentalist. Her books were praised as both...
Next Animation Studio
RNA-based plant vaccine could supplant chemical pesticides
Conventional pesticides are a double-edged sword that scientists are now seeking to replace with more natural RNA-based plant vaccines. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that without pesticides, roughly 70 percent of the...
Curated Video
Industrial Food and Livestock Production
In this live-action video students will learn that Industrial Food and Livestock Production is a way of producing large quantities of food at a faster rate than traditional farming. They will come to understand that Industrial farming...
FuseSchool
Pest Control
A pest is an organism that eats or damages crop plants that are grown in agriculture. Pests can be controlled using pesticides or by introducing other species, also known as biological control. Pesticides are natural or synthetic...
Healthcare Triage
Is Organic Food Better for Your Health?
Many of my friends and family will only touch organic food. That's their right, and I don't try to fight with them. I sometimes get uncomfortable, though, when they make claims about organic food that just aren't supported by data and...
FuseSchool
BIOLOGY - Environment - What is organic farming
As populations have grown, farming practices have become more intensified to maximise crop yields and ensure we can feed the ever growing population. Fertilisers and pesticides are used on crops, and animals may be kept inside in more...
Visual Learning Systems
Examples of Environmental Problems
In this educational video, we delve into the pressing environmental issues of pollution, global warming, and extinction. We explore the concept of pollution, its various forms, and how it contaminates our air, water, and land. Discover...
US Department of Agriculture
USDA Researchers Working To Conserve Fungicide Use
A USDA researcher is working to help farmers with timely and proper fungicide application.
C-SPAN
On This Day: Cesar Chavez Day
Scholars learn how Cesar Chavez and his labor union organized boycotts to promote changes for migrant farm workers. In video clips, Chavez also speaks on how the boycott can promote change and efforts people can take to help. The...
TED-Ed
How One Scientist Took on the Chemical Industry
Rachel Carson's exposure to the dangers of chemical pesticides in Silent Spring not only lead to the development of the Environment Protection Agency, but also to her being accused of being a mass murderer due to the ban on DDT....
California Academy of Science
Why Protect Pollinators?
Would you rather having biting flies or chocolate? The question may seem absurd, but cocoa trees rely on pollination from biting flies. Viewers come to understand the importance of pollinators to our food supply, flowers, and entire...
Amoeba Sisters
Biomagnification and the Trouble with Toxins
Our relationship with toxins is, well, a little toxic. Explore how harmful substances work their way throughout the environment with a video from an expansive biology playlist. Topics include DDT and mercury, trophic levels, and water...
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering and Our Food
In many households across the country, GMOs are a big no-no. Is our mistrust of genetically-engineered food misguided? Biology scholars examine the facts with an animated video from the Kurzgesagt playlist. Topics include the...
MinuteEarth
Bedbugs. Seriously!?
Want to drastically reduce the number of naps attempted in class? Show a video about bedbugs! Learners discover a pest so persistent that entomologists are confounded by their resilience and adaptability. The narrator discusses our...
Be Smart
Why Are The Bees Dying?
Honeybees fly at 15 miles per hour — not bad for such a small animal! These speedy llittle creatures are the subject of a video that shows viewers how honeybees are incredibly important in the pollination world. The narrator...
SciShow
What's Happening to Honey Bees?
Worker bees used to disappear at a rate of around 5 percent per year; then in 2006 that number jumped to 30 percent, and, by 2013, it was as high as 50 percent. The video focuses on what is happening to the honey bees. It considers...
Be Smart
Inside the World of Fire Ants!
Did you know that fire ant colonies are seen as small mounds on the surface of Earth but underground, tunnels can extend as far as 25 feet away? Viewers learn about the unique history of fire ants, from the pain of their sting to their...
TED-Ed
Do We Really Need Pesticides?
How do we balance feeding an increasing population and using pesticides? Decide for yourself if the use of pesticides is necessary to keep up with the growing demand for food supply.
Amoeba Sisters
Biomagnification and the Infamous DDT
People once recommended that you should wear a mask when spraying DDT onto the skin of the food you would later eat. The video explains biomagnification and the impact that giving toxins to producers has on the largest consumers. It uses...
Curated OER
The Future of Food - Introduction
A highly informative, and thought-provoking video on the history of the growing and selling of food awaits your students. It's a topic not often covered in social studies classes, so this video could be a good addition to a unit on...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: American Experience: Lessons From Silent Spring for Controlling Disease: Rachel Carson
Find out why, decades after the 1962 publication of Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring' exposed the unintended consequences of popular pesticides like DDT, some critics are connecting a renewed rise in malaria around the globe to Carson's...
PBS
Pbs: Fooling With Nature
This article discusses Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and its impact upon environmentalism and pesticide use in the United States.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
This site provides a series of fact sheets on migratory birds. It cover topics such as avian adaptations and pesticides. Each fact sheet is available in both English and Spanish. [6:00]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Environmental Public Health: Reducing Household Chemical Risks
In these three public service videos from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, learn how to minimize exposure to pesticides, chemical contaminants, and secondhand smoke. Through simple demonstrations, the videos...