Instructional Video3:01
SciShow Kids

The Tallest Waterfall in the World!

K - 5th
Waterfalls are pretty amazing, but have you ever wondered how they form? Jessi's got the answer! Join her to learn all about how rivers carve waterfalls and then take a look at Angel Falls, the tallest waterfall in the world!
Instructional Video6:12
Bozeman Science

ESS2B - Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen explains how plate tectonics explains the large-scale system interactions on our planet. Large plates float on the mantle and interact to form the major landforms on the planet. Evidence for plate tectonics...
Instructional Video12:10
Crash Course

How Does the Earth Create Different Landforms? Crash Course Geography

12th - Higher Ed
Cliffs and canyons, beaches and dunes, floodplains and river valleys, plateaus and mountains — these are all products of a restless Earth. In today’s episode we’re going to take a closer look at how landforms greatly influence how people...
Instructional Video8:03
PBS

That Time It Rained for Two Million Years

12th - Higher Ed
At the beginning of the Triassic Period, with the continents locked together from pole-to-pole in the supercontinent of Pangea, the world is hot, flat, and very, very dry. But then 234 million years ago, the climate suddenly changed for...
Instructional Video3:50
SciShow Kids

Where Do Mountains Come From?

K - 5th
Do you like to go hiking like Jessi and Squeaks do? Have you ever wondered how those mountains you're hiking on got there? Check out this episode to learn how mountains form, and how mountains can keep growing!
Instructional Video9:37
Crash Course

The Moon

12th - Higher Ed
Join Phil for a tour of our capital-M Moon, from surface features, inside to the core, and back in time to theories about its formation.
Instructional Video4:18
SciShow Kids

The Grand Canyon!

K - 5th
Nature creates some pretty amazing things, and one of the largest of these is The Grand Canyon!
Instructional Video12:48
Crash Course

Earth Science: Crash Course History of Science

12th - Higher Ed
It's Earth Science time!!!! In this field, natural philosophers were asking questions like, what’s up with fossils? Are they the remains of extinct organisms? Or are they so-called “sports of nature”—rocks that just happen to look like...
Instructional Video12:22
SciShow

Will-o'-the-Wisps and 5 Other Mysteries Science Can Explain

12th - Higher Ed
The world doesn't have to be shrouded in mystery to be fascinating! Here are 6 mysteries that science has managed to solve. Chapters View all 1 THE KENTUCKY MEAT SHOWER 2:35 EASTER ISLAND HATS 3:18 EARTHQUAKE LIGHTS 5:53 4 SAILING STONES...
Instructional Video11:15
SciShow

6 Gems and Minerals Much Rarer (and Cooler) Than Diamonds

12th - Higher Ed
No offense to that rock you may have on your finger, but these gems and minerals are so hard to find, they put most diamonds to shame.
Instructional Video5:45
SciShow Kids

Why Different Soils Feel Different

K - 5th
Squeaks and Mister Brown do some experiments with soil, and learn all about why different soils feel different! Disciplinary Core Ideas: PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter - Matter can be described and classified by its observable...
Instructional Video6:03
SciShow Kids

How to Find a Meteorite!

K - 5th
Maybe you've seen a shooting star, a bright streak of light that zips across the sky! But did you know that those shooting stars are actually rocks falling from space? And sometimes you can find them on the ground! Find out how with...
Instructional Video10:20
SciShow

What Really Killed the Dinosaurs

12th - Higher Ed
What wiped out the dinosaurs? Most of us were taught it was a killer asteroid—which is true. But it turns out there was more than one disaster movie playing at the cineplex that was Earth 66 million years ago.
Instructional Video3:02
MinuteEarth

The Bird Poop That Changed The World

12th - Higher Ed
Thanks to my grandmother for inspiring this story, and to my mother for helping make it. Bird poop was the gateway fertilizer that turned humanity onto the imported-chemical-based farming system of modern agriculture....
Instructional Video4:48
SciShow Kids

Where Does Soil Come From?

K - 5th
Trees come from seeds, and birds come from eggs, but where does all the soil and dirt come from? Second Grade Next Generation Science Standards Disciplinary Core Ideas: ESS1.C: The History of Planet Earth - Some events happen very...
Instructional Video9:11
SciShow

4 Billion Years in Under 10 Minutes

12th - Higher Ed
Have you ever wondered how our earth was created? Here is a brief history about the Earth.
Instructional Video6:09
Bozeman Science

ESS2A - Earth Materials and Systems

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen describes the four major spheres on planet Earth. The geosphere makes up the mass of the planet and includes the major landforms. The hydrosphere is all of the water and the atmosphere is all of the gases. ...
Instructional Video4:52
TED-Ed

TED-Ed: Why is Mount Everest so tall? - Michele Koppes

Pre-K - Higher Ed
At 8,850 meters above sea level, Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everest, has the highest altitude on the planet. But how did this towering formation get so tall? Michele Koppes peers deep into our planet's crust, where continental...
Instructional Video3:23
SciShow Kids

Snails, Slugs, and Slime! Animal Science for Kids

K - 5th
Jessi and Squeaks look at some amazing creatures that they found in their garden: snails and slugs!
Instructional Video3:01
SciShow

Weird Places Göreme National Park

12th - Higher Ed
There are a lot of weird places on Earth and our new series will explore some of the weirdest. Today Hank takes us to Göreme National Park in Turkey so we can learn about this region's fascinating geological history and about the people...
Instructional Video3:41
SciShow

Tiny Extremophiles Living in Rocks!

12th - Higher Ed
In freezing cold sand, a burning hot mine, or even inside solid rock _ these extremophiles live anywhere that you wouldn't want to live. What are they? How can they live in such extreme places?
Instructional Video3:20
SciShow Kids

Super Simple Machines: Levers

K - 5th
Levers are a simple machine that help us make work easier. But how do they work and how can you make one to help you? Check out this episode with Squeaks and Jessi to learn all about levers!
Instructional Video6:49
Bozeman Science

ESS1C - The History of the Earth

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen explains in more detail the history of the Earth. He shows how the history of the Earth is written in the rocks that are built up over time. Fossils allow us to compare different rock layers relative to one...
Instructional Video11:04
Bozeman Science

Geology

12th - Higher Ed
In this video Paul Andersen explains how rock is formed and changed on the planet. The video begins with a brief description of rocks, minerals, and the rock cycle. Plate tectonics is used to describe structure near plate boundaries. Hot...