Science360
Fire Ants Coping With These Invasive Insects
Invasive animals are often most abundant in habitats impacted by humans, especially man-made habitats, such as roadsides, suburban and urban developments, and intensive agricultural activity. Understanding why this is true may reveal...
Curated Video
Dust Storms: Causes, Effects, and Precautions
This video provides an overview of dust storms, explaining their causes, effects, and hazards. It emphasizes the importance of taking cover quickly during a dust storm and highlights the damage they can cause to structures, equipment,...
US Department of Agriculture
USDA Working With Louisiana Farmers To Reduce Run-Off Into Gulf Of Mexico
USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service has launched a water and wildlife conservation effort along the Gulf Coast of the United States. In the second of a five part series on five different states, the USDA's Bob Ellison has more...
Visual Learning Systems
Plants: Video Quiz
What exactly is a plant? This colorful program explains to students the difference between living and nonliving things as well as what a plant is, where plants live, and the different types of plants they might be familiar with.
Learning Mole
Why are Insects Important?
This video will take students through the importance of insects to our earth and to us.
Food Farmer Earth
Embracing Wild Nutrition: Jo Robinson's Insights on Healthier Diets
Jo Robinson discusses the significant nutritional downgrades in our food since the inception of agriculture, emphasizing the loss of vital nutrients like protein, minerals, vitamins, and particularly antioxidants. She advocates for...
Food Farmer Earth
Fred Kirschenmann - The Future of Agriculture
Part 2 - As Fred Kirschenmann points out, extreme weather patterns will have a destabilizing impact on agriculture. Climate Change and Ecological Degradation threatens the future of agriculture unless we change our farming practices....
msvgo
An Introduction to Garbage
It talks about waste/garbage, identifies solid and liquid wastes and classifies them as biodegradable and non-biodegradable.
Britlish
Trees (subtitles)
A comprehensive video English lesson looking at the vocabulary associated with trees. New vocabulary is coupled with appropriate imagery to make understanding and memorisation as easy as possible for the student. The video is narrated by...
Mediacorp
Exploring the Waterways and Cultural History of Bangladesh
This video provides a brief overview of Bangladesh, highlighting its unique geographical features. It also explores the historical significance of the rivers in Bangladesh, the fertile soil for agriculture, and the cultural diversity and...
Next Animation Studio
What caused the US heat wave?
A severe heat wave affecting 40 million Americans has seen temperatures over one hundred degrees Fahrenheit beat records, with two main causes.
Food Farmer Earth
Defining Clean Food: Beyond Organic Practices
Clean food is initially defined as organic, avoiding synthetic pesticides, insecticides, and fertilizers, but extends to encompass best practices for soil, water conservation, and biodiversity. Emphasizing more than just the absence of...
Mazz Media
Abiotic
This live-action video program is about the word abiotic. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word abitoic through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
Next Animation Studio
Climate change affecting soil's ability to absorb CO2
A new research paper studied how climate change affects the capability of soil to trap carbon dioxide emissions.
Curated Video
Italy, Rome - The Capuchin Crypt (Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuchini)
The Capuchin Crypt is a small space comprising several tiny chapels located beneath the church of Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini on the Via Veneto near Piazza Barberini in Rome, Italy. It contains the skeletal remains of...
Restoration Planet
Ep. 2 Williams Lake, British Columbia: Talking Trash
What can we do to save our planet? Our friends Mary and Oliver suggest that we compost! This colourful, entertaining duo puts everything they have into educating the public on reducing, reusing, recycling, and composting. A big part of...
Visual Learning Systems
Spring: People in Spring
This video explores the features of spring, focusing on the unique habits of plants, animals, and people during this season. Additional concepts and terminology: season, sunlight, warmth, hibernation, migration, revolution, axis, and...
Science360
SCIENTISTS CREATE ICE STORMS TO STUDY NATURE'S CHILLY RESPONSE
Anyone who has ever driven in freezing rain knows all too well the potential hazards of an ice storm. These powerful winter weather events are also capable of catastrophic ecological and socio-economic impacts on forest ecosystems,...
The Wall Street Journal
Land O'Lakes CEO and Nori Founder on the Promise of Carbon Capture
Land O'Lakes CEO Beth Ford and Aldyen Donnelly of agricultural startup Nori discuss the promise of developing farming-driven carbon markets as a potential climate solution with WSJ's Jacob Bunge.
Science360
Sierra Nevada Snow Pack & Snow Melt
Snow melt from the snow pack in the Sierra Nevada mountain range provides drinking water to about 30% of California's residents, irrigates key crops in the San Joaquin valley, and runs hydroelectric power plants that supply at least 15%...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: Water as a Natural Resource - Conserve Water
In Water as a Natural Resource we are introduced to words such as habitat, ecosystem, watershed and estuary. Not only do kids learn that water exists everywhere on Earth, but that it is vital for life in plants, animals, and all other...
Science360
Researchers discover how elephant seals protect their organs when diving! NSF Science Now 24
In this week’s episode, we discover secrets in buried soils; we learn how elephant seals protect their organs when diving; we learn about Amulet -- the future in wearable technology; and, finally, we explore the fast-moving Thwaites...
Science360
Researchers develop exoskeleton device for walking efficiency-Check it out!
Science Now 33-In this week’s episode we learn about an app to detect depression, walking efficiency, how babies learn from surprise and finally we explore how high-tech tools are helping researcher better understand how granular...
Let's Tute
The Science Behind the Fragrance of the First Rain: Petrichor Explained
This video explains the science behind the pleasant fragrance we experience after the first rain, known as petrichor. It explores the role of plant oils and bacteria in the soil that contribute to this unique scent.