Schooling Online Kids
Science for Kids: Stage 1 - Stanley's Veggie Patch
When Maya goes on holidays, Stanley the stick insect volunteers to looks after her veggie patch. Can he keep all the plants and animals healthy and happy? Join Stanley as he learns how to care for the garden!
Visual Learning Systems
Soil and Rocks: Introduction
Many of the things we eat and enjoy are grown in soil. This engaging program explores the soil and rocks importance of soil while taking a look at how soil is formed. Different types of soil and their characteristics are explored.
Curated Video
Band 9 Vocabulary for Describing Gardens
Get IELTS vocabulary today to speak about gardens and gardening. Learn the words you need to impress the IELTS Examiner!
Visual Learning Systems
Plant Parts: Roots
Upon viewing the Plant Parts video series, students will be able to do the following: Recognize that plants have many parts, and that each part performs specific functions. List many different parts of plants that we eat. Describe the...
Next Animation Studio
Giant hammerhead flatworms are invading France
Scientists have discovered that an invasive species of flatworms have been quietly occupying French soil for the past two decades.
Curated Video
Biological Methods of Extracting Metals: Pros and Cons
The video explains the concept of biological methods of extracting metals. It explains the conventional methods of extracting metals using chemical reactions or electrolysis and the limitations of these techniques when dealing with low...
US Department of Agriculture
Grow and Tell: Oregon Microbe Farmer
Oregon farmer Jen Aron knows a secret – if you feed soil microbes, they’ll help your plants grow.
Curated Video
Understanding the Process of Transpiration and Water Absorption in Plants
This video explains the process of transpiration in plants and how water is absorbed by specialized root hair cells. The video first defines transpiration as the loss of water from the surface of a plant and describes how leaves lose...
Visual Learning Systems
Plants: What Is a Plant?
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.
Next Animation Studio
U.S. company to open first ever human composting facility in 2021
US-based company Recompose will start the first ever funeral service that turns human bodies into compost soil next year.
National Parks Service
Episode 1: Wildflowers
From foothill elevations to high mountain peaks, hundreds of flower species are found throughout Yosemite National Park. Rangers and scientists discuss the rich botanical history and some of the rare plants found here.
National Parks Service
Redwood National and State Parks - Rangers and Chainsaws
Ranger Greg finds out what it takes to restore old growth redwood groves decades after they were logged. CREDIT: NPS
The March of Time
1952: LABETTE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS: VS Labette County High School students constructing feed box, student hammering wooden planks, student Warren Slater testing samples of soil in laboratory. Kansas, KS, education, agriculture
MOT 1952: LABETTE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL STUDENTS: VS Labette County High School students constructing feed box, student hammering wooden planks, student Warren Slater testing samples of soil in laboratory. Kansas, KS, education, agriculture
NASA
NASA | Aquarius Returns Global Maps of Soil Moisture
NASA's Aquarius instrument has released its first released worldwide maps of soil moisture. Soil moisture, the water contained within soil particles, is an important player in Earth's water cycle. This animated version of Aquarius'...
Independent Producers
Industrial Scale Composting
Students in Bellingham, Washington, pushed to introduce composting programs at their high schools and these programs have proved successful. This story follows food from the school cafeteria to the compost site where microorganisms...
NASA
NASA Explorers: Apollo: Episode 3: Moon Girl
Meet the scientists who are making big discoveries by studying some very tiny rocks. The women of NASA’s Mid-Atlantic Noble Gas Research Laboratory (MNGRL) are getting ready to analyze never-before-seen Moon samples. These samples,...
Michigan Radio
Japanese Knotweed's Invasive Superpowers
Even beautiful plants can sometimes be detrimental to the environment. This public radio story takes place in Michigan where the sale of Japanese knotweed has been outlawed following unchecked growth of the large ornamental plant....
EarthEcho International
STEM Career Closeup: Aquaponic Farming
Adam Navidi is an aquaponic chef who runs Future Foods Farms in California. He combines aquaculture and hydroponics to create an efficient farming method that produces fresh fish and nutrient-rich plants. He encourages people to...
Journey to the Microcosmos
Nematodes: The Worm That Sculpted The World
When it comes to the muses of the animal kingdom, the nematode seems like an unlikely well of inspiration, but over the past century, they’ve become one nonetheless. We also wanted to note that the label on the very last nematode clip...
Curated Video
Abiotic Factors and Their Effect on Communities
The video is a lecture presentation on abiotic factors. It defines what abiotic factors are and how they can impact the number and type of organisms within a community. The presenter discusses different abiotic factors such as light...
National Parks Service
Yosemite Nature Notes 1: Wildflowers
From foothill elevations to high mountain peaks, hundreds of flower species are found throughout Yosemite National Park. Rangers and scientists describe the rich botanical history and some of the rare plants found here.
Curated Video
The History and Attributes of Spelt
This video provides an informative overview of the history, cultivation, and characteristics of spelt, a ancient grain that originated from the Fertile Crescent. Spelt part 1/5
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Meat: From Range To Market: Production, Processing, and Distribution
Meat: From Range to Market: Production, Processing, and Distribution, a 1955 production of Encyclopaedia Britannica Films.
ZooMoo
Kooki's Crafty Show Makes: Argh me hearties
It's gardening time with Kooki as she makes a piratey egg head planter.