Curated OER
Mid Ocean Ridges, Volcanoes, and the Arctic
Journey underwater for a better look at the tectonic plates and the volcanoes they create. Although this video is slightly dry, it is packed with valuable information and easy-to-understand visual images. Consider using a portion to...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Bears' Lunch Counter
This Nature video segment explores how the relationship between humans and grizzly bears has changed over the course of American History, and it describes the closing of the Yellowstone National Park garbage dumps in the 1970s. [4:19]
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Pbs Learning Media: This Is Their Land
Examine how the human/grizzly relationship has changed since the closing of the Yellowstone dumps, and also learn about the challenges posed to both humans and bears, in this video segment from Nature. [4:14]
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Pbs Learning Media: Bear Necessities
This Nature video segment focuses on the four foods most important to the grizzly bears' survival, and it describes the threats to the supply of each of them. [3:56]
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Ansel Adams
This companion to the documentary film "Ansel Adams," part of the PBS series "The American Experience," looks at Adams's impact on Americans' perception of the West and on his use of photography in conservation efforts.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Bears in the Schoolyard
Learn about the precautions humans must take in the face of a growing grizzly bear population in this video from Nature. [3:06]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: A Visit to Yellowstone
In this adapted video segment, ZOOM guest Laura shows us some of the natural features of Yellowstone National Park, including geysers, hot springs, fumaroles, and mud pots, as well as some of the wildlife.
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Pbs Learning Media: To List or Not to List
In this video from Nature, learn more about the ongoing debate regarding whether or not the grizzly bear population needs special protection. [1:37]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Bears Don't Recognize Boundaries
In this video segment from Nature, learn about the problems bears are creating on ranch land surrounding Yellowstone National Park. [3:01]
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Fantastic Yellowstone
Traces the history of the national park idea from its origins at Yellowstone National Park to the conservation ethic of today's park system.
Curated OER
Smithsonian Channel: America's Yellowstone
Watch videos of Yellowstone from the Smithsonian Channel.
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,...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Endangered Wolves Make a Comeback
NPR's Morning Edition reported on the success of the Yellowstone Restoration Project (February 19, 2004). Listen to the program, read about gray wolves, view a map of the wolf population in Yellowstone, or view a photo gallery.