Instructional Video1:12
MinuteEarth

Trash vs. Garbage

6th - 12th Standards
Is there a difference between trash and garbage? Well, there used to be, according to the narrator of the video. Scholars learn about the origins of the words and what the dictionary has to say about the matter.
Instructional Video3:23
Fuse School

How Sewage Treatment Works - Water Treatment

9th - 12th
To flush or not to flush ... that is the question. Is the wastewater treatment program in most towns and cities really the most efficient way to deal with waste? The fourth installment in a series of seven videos about the world's water...
Instructional Video5:20
SciShow Kids

Make the Most of Compost!

K - 5th Standards
What do decomposers and a compost have in common? Decomposers help a compost break down, or decompose, things that can biodegrade and become similar matter. Watch a video that explores the science of composts.
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Wild Kratts: Saving Worms and Making Dirt

K - 1st
In this episode of the Kratt brothers, we learn about worms. We learn that we should protect them after a rain because they are important for composting and for breaking down soil. [2:28]
Instructional Video
Other

Think Green: Food Waste

3rd - 8th
Bill Nye shows how to live in a more sustainable world, and compost our food waste. [4:26]
Instructional Video
Other

Kiss the Ground: The Soil Story

9th - 10th
Science meets inspiration in this tale of nature's best-hidden innovation: soil. The Soil Story is a short film [3:56] that shares the importance of healthy soil for a healthy planet. Versions of the video are available in English,...
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Probing the Secret Life of Compost

9th - 10th
Composting-pioneer Malcolm Beck explains the art and science of fertilizing organically.