Instructional Video7:06
Oxford Comma

Legacy: Ozymandious

9th - 12th
Ozymandias is a narrative sonnet about a traveler who found a broken statue of Ozymandias in the dessert. While initially quite confusing, the the poem shows Percy Shelley at his best: bringing low the ambitious dictators of the world.
Podcast7:11
Independent Producers

The Dust Bowl During the Great Depression

Pre-K - Higher Ed
The Dust Bowl was one of the worst man-made environmental disasters. It turned the southern Great Plains of the U.S. into a desert. When the native prairie grass was pulled out and replaced with wheat fields, the loose soil had nothing...
Instructional Video19:28
The Viral Fever

Discovering Socotra: The Alien Island with a Unique Ecosystem and Culture

12th - Higher Ed
Socotra full length: This video explores the unique island of Socotra, located between the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa. Known for its alien-looking landscape and high biodiversity, Socotra is home to many endemic plant...
Instructional Video6:25
msvgo

Terrestrial Habitat

K - 12th
It describes plant and animal life in different types of terrestrial habitats and talks about deserts, mountain regions and grasslands.
Instructional Video4:13
Curated Video

Five Facts - Deserts

Pre-K - 5th
This video explores five fun facts about Deserts.
Instructional Video5:18
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Floods

6th - 8th
The cycle of water from the air to the ground to the oceans and back to the air never ends. Water is found in the air, in the ground, in rivers and oceans, and it's found as gas, liquid, and solid. As it moves though phases and locations...
Instructional Video3:59
Curated Video

Five Facts - Egypt

Pre-K - 5th
This video explores five fun facts about Egypt.
Instructional Video16:40
Wonderscape

Preschool Prep: Alphabet Around the Supermarket

K - 5th
Join host Kristin as she takes you on a fun-filled adventure through the alphabet and through the supermarket. Each upper-case letter of the alphabet gets presented slowly, several times with large, easy-to-read graphics. Each letter...
Instructional Video10:40
Learning Mole

Plants as Habitats

Pre-K - 12th
A video created for, and aimed at primary school science students learning all about plants. This video explores different plant habitats and the conditions they need to grow.
Instructional Video4:01
Ancient Lights Media

Atlas of the United States: New Mexico

6th - 8th
This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Southwestern Region of the United States. The individual states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada are presented in detail.
Instructional Video4:10
Mazz Media

Desert

6th - 8th
This live-action video program is about deserts. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and...
Instructional Video17:31
Curated Video

Ecosystems and Biomes

K - 8th
Ecosystems and biomes takes students on a journey around the globe to tropical rain forests, deserts and the ocean. Live footage and colorful graphics teach students about regions and climates, and explain the impact environments and...
Podcast26:57
NASA

‎NASA in Silicon Valley: Chris Potter Talks about Wildfires and a Changing Climate

Pre-K - Higher Ed
A conversation with Chris Potter, a Senior Research Scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.
Instructional Video15:40
Mazz Media

Habitats

6th - 8th
Why are habitats important? Live-Action footage of animals and colorful animation help students discover the answer. This program takes viewers around the world to explore the tundra, desert, grasslands, forests and waterways of the...
Instructional Video1:33
Visual Learning Systems

Survival in the Desert: Adaptations of Plants and Animals

9th - 12th
In this video, the teacher discusses the general adaptations that enable plants and animals to survive in the harsh conditions of the desert, specifically Death Valley. This video is part of the 9-part series, Exploring Desert Biomes.
Instructional Video4:35
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Water Phases

6th - 8th
The cycle of water from the air to the ground to the oceans and back to the air never ends. Water is found in the air, in the ground, in rivers and oceans, and it's found as gas, liquid, and solid. As it moves though phases and locations...
Instructional Video1:53
Weatherthings

Water Smart: Water in the Air - Rain

6th - 8th
Water in the Air reveals the varied phases of water that surround us, fall on us, travel in air, and serve as a crucial component of the water cycle. Emphasis is on the fact that water in air can be vapor or solid, visible or invisible,...
Instructional Video7:25
Weatherthings

Weather Things: Precipitation

6th - 8th
The cycle of water from the air to the ground to the oceans and back to the air never ends. Water is found in the air, in the ground, in rivers and oceans, and it's found as gas, liquid, and solid. As it moves though phases and locations...
Instructional Video1:14
Next Animation Studio

Heat and evaporation causing “irreversible” drying of Mongolia

12th - Higher Ed
Record high temperatures in the region are accelerated by soil drying, and together these changes are magnifying the decline of soil water.
Instructional Video2:03
Visual Learning Systems

Summer: Plants and Animals in the Summer

9th - 12th
Live-action, colorful footage illustrates the exciting, natural highlights of summer. Activities of plants and animals during the summer season are explored. Additional concepts and terminology include: growth, development, seeds, food...
Instructional Video12:21
AllTime 10s

10 Things You Didnt Know The World Is Running Out Of

12th - Higher Ed
Are we about to run out of chocolate, wine or even sperm? Humanity is certainly going through its resources at an alarming rate, so what important items are on the brink of extinction?
Instructional Video12:19
Mazz Media

Exploring Our Past: Native Peoples of the Southwest

6th - 8th
Live-action video, archival photos and colorful animated graphics will help your students learn how the Pueblo, Hopi, Navajo, Pima, and Apache peoples thrived in the barren lands of the Southwest. The program explores the foods they ate,...
Instructional Video1:44
Visual Learning Systems

Exploring Cold Deserts

9th - 12th
The video explores the Arctic tundra biome, highlighting its similarities to deserts in terms of receiving little precipitation. Additionally, the video mentions the Alpine tundra found on mountaintops, which shares similarities with the...
Instructional Video0:59
Visual Learning Systems

Deserts and the Tundra Review

9th - 12th
This video summarizes the topics covered in the Deserts and the Tundra series. In this series, we have explored the characteristics of deserts and the tundra biome. We have learned about their locations, climate, and the plants and...