Instructional Video4:02
SciShow

Colorado's Bright Yellow River, and Why Fruit Flies Mate

12th - Higher Ed
This week on SciShow News, toxic waste from an abandoned mine turned a river yellow, and new research shows that threatened fruit flies may have more diverse offspring.
Instructional Video22:20
SciShow

Gina McCarthy on Public Health & Climate Change | SciShow Talk Show

12th - Higher Ed
Humans are great at creating, and solving, problems. Hank talks with Gina McCarthy about the biggest public health problem we face today: climate change. Gina McCarthy is the Director of C-CHANGE (Center for Climate, Health and the...
Instructional Video15:21
SciShow

Interview with EPA Administrator McCarthy

12th - Higher Ed
Hank interviews Administrator Gina McCarthy of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. They discuss getting people to care about climate change, the EPA's goals going into the United Nations Climate Change Conference, and the...
Instructional Video11:38
SciShow

How Safe Are Pesticides, Really?

12th - Higher Ed
If you’ve heard anything about pesticides, it’s probably about how toxic they are. But they make growing food more cost-effective, so when some make it into your groceries, how bad can they be?
Instructional Video4:02
SciShow

Colorado's Bright Yellow River, and Why Fruit Flies Mate

12th - Higher Ed
This week on SciShow News, toxic waste from an abandoned mine turned a river yellow, and new research shows that threatened fruit flies may have more diverse offspring.
Instructional Video22:09
SciShow

Gina McCarthy on Public Health & Climate Change | SciShow Talk Show

12th - Higher Ed
Humans are great at creating, and solving, problems. Hank talks with Gina McCarthy about the biggest public health problem we face today: climate change. Gina McCarthy is the Director of C-CHANGE (Center for Climate, Health and the...
Instructional Video15:44
SciShow

Interview with EPA Administrator McCarthy

12th - Higher Ed
Hank interviews Administrator Gina McCarthy of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. They discuss getting people to care about climate change, the EPA's goals going into the United Nations Climate Change Conference, and the...
Instructional Video11:41
SciShow

How Safe Are Pesticides, Really?

12th - Higher Ed
If you’ve heard anything about pesticides, it’s probably about how toxic they are. But they make growing food more cost-effective, so when some make it into your groceries, how bad can they be?
Instructional Video1:35
The Business Professor

The Role and Responsibilities of the Environmental Protection Agency

Higher Ed
The video provides an overview of the role of the Environmental Protection Agency. The video explains the EPA's relationship with state governments, and how it works with them to regulate and protect the environment. It also discusses...
Instructional Video2:22
Curated Video

The Day the River Caught Fire

9th - Higher Ed
When Time magazine published details of a river fire in downtown Cleveland in 1969, the outcry was so loud and widespread, the U.S. government was forced into action.
Instructional Video4:44
Healthcare Triage

Health Harms from Pollution Can Choke the Economy

Higher Ed
The Trump Administration's EPA has shown a propensity to ease regulations on polluting industries, in hopes of increasing economic output. Pollution has a lot of very well studied impacts on health, and those health problems can decrease...
Instructional Video1:58
Curated Video

The Origin of Earth Day Explained

9th - Higher Ed
On April 22, 1970, the US went climate crazy – as 20 million Americans took part in the very first Earth Day.
Instructional Video1:45
The Business Professor

The Role and Responsibilities of the Environmental Protection Agency

Higher Ed
The video provides an overview of the role of the Environmental Protection Agency. The video explains the EPA's relationship with state governments, and how it works with them to regulate and protect the environment. It also discusses...
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Week of 8 8 16: One Year After a Toxic River Spill, No Clear Plan

9th - 10th
One year ago - on Aug. 5, 2015 - an EPA crew at the Gold King Mine in southwest Colorado accidentally unleashed 3 million gallons of orange water filled with mercury and arsenic.The toxic spill flowed into the Animas River, eventually...
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Obama Environmental Appointments

9th - 10th
A conversation about the expected appointments by then President-elect Obama for important environmental positions, including the Secretary of State and the director of the Environmental Protection Agency. Aired Dec. 12, 2008 [12:27 min]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Retro Report: Love Canal and the Environmental Protection Agency

9th - 10th
This 11-minute video provides students with a compact and engaging introduction to the history and environmental science surrounding the toxic pollution underneath the community of Love Canal near Niagara Falls, New York. The video shows...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Spotlight on America: Radioactive Toxic Transport

9th - 10th
From plutonium to uranium, bomb-making materials are on the move, traveling across our country on 18-wheelers and rails every day. According to the EPA, about 3 million shipments that contain radioactive materials are transported in the...
Instructional Video
Other

National Environmental Education Foundation: Understanding Climate Change

9th - 10th
Several videos discuss the evolving understanding and consensus of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Over time, the panel increased their calculations regarding the probability that climate change was occurring, until it...