SciShow
Is Liquid Nitrogen the Future of Clean Energy?
Liquid nitrogen (LN2) might slow down a T1000 for a bit, and it definitely helps make yummy ice cream during a classroom demo, but it has a lot of applications you may have never considered. Maybe one day it'll help astronauts stay...
SciShow
The Incredible World of Trees | SciShow Tree Compilation
Trees are essential to our survival—from making oxygen so we can breathe, to cooling urban environments, to literally holding the ground together to prevent erosion, trees do so much for us!
Amoeba Sisters
Ecological Succession: Nature's Great Grit
Discover a process that truly demonstrates nature's grit: ecological succession! The Amoeba Sisters introduce both primary and secondary succession
Bozeman Science
Ecological Succession
Paul Andersen describes the process of ecological succession. During this process life reestablished itself after a disturbance. During primary success all of the material is removed including the soil. For example during a volcanic...
SciShow
Terrific Trees: A SciShow #TeamTrees Compilation
From the Avocado to Pando, we love trees! They do so much for us, from making oxygen so we can breathe, to cooling urban environments, to literally holding the ground together to prevent erosion! The SciShow team is joining
SciShow
Zombie Fires Are on the Rise
Fire seasons can be bad enough on their own, but it turns out sometimes forest fires that appeared to be dead, turn out to have just been lying in wait.
SciShow
What's The Oldest Tree in the World
Ancient trees are fascinating, but the answer to the question in the title isn't as cut and dried as it might first seem. There are two major contenders for the superlative, and Hank has all the important information on both of them in...
TED Talks
TED: How many lives can you live? | Sarah Kay
Spoken-word poet Sarah Kay was stunned to find she couldn't be a princess, ballerina and astronaut all in one lifetime. In this talk, she delivers two powerful poems that show us how we can live other lives. Sarah is also the host of...
Crash Course
The Plants & The Bees: Plant Reproduction - CrashCourse Biology
Hank gets into the dirty details about vascular plant reproduction: they use the basic alternation of generations developed by nonvascular plants 470 million years ago, but they've tricked it out so that it works a whole lot differently...
Curated Video
Meet the Fire Lookout of Big Sky Country
Are real-life fire lookouts becoming obsolete due to modern technology? Meet Mark Hufstetler, a fire lookout at Baptiste Tower in Flathead National Forest, Montana, who believes human observation is still imperative in fire detection and...
Curated Video
What is burning?
What are the three factors needed to make something burn? Material processes - Changing materials - Burning Learning Points Burning is a chemical reaction. Burning requires oxygen, a fuel source and heat. An exothermic reaction releases...
Wonderscape
The Devastating Impact of Forest Fires Amplified by Climate Change
Explore the escalating threat of forest fires exacerbated by climate change. Learn how rising temperatures, reduced rainfall, and prolonged droughts contribute to increasingly severe fire seasons. Discover the role of human activities in...
Curated Video
Pyrotron: Exploring the Behavior of Forest Fires
The CSIRO is trying to learn more about fires like the ones that killed nearly 200 people on Black Saturday, and a new development called a Pyrotron, might just help them do that.
Great Big Story
A day in the life of a McCall smokejumper
Meet Ramona Beyuka, a veteran McCall smokejumper, as she describes the thrilling and demanding world of fighting forest fires by parachuting directly into the action.
Curated Video
Permaculture Design for Wildfire Defense
Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison presents on assessment and design strategies for wildfire defense from the permaculture perspective.
Curated Video
Understanding Movement of Matter through the Ecosystem
In this video, the teacher explains how matter is constantly recycled in ecosystems. She shows examples of how matter moves from plants to animals, and from one organism to another through consumption. She also discusses the role of...
AllTime 10s
10 Ways Global Warming Is Already Killing You
Floods, Wildfires... 'Zombie Anthrax'?! If you thought it was just your Grandkids who'd have to deal with the effects of climate change, have we got news for you. Here's 10 Ways Global Warming is Already Killing You.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
In the Eye of the Fire - 360° video
Putting a camera close to a fire wasn't good enough for NIST researchers, so they created a camera system that can take 360-degree video from WITHIN a fire.The New Jersey Forest Fire Service, in coordination with the U.S. Forest Service...
Wonderscape
Social Studies Kids: Climate Change and Fires
In this program, learn all about forests as ecosystems and their vital role for humankind. Understand how and why climate change is occurring, its role in the dramatic increase in forest fires, and how it threatens not only the survival...
The March of Time
1952: FOREST FIRE: VS Fire raging through forest in Laneburg, Nevada County, southern Arkansas, trees & timber burning, broken, smoke. VS Fire damaged forest, logs, trees, damages.
MOT 1952: FOREST FIRE: VS Fire raging through forest in Laneburg, Nevada County, southern Arkansas, trees & timber burning, broken, smoke. VS Fire damaged forest, logs, trees, damages.
AllTime 10s
10 Tiny Mistakes That Caused Massive Disasters
Turns out even the tiniest of screw-ups can result in major problems. From metric math mistakes at NASA to impatient generals dooming their own men, this is our list of 10 Tiny Mistakes That Caused Disasters.
Curated Video
Understanding Communities and Succession in Ecosystems
In this video, the teacher covers key concepts related to communities in ecology. They discuss how different populations interact within a community, the role of limiting factors in population dynamics, and the importance of tolerance in...
Mazz Media
Biological Succession
This live-action video program is about the term biological succession. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term biological succession through use of video footage, photographs,...