SciShow
Can You Be Allergic To Sunlight?
For you, going outside might mean a sunburn if you're out there too long without enough sunscreen, but for some people, any sun exposure can lead to hives and rashes within minutes!
SciShow
The Two-Faced Role of Planetary Magnetic Fields
Given that Earth’s magnetic field helps protect its life-sustaining atmosphere, you might think that the stronger a planet’s magnetic field, the better. But as it turns out, some planets’ relationships with their magnetic fields are a...
TED Talks
TED: How India could pull off the world's most ambitious energy transition | Varun Sivaram
India has a historic opportunity to power its industrialization with clean energy -- and its energy choices will make or break the world's fight against climate change, says clean energy executive, physicist and author Varun Sivaram....
SciShow
What Would Happen If the Planets Lined Up?
Planetary alignments: They're the favorite astronomical scenario of kooks, con artists, and Hollywood producers everywhere. But has it ever happened? And what would it do to Earth if it did?
TED Talks
TED: A vision of sustainable housing for all of humanity | Vishaan Chakrabarti
By 2100, the UN estimates that the world's population will grow to just over 11 billion people. Architect Vishaan Chakrabarti wants us to start thinking about how we'll house all these people -- and how new construction can fight climate...
SciShow
Why Haven't We Built a Better Battery?
Improving batteries is a tough problem, but it’s also an important one because in many ways the future of our planet also depends on the future of batteries. Luckily, scientists are on the case, figuring out ways to give this essential...
TED Talks
Elon Musk: The mind behind Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity ...
Entrepreneur Elon Musk is a man with many plans. The founder of PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX sits down with TED curator Chris Anderson to share details about his visionary projects, which include a mass-marketed electric car, a solar...
SciShow
Solar Energy
Hank explains the power of solar energy and describes how it may fit into our diversified energy future.
TED Talks
TED: The dream of educating Afghan girls lives on | Shabana Basij-Rasikh
In this deeply moving talk, educator Shabana Basij-Rasikh shares the harrowing story of evacuating more than 250 students, staff and family members from the School of Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA) -- the country's first and only...
SciShow
What Do You Learn When You Touch the Sun?
Though our Sun is something we can count on to rise and set each day, it also comes with some phenomena that can catch us by surprise: solar winds. To better predict when these winds will travel all the way to Earth, we sent the Parker...
SciShow Kids
Let's Explore Space!
It's a big day for Jessi and Squeaks because they've finally finished their brand new observatory! Join them as they try out their new telescope and take a look back at a compilation of everything we've learned about space so far!
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How Green Energy Could Bring More Rain to Africa
Africa’s Sahara desert is a prime location, some say, to build arrays of solar panels and wind turbines. But scientists are aware that building these structures can potentially have large-scale effects on the surrounding environment that...
SciShow Kids
What Is the Sun?
Squeaks can't sleep because the sun is too bright, and Sam the Bat stops by to talk about what makes the sun so special DCI: ESS1.A: Patterns of the motion of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky can be observed, described, and predicted.
SciShow Kids
Fun Summer Science!
The sun is out and Jessi and Squeaks are ready to perform all kinds of fun outdoor science experiments! Let's take a look at some of the fun activities they've done before, like making a kite, building a solar tower, blowing bubbles, and...
TED Talks
Katharine Hayhoe: The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk about it
How do you talk to someone who doesn't believe in climate change? Not by rehashing the same data and facts we've been discussing for years, says climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe. In this inspiring, pragmatic talk, Hayhoe shows how the...
Bozeman Science
ESS3A - Natural Resources
In this video Paul Andersen explains how the resources required for survival come from the Earth. The resources are not evenly distributed on the planet and neither are the humans. According to the NGSS we need to limit the use of...
SciShow Kids
The Power of Sunlight! Science Project for Kids
Jessi and Squeaks use the power of the sun to conduct a cool science experiment!
SciShow
The Moon Has a Tail!
Did you know the moon has a tail? No one did, until 1998, and we've been trying to figure it out ever since.
Curated Video
I WONDER - What Is An Earthship?
This video is answering the question of what is an Earthship.
Curated Video
Factpack: Global Electricity Supply
An insight into the different ways electricity can be generated. Which countries use renewable, or non-renewable, means? Physics - Electricity And Circuits - Learning Points. A Twig FactPack Film. Open a discussion on what has been...
Curated Video
Energy resources
Usable sources or stores of energy. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films reinforce abstract concepts and key...
Curated Video
Eclipse, solar
When the Moon is aligned directly in between the Sun and the Earth, it obscures all or part of the sun to an observer on the ground. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and...
Curated Video
Solar Power - Harnessing Sun’s Energy
The Sun has the potential to meet all our energy needs, if only we could harness it efficiently. Why is it so difficult to efficiently convert and store this energy? Earth Science - Earth's Resources - Learning Points. The Sun provides...
Curated Video
Inventions to Save the Planet
Discover some geo-engineering techniques that scientists are developing to manipulate Earth's climate. What are they and how would they work? Earth Science - Human Impacts - Learning Points. Geo-engineering strives to use technology to...