Be Smart
How Was the Grand Canyon Formed?
I was in Arizona recently for Phoenix Comic-Con, and had the amazing pleasure of seeing one of Earth's greatest natural wonders… the Grand Canyon. More than a mile deep, and several miles across, it just defies belief. But I couldn't...
SciShow
To Save Sinking Cities, Just Add Water
It's more than climate change putting coastal cities at risk of catastrophic flooding. Subsidence, or sinking, affects cities as they pump out groundwater to use. The solution might be as simple as putting it back.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Blood, concrete, and dynamite: Building the Hoover Dam | Alex Gendler
In the early 20th century, the US had expanded from coast to coast, but many cities in the southwest still lacked reliable water sources. The Colorado River's erratic flow and frequent floods made it unreliable for agriculture, and the...
TED Talks
Cara E. Yar Khan: The beautiful balance between courage and fear
After being diagnosed with a rare genetic condition that deteriorates muscle, Cara E. Yar Khan was told she'd have to limit her career ambitions and dial down her dreams. She ignored that advice and instead continued to pursue her...
Crash Course Kids
Water Fight!
So, what happens when there's not enough water? Well... not good things. Do we let homes have more water for showering and cooking? Or do we let farms have the water for growing crops? There aren't any easy solutions, but today Sabrina...
Crash Course
How Can Rain Create Conflict? Precipitation and Water Use: Crash Course Geography
If you compare precipitation around the world with population distribution we can understand a simple but powerful pattern of human geography: where there is water, there are people. But it gets a little more complicated because where...
SciShow Kids
The Grand Canyon!
Nature creates some pretty amazing things, and one of the largest of these is The Grand Canyon!
Crash Course Kids
H2O-NO! - Fresh Water Problems
What happens to a single ecosystem when the amount of freshwater available in it changes? Not really much good. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks about ecosystems and how one small change can lead to a cascade effect in...
Curated Video
The Worst Drought in 1200 Years
The Colorado Basin provides water to over 40 million people in 7 US states and it is currently experiencing its worst drought in 1200 years! But unlike other droughts, our actions may have real impacts on the outcome and it’s very likely...
Curated Video
What Will Life Look Like as MAJOR Rivers Run Dry?
As global warming continues, we are going to continue seeing record droughts and many places are, simply, going to have to live with far less water. But, more specifically, it means we are going to need to innovate both how cities and...
Bedtime History
History of The Grand Canyon For Kids | Bedtime History
Learn about the 6 million-year-old history of The Grand Canyon, its habitation by early Native Americans, and later discovery by Spanish explorers.
Wonderscape
The Grand Canyon and Parícutin Volcano: North America's Natural Wonders
This video takes you on a journey to two of North America's Seven Natural Wonders. Discover the immense scale and ancient history of the Grand Canyon, carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, and explore the story behind Parícutin, a...
Curated Video
Human and Environment Interactions
Dr. Forrester describes the ways that severe environmental conditions, such as earthquakes, wildfires, mudslides, and droughts, challenged settlers in the United States. She talks about how the Hoover Dam was built for flood control. She...
Curated Video
Let’s Dive In
Dr. Forrester shows the various landforms and bodies of water located in the different regions of the United States.
Curated Video
River Systems
Dr. Forrester will define parts of a river system: valley, canyon, tributaries, stream, channel, delta, floodplain, mouth, drainage basin. She will show locations of major drainage basins in North America, including the Mississippi,...
Curated Video
The Canal that Accidentally Grew a Forest in the Arizona Desert
Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison visits the Central Arizona Project canal and shows how the raised canal structure has inadvertently become a major water harvesting swale that stretches across a wide landscape, and is one of the...
Curated Video
The Hoover Dam
The Hoover Dam discusses the history, construction, and physical features of the Hoover Dam.
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: Utah
This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Mountain Region of the United States. The individual states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana are presented in detail.
The Wall Street Journal
The State of Indoor Farming
The CEOs of Bowery Farming and AppHarvest, two tech-heavy agricultural startups with a focus on reinventing farming, discuss the potential for fixing agriculture's supply chain and food waste challenges.
Science360
Los Angeles & Water Imports
The nearly 10 million people in the city and county of Los Angeles, California require a lot of water -- most of which is imported snow melt from the Eastern Sierra Nevadas and Rocky Mountains, hundreds of miles away. UCLA researchers...
Curated Video
John Wesley Powell: Wild West Explorer
Despite losing an arm in the US Civil War, John Wesley Powell was one of the great explorers of the American West, and made history as the man who mapped the Grand Canyon.
Science360
Researchers discover unique qualities of porcupine quills! NSF Science Now 6
In this week’s episode of NSF Science Now, we explore climate change and the Colorado River, helping children with disabilities, porcupine’s quills and, finally, the decline of chinstrap penguins.
Rachel's English
English Conversation Study in COLORADO - American English
Study how to pronounce 'river', the idioms 'to keep an eye out' and 'to keep your eyes peeled', how to pronounce moose and elk as we visit Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado!
Science360
Science Now Episode 6
This episode highlights how the Southwest is heating up and drying up, a new device called ACCESS4KIDS is helping children with disabilities, and finally how researchers have discovered that a unique quality of the porcupine's quill...