SciShow Kids
Meet the Redwoods: The World’s Tallest Trees
Jessi and Squeaks are thinking of visiting the redwoods, the tallest trees in the world, but there's lots for them to learn before they make their trip! First Grade Next Generation Science Standards Disciplinary Core Idea: LS1.A:...
PBS
When Did the First Flower Bloom?
During the Cretaceous Period, dinosaurs were more diverse, more fierce, and more strange than ever. But something else was happening under the feet of the terrible lizards: for the first time in history, there were flowers.
SciShow Kids
Trees That Never Lose Their Leaves! Science for Kids
Some trees lose their leaves in the fall, but some keep their green leaves all year round. Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn about evergreens: where they grow, and how they survive in harsh conditions!
Curated Video
Angiosperm
Flowering plants, or more precisely plants whose seeds are enclosed in a fleshy fruit, rather than being naked at pollination. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and...
Curated Video
Redwoods
Californian redwoods are some of the oldest and largest living organisms on the planet. How do they grow so tall and why are they under threat? Biology - Ecosystems - Learning Points. The coniferous forests on the pacific coast of North...
Professor Dave Explains
Terrestrial Biomes Part 2: Forests and Tundra
In our journey through the terrestrial biomes, we've covered rainforest, desert, grassland, and shrubland. Now let's take a look at deciduous forest, evergreen forest, and tundra. Where are these located? What sorts of organisms live...
Science ABC
Biomes of the World: Oceans, Mountains, Forests, Grasslands, Deserts and More!
Biomes are regions or landscapes of the world that are divided on the basis of climatic conditions, vegetation, and adaptation of flora and fauna. The regions with ice caps, like the Arctic, are known as Tundra, the Amazon is a tropical...
Visual Learning Systems
Origin and Diversity of Plants: Gymnosperms
The conquest of land by plants and their proliferation is an amazing biologic story. This vivid, colorful series of videos highlights the evolution of plants, while also describing the major groupings of modern-day plants. Concepts and...
Visual Learning Systems
Plants in Our Lives: Gymnosperms
This video explores the great diversity of the plant world, and the early history and origins of plants. Bryophytes, spore-producing plants, gymnosperms, and angiosperms are illustrated and explained. Other terminology includes: algae,...
Visual Learning Systems
Introduction to Gymnosperms
This video provides an overview of gymnosperms, a group of ancient plants that lack flowers and produce seeds contained in cones. It introduces different divisions of gymnosperms, including conifers like redwoods, pines, and firs, as...
Next Animation Studio
A Fossil of a Rare Dinosaur has Been Identified in Australia
Five years after the discovery of a pterosaur fossil, a PhD student in Australia noticed that it had been mislabeled and that it actually belonged to a rare dinosaur called Elaphrosaurus.
National Parks Service
Episode 17: Black Oaks
Changing appearance throughout the seasons, the black oak is one of the iconic trees of Yosemite Valley, and its acorn is used for food by both animals and people.
National Parks Service
Yosemite Nature Notes 17: Black Oaks
Changing appearance throughout the seasons, the black oak is one of the iconic trees of Yosemite Valley, and its acorn is used for food by both animals and people.
Visual Learning Systems
Trees: Kinds of Trees
Exploring the world of trees this video defines what makes up a tree including the different parts of the tree. It also explains the difference between deciduous trees and conifer trees and why trees are important parts of our lives....
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring the Plant Kingdom
This video provides an overview of the plant kingdom, highlighting the diversity and importance of plants on Earth. The video then discusses different categories of plants, including mosses, ferns, conifers, and flowering plants, and...
Professor Dave Explains
Gymnosperms: Long-Distance Pollination
We've made through a number of vascular plants so far, but it's time to examine gymnosperms. These include plants like pine trees, and any plant that bears cones. These plants exhibit an important evolutionary advantage over previous...
Visual Learning Systems
Gymnosperms and Angiosperms: Grouping Gymnosperms
Everyday we use products or eat foods derived from vascular seed plants. In this series of videos the wide variety of non-flowering seed plants, gymnosperms, are described and characterized through vivid footage gathered from around the...
Curated Video
LIB 26-12-71 SHOPS IN AMMAN PREPARE FOR CHRISTMAS
Shops in Amman prepare for Christmas
1) White fir tree outside restaurant window, "Merry Xmas on window
2) ms restaurant sign: "Diplomat"
3) Christmas poster in window
4) ls restaurant
5) gv Amman street
6) ms poster: "Unicef Cards On...
Curated Video
SYND 10/1/70 AGNEW VISITS LEE KWAN YEW
Arrival of US Vice President Agnew and meeting with Singapore Premier Lee Kwan Yew
1 ms US Vice President Spiro Agnew and wife off plane
2 ms guard of honour
3 ms Agnew shakes hands with VIP
4 ms Agnew shakes hands with Head of...
Curated Video
CROATIA: FIRES DESTROY 2000 HECTARES OF PINE FOREST
Korcula and Lastovo, Croatia - August 9, 1998
Lastovo
1. Beach with fires on hillside behind
2. Fires on hillside
3. Tracking shot of fires in forest
4. Various of civilian fire fighters on road
5. Pan from firefighters to flames and...
Curated Video
SYND 20 6 78 PRIME MINISTERS OF MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE, AUSTRALIA MEETING
The economic fute of their three countries was high on the agenda when the Prime Ministers of Singapore, Malaysia and Australia met for a two-day summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Sunday June 18. The meeting was held at Sri Taman,...
Curated Video
SYND 15/01/71 COMMONWEALTH LEADERS ARRIVE FOR THE OPENING MEETING OF HEADS OF STATE IN SINGAPORE
The Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew meets commonwealth leaders ahead of a conference. The film shows Makarios III, President of Cyprus, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and British Prime Minister Edward Heath.
1. WS of...
Curated Video
SYND 2 7 74 PRIME MINISTER OF SINGAPORE AT ELYSEE PALACE
Prime Minister of Singapore at Elysee Palace.
1. gv Elysee Palace
2. ms car arrives
3. ms Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew leaving car and is greeted
4. mcu gendarmes
5. ms Lee Kuan Yew walks in the Palace
6. cu French flag
7. gv...
Curated Video
SYND 26/11/1970 THE BURIAL CEREMONY IN SINGAPORE OF THE LATE PRESIDENT YUSOF BIN ISHAK
The funeral is held of the former President of Singapore Yusof bin Ishak. Also in the film appears the Prime Minister Lee Kwan Yew.
1. WS of Kranji State cemetery
2. MS of the guard of honour with a pan to the procession and cortege
3....