PBS
When the Sahara Was Green
The climate of the Sahara was completely different thousands of years ago. And we’re not talking about just a few years of extra rain. We’re talking about a climate that was so wet for so long that animals and humans alike made...
SciShow
9 Animals That Will Outlive Us
Lack of food, no sunlight and nuclear disaster might mean the end of the world for humans, but these 9 animals just might make it.
National Parks Service
Redwood National and State Parks - Ranger Minute: Counting Salmon
Ranger Liam describes how park biologists survey and monitor sensitive fish populations in the Redwood Creek estuary. CREDIT: NPS
TED Talks
Nizar Ibrahim: How we unearthed the Spinosaurus
A 50-foot-long carnivore who hunted its prey in rivers 97 million years ago, the Spinosaurus is a "dragon from deep time." Paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim and his crew found new fossils, hidden in cliffs of the Moroccan Sahara desert, that...
Mazz Media
Desert
This live-action video program is about deserts. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and...
Curated Video
Deserts
This brief video explores the four main types of desert found on our planet: Hot and Dry, Semiarid, Coastal, and Cold.
TED Talks
TED: You have no idea where camels really come from | Latif Nasser
Camels are so well adapted to the desert that it's hard to imagine them living anywhere else. But what if we have them pegged all wrong? What if those big humps, feet and eyes were evolved for a different climate and a different time? In...
The British Museum
Rock Art in the Green Sahara
The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert, spanning the entire northern part of Africa. Yet it hasn't always been dry -- archaeological and geological research shows that it has undergone major climatic changes over thousands of...
Curated Video
Life in an Arid Environment
Life in an Arid Environment analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of living in certain regions by identifying the strengths and weaknesses of living in an arid environment.
Mazz Media
What is a Biome?
This live-action video program is about the word biome. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word biome through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Rebecca West - Teachers Make a Difference - Mr. Field and Anthony Pitt
Rebecca West was a top ten finalist for the 2021 Global Teacher Prize. Rebecca is also deputy principal at Bonnyrigg Public School, New South Wales, Australia, knew as soon as she entered a classroom as a student-teacher 22 years ago...
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Destination World: Africa
Experience the hottest of the seven continents and meet some of the most famous animals in the world. [2:50]