TED-Ed
TED-ED: What is the tragedy of the commons? - Nicholas Amendolare
Is it possible that overfishing, super germs, and global warming are all caused by the same thing? In 1968, a man named Garrett Hardin sat down to write an essay about overpopulation. Within it, he discovered a pattern of human behavior...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The science of smog - Kim Preshoff
On July 26, 1943, Los Angeles was blanketed by a thick gas that stung people’s eyes and blocked out the Sun. Panicked residents believed their city had been attacked using chemical warfare. But the cloud wasn’t an act of war. It was...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Jean-Paul Fitoussi: The Emerging Economic and Political Order - What Lies Ahead? (1/5)
Anatole Kaletsky, Associate Editor of the The Times, moderates the first panel of INET's Bretton Woods Conference on April 8, 2011: The Emerging Economic and Political Order: What Lies Ahead? Part 1 of 5 with Anatoly Kaletsky and...
Curated Video
What is Evolution: A REALLY SIMPLE and Brief Explanation
Evolution “is the net change in organisms or a population over the span of many generations.” This change in organisms or populations happens through DNA mutations and reconbination and is passed down to the next generation through...
Visual Learning Systems
What Is Science?: Careers in Science
This instructive video describes what makes science different from other disciplines, while highlighting many exciting science career opportunities. Concepts and terminology: observing, solving problems, health, career, education, and...
Red Rock Films
Ecosystem Activator: Temperate Forests. Age 7 - 10.
Temperate forests of deciduous and coniferous trees. Animals and their seasonal interactions with the trees and forest biome. Engaging Animal Behavior within the ecosystem. How to protect this ecosystem.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why is biodiversity so important? - Kim Preshoff
Our planet's diverse, thriving ecosystems may seem like permanent fixtures, but they're actually vulnerable to collapse. Jungles can become deserts, and reefs can become lifeless rocks. What makes one ecosystem strong and another weak in...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why do honeybees love hexagons? - Zack Patterson and Andy Peterson
Honeybees are some of nature's finest mathematicians. Not only can they calculate angles and comprehend the roundness of the earth, these smart insects build and live in one of the most mathematically efficient architectural designs...
SciShow
Oh No...Is Nature Going to Make Climate Change WORSE?! | SciShow News
Photosynthesis plays a huge role in regulating the earth's CO2. But what happens when the temperature gets high enough that photosynthesis slows down?
Natural History Museum
What is environmental DNA? | Live talk with NHM scientist
We mostly think of DNA as something we find inside the cells of living things, but actually it’s all around us. It’s in the ground, in the water and even in the air! What’s it doing there? How can we study it? What can we learn from it?...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The life cycle of a t-shirt - Angel Chang
Consider the classic white t-shirt. Annually, we sell and buy 2 billion t-shirts globally, making it one of the most common garments in the world. But how and where is the average t-shirt made, and what's its environmental impact? Angel...
Crash Course
The Spanish Empire, Silver, & Runaway Inflation: Crash Course World History
In which John Green explores how Spain went from being a middling European power to one of the most powerful empires on Earth, thanks to their plunder of the New World in the 16th and 17th centuries. Learn how Spain managed to destroy...
Curated Video
Environmental Science – Grad, Div and Curl (1/3)
Introduction to this gradient vector. What is meant by 'steepness of a path' on a hillside? (Part 1 of 3) Playlist link - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB4CDD2976B5FE747 Transcript link -...
MinuteEarth
Why The Ocean Needs Salt
Our oceans don’t technically contain salt, but the ions salt is made of play a critical role in planet-wide processes that make the Earth habitable.
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Paper Roll Relief Sculpture
Create relief sculpture with me using cardboard tubes (from toilet paper | paper towels | gift wrap | etc) | scissors | and glue! You can use paper or cardboard as your base. This is a great | hands-on assignment for teaching about...
FuseSchool
What Is The Carbon Cycle - Part 2
Watch part 2 of the videos on the Carbon Cycle, as a part of environmental chemistry. Photosynthesis and respiration help carbon to be cycled in nature by using energy from the sun. As living things grow, they have to build up large...
FuseSchool
BIOLOGY - Environment - What is organic farming
As populations have grown, farming practices have become more intensified to maximise crop yields and ensure we can feed the ever growing population. Fertilisers and pesticides are used on crops, and animals may be kept inside in more...
FuseSchool
What Is Water Pollution
Learn the basics about water pollution, whilst learning about environmental chemistry. The substances mankind throws away have polluted lakes, rivers and even the oceans. The United Nations estimate that around 10% of the world’s people...
FuseSchool
What Is The Carbon Cycle - Part 1| Environmental Chemistry
Watch the first part of our Carbon Cycle videos, as part of environmental chemistry. Photosynthesis and respiration help carbon to be cycled in nature by using energy from the sun. As living things grow, they have to build up large...
Curated Video
Michelangelo's David: Great Art Explained
"What a brilliant series this is" - Stephen Fry on Twitter 12 December 2020 "Thoroughly researched and cleverly presented, with stunning visuals, Great Art Explained makes you realise that familiarity with a work of art sometimes makes...
FuseSchool
What Is The Hole In The Ozone - Part 2
Learn some more about the hole in the ozone, as a part of environmental chemistry. The hole in the ozone layer has become thinner, mainly due to CFC’s. CFCs are inert stable molecules and were once the wonder chemical. They were...
Curated Video
What is the Riskiest Region in the US as the Climate Changes
Climate Change is increasing the frequency and severity of natural disasters all around the world. And in the United States, more and more people seem to be moving to the places that are projected to be most impacted by climate change,...