Pbs Learning Media: Infrared: More Than Your Eyes Can See

Scientists study ice sheets because they influence weather and climate, playing a role in atmospheric and ocean circulation. Ice sheets can also have huge impacts on global sea levels because they store so much water. Explore this...

This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center explains how and where hurricanes develop. Learn how El Nino events alter the course of atmospheric circulation. Includes background reading material and discussion...

In 2014, a deadly landslide devastated Oso, Washington. Watch this video to see how models developed by scientists help them understand the mechanisms that affect the mobility and severity of landslides in order to mitigate their...

How did life first arise on earth? There are many theories and scientists Stanely Miller and Harold Urey set out to recreate the environment of early earth in order to find some answers. Watch this video from NOVA to see the results of...

Thawing permafrost can have devastating effects for a region. It can lead to the ground becoming unstable, landslides, and sinking. This video shows some effects of thawing permafrost in Fairbanks, Alaska, and provides a glimpse of what...

The enormity of the solar system can sometimes be too big to imagine. A scale model can help us visualize the size in an easy to understand way. Watch as scientists build a model of the solar system in a dessert just 7 miles in diameter!...

Learn about thermal energy, also known as heat or heat energy, and the ways in which it can move from one object to another,

Students learn how various kinds of data and information can be gathered to create a biodiversity timeline that serves as evidence of changes in a population of a species.

When light strikes an object it can cause reflection or absorption depending on the wavelength of the light and the property of the material that makes up the object. Watch this whiteboard animation for a full explanation and to find out...

Are three seemingly separate volcanoes in Iceland actually connected to each other? For the first time, scientists can study a volcano from the inside and find out that these volcanoes are actually connected. Find out how in this video...