Professor Trujillo demonstrates the property of Heat Capacity and the different abilities of water and air to absorb heat.

Water covers most of our Earth’s surface area. In this program, we’ll discuss the characteristics of the sea and its impact on climates and coast lines. Topics include: Marine Plants, Sea Water Characteristics, Ocean Currents, Sea Water Temperature, Wave and Tide Formation, Tsunamis, The Sea Bed, and Underwater Gas and Petroleum Deposits.

This live-action video program is about ectotherms. 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 labels. Viewers will see and hear the word used in a variety of contexts providing students with a model for how to appropriately use the word. Related words are also used and reinforced with visuals and text....

Dr. Helen Czerski examines two of the hottest natural phenomena on Earth: lightning and volcanoes. More than 3 million lightning bolts strike the planet each day, each 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun and carrying millions of volts of electricity. It kills many thousands of people each year and many more are severely injured. Exactly how lightning works is only just being uncovered. Super-slow motion cameras, filming at several thousand...

This live-action video program is about the pseudo-ruminant digestive system. 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 labels. Viewers will see and hear the word used in a variety of contexts providing students with a model for how to appropriately use the word. Related words are also used and reinforced...

A dichotomous key is a tool for classifying organisms based on how similar they are to each other. It involves asking a series of questions, each with only two possible answers.

In part 1 of this tool kit for Visions of Earth series, eight different different scientists show and describe their field work and geoscience research. Developed by the American Geosciences Institute, this program provides an essential and well-tested tool for teaching and learning about our planet. Produced by American Geosciences Institute.

The water that we drink today is the same water that the dinosaurs swam in and that people of ancient civilizations drank—and it’s all because of the wonderful water cycle! This Miniclip illustrates the stages involved in the water cycle, how they are reflected in the states of matter, and how we see each phase occurring in our everyday lives. Students will learn about evaporation, condensation, and precipitation, as well as the renewable nature...

With the use of exciting graphics and footage this clip will leave students with a clear understanding of the distribution of earthquakes and active volcanoes and how they are influenced by tectonic plates, hotspots and mantle plumes.

Using clear animation and high-end graphics this explainer video guides viewers through the history of plate tectonics theory and examines the latest thinking.