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Language
English
Description
This program traces the water cycle, beginning with the collection of rainwater in rivers and lakes, in great detail through a water treatment plant, to some of the places where water is used, and finally back into the atmosphere. Treatment of the water begins with the use of chlorine to destroy organisms; the water is then filtered through various sedimentation tanks to remove solid matter. Other treatments employ ozone, which oxidizes everything...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Earth has got swirl. The air in the atmosphere swirls. The water in the ocean swirls. But what does it all have to do with weather and climate? To answer this, we’ll have to get a close-up on all that swirl. Don’t worry, being dizzy is fun! Topics include: Earth's Place in the Universe; Investigating Earth's Past; Restless Earth; Mountains, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes; Energetic Earth; Atmosphere and Oceans; and Earth Systems.
4) Big History
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
We all know that mankind can't live without air, food, and water...the same is true of salt. The salt on your table is a key to unlocking the story of our planet and the cosmos. Big History reveals how this simple molecule underpins our civilization.
6) X-Ray Earth
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
X-Ray Earth reveals a vast fault 80 miles off the Pacific Northwest coast. For more than 300 years, pressure has been silently building. When it slips, it will generate a megaquake and a tsunami that will devastate the region, threatening the lives of 15 million residents. Now scientists are racing to understand how bad the destruction will be when the “big one” hits.
7) Video Vocab
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
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...
Pub. Date
[2010], c2001
Language
English
Description
Photographer Carsten Peter is obsessed with devising innovative methods for capturing never-before-seen images from some of the scariest environments on the planet. This program joins Peter as he descends into a hell within paradise, photographing one of nature's most violent forces at work. The Emmy-winning cameraman braves toxic gases, treacherous rock falls, and giant pools of molten lava as he rappels inside the active volcanoes of Vanuatu, an...
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Take a tour of both the central and peripheral nervous systems, and find out how information travels from one part of the body to another. Watch how nerve impulses travel from neuron to neuron with the help of an animated diagram. Learn about the parts of the brain and understand their functions. See models of the eye, ear, tongue, and nose, and learn how sensations are communicated from these parts of the body to the brain.
10) The Rock Cycle
Pub. Date
[2012], c2011
Language
English
Description
In this program a young environmental engineer takes viewers into the field for an in-depth look at the rock cycle and the geologic processes that occur within Earth's core, mantle, and crust. Using dynamic graphics to illustrate essential terms, the video covers the formation of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks; their physical and chemical properties; subgroups and examples of each; and where they fit in to the rock cycle. The video also...
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Drill down to discover the treasures beneath our feet that power our world. Fossil fuels–coal, oil, and natural gas–powered the industrial revolution and allowed us to build a way of life that many cherish today. Personal cars, planes, lights, hot showers–all of these are gifts from our fossil fuels… but they have a dirty dark side in that they are polluting the planet. What is it about these natural resources that has allowed them to fuel...
Series
Language
English
Description
This video looks at urgent environmental concerns facing planet Earth and what people can do to repair the degradation humans have caused. Air and water pollution, the effects of pollution on health and the environment, deforestation and loss of wetlands, ozone depletion and global warming, and the negative impact of agriculture, construction, and recreation/tourism are discussed. The program ends with anti-pollution initiatives like recycling and...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
What is soil? How is it formed? And what do rocks have to do with it? Natural processes change the Earth’s surface, including rocks and soil! This Miniclip explains the processes that rocks undergo and links them to the creation of soil. It describes the different characteristics of soil and how animals and plants contribute to this fertile resource.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
This program outlines the classification system of sedimentary rocks. Specific attention is paid to the different ways sedimentary rock forms. The relationship between sedimentary rocks and the formation of fossils is investigated. Other terminology includes: clastic rock, organic rock, chemical rock, sediment, ripple marks, concretions, geodes, compaction, cementation, precipitates, evaporites, petrification, and fossils.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"We’re working on various applications of spectroscopy in low resource settings. So, what that means is using optical technology to really understand the chemical makeup of different materials,” said Matt Keller, a research scientist at Intellectual Ventures Laboratory.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
For the young budding scientist, BECON presents Science & Me. This fun and informative series is designed with your K-2 students in mind. Molecular Mike introduces basic science concepts through everyday activities and environments.From large boulders to tiny grains of sane, our planet houses things of all different shapes and sizes. Join Molecular Mike as he looks at both living and nonliving things on the Earth.
18) Suelo y rocas
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
Many of the things we eat and enjoy are grown in soil. This engaging program explores the soil and rocks importance of soil while taking a look at how soil is formed. Different types of soil and their characteristics are explored.
19) Soil and Rocks
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Many of the things we eat and enjoy are grown in soil. This engaging program explores the soil and rocks importance of soil while taking a look at how soil is formed. Different types of soil and their characteristics are explored.
Pub. Date
[2006], c1999
Language
English
Description
The Earth's surface is a fragile mask, and this Science Screen Report reveals the turmoil beneath it. A cutaway view of the planet depicts its layers-including its crust, hot mantle, and superheated core-and leads to an outline of plate tectonic theory. The Himalayas, the Matterhorn, and the Hawaiian Islands are analyzed as examples of tectonic and volcanic activity, while the core's relationship to Earth's magnetic field is also studied. The program...
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