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This NASA page is filled with great information about climate change. Get quick stats about carbon levels, Earth's temperature and melting ice. Explore the data, articles and incredible images showing the changes that Earth is undergoing.
Explore this page about Canada's boreal forests. There are two short videos and teaching resources, as well as maps and descriptions of the many different life forms that inhabit those forests. What are the threats to this ecosystem and what kinds of actions are being taken?
Rachel Carson investigated into the misuse of chemicals and their toll on nature. In 1962, she published her findings in “Silent Spring,” which immediately drew both applause and impassioned dissent.
The ten short films in the Beyond Bark Beetles series share the story of the bark beetle outbreak in our western forests and show how the U.S. Forest Service is responding. See how beetles choose trees and what they do once they burrow inside.
Use this footprint calculator to assess your own water footprint. Based on your country of residence and your own consumption pattern, you will have a unique water footprint.
Check out this slide show about the three major layers that make up our Earth and the living conditions and resources that we have. There's a quiz after the slide show.
Play this video to learn more about the water cycle, the constant movement of water around Earth and the atmosphere. Test yourself with the quiz after you watch the video.
This 40 minute video explores our dependence upon the insect population, the factors that are leading to their rapid decline, and what their extinction could mean for the future of our world as we know it.
This 2-minute short takes on plastic microbeads—the nasty little bits of plastic that companies have been putting in everything from body washes and hand soaps to toothpaste and make up.
For humans, addressing climate change may mean using technology to find solutions. But for some plants and animals, adapting to these changes involves the most ancient solution of all: evolution. Learn how animals are adapting to climate change.
Joss Fong outlines how this overload of CO2 leads to climate change and reminds us that, unlike Tetris, we won't get an opportunity to start over and try again.
Annually, we shower over 5 billion pounds of pesticides across the Earth to control insects, unwanted weeds, funguses, rodents, and bacteria that may threaten our food supply. But is it worth it, knowing what we do about the associated environmental and public health risks?
Clearing forests for agriculture and development can have severe consequences for our environment. "Learn the value of large-scale forest landscapes and their role in the carbon cycle. Discover how reforestation can impact climate change by decreasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere."
This video answers the question: What are nurdles? They are the tiny, factory-made pellets that form every plastic product that we use, from toys to toothbrushes. In their quest for ocean domination, they can wreak havoc on our oceans.
With a stomach of steel that can digest diseased meat and waste, vultures are essential to removing dangerous pathogens from ecosystems. Kenny Coogan explores the importance of the desert's cleanup crew.
You’ve filled up your cart and made it to the front of the grocery line when you’re confronted with yet another choice: what kind of bag should you use? It might seem obvious that plastic is bad for the environment, and that a paper bag or a cotton tote would be the better option. But is that really true?
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 the face of change?
This video will explain how scientists group organisms (living things) into kingdoms. Check out the karaoke song and the quiz to test your understanding.
This slide show has images of two types of plants without seeds: vascular and non-vascular. Test yourself with the quiz after you've reviewed the slide show.
Can plants talk to each other? It certainly doesn’t seem that way: They don’t have complex sensory or nervous systems, like animals do, and they look pretty passive. But odd as it sounds, plants can communicate with each other — especially when they’re under attack.
Plants are constantly under attack. They face threats ranging from microscopic fungi to small herbivores like caterpillars, up to large herbivores like elephants. But plants are ready, with a whole series of internal and external defenses that make them a less appealing meal — or even a deadly one.
Dig into the science of how cotton transforms from seed to fiber, and how these cotton fibers are used to make everything from fabrics, to currency, and fishing nets.
Watch this video that explains kinetic and potential energy. You can think of energy as the ability to move or cause change in matter. Kinetic energy is energy that is in use, and potential energy is energy that is stored for later. Try the quiz to test your understanding.
Play the video to learn more about the states of matter: solids, liquids and gases. You can also have fun singing along with the song or trying the quiz.
Watch different types of molecules form a solid, liquid, or gas. Add or remove heat and watch the changes. Change the temperature or volume of a container and see a pressure-temperature diagram respond.
Should you give your cooking oil a useful new life as biodiesel, a biodegradable energy source which can run in diesel engines instead of refined petroleum? This video describes the process of turning used oil goop into viable fuel.
Biofuels can provide energy without the reliance on environmentally harmful fossils fuels but scientists are still searching for a plentiful source. This video demonstrates how cellulose, the naturally abundant tough walls of plant cells, might be the solution.
"Explore the forces at work when pulling against a cart,and pushing a refrigerator, crate, or person. Create an applied force and see how it makes objects move. Change friction and see how it affects the motion of objects."
Try this amazing tool for learning the concepts of motion, forces, electricity, magnetism, light, and so much more. You can bounce and slide your way through the developed levels or get creative and make your own level.
Earthquakes happen all over the world. Where you live might determine how severe the damage might be. Watch this short video to see how different the results of an earthquake can be and why these outcomes varied.
Archimedes once said “Give me a place to stand, and I shall move the Earth.” While the idea of a person moving such a huge mass on their own might sound impossible, chances are you’ve seen this idea in action at your local playground.
Earthquakes can be scary and dangerous — with collapsing buildings posing one of the largest risks. Why do buildings collapse in an earthquake? How can it be prevented? Learn the physics of why it is not the sturdiest buildings, but the smartest, that will remain standing.
This interactive website is about continental drift and plate tectonics. As you work through the information, you'll be asked to put the diagrams in order, so pay attention to how the continents separated.
Explore key moments in Earth's history as continents drift and climate fluctuates over 4.6 billion years. The time line has a slider that you can use to move from one part of Earth's history to another.
The Interactive Geology Project offers visitors dozens of fascinating 3D animated videos that "illustrate basic principles of geology in entertaining and accessible ways." Several videos are highlighted on the main page, and the Video Library provides access to all of the project's content.
With this series of visualizations from NASA, students can see how some of the key indicators of climate change, such as temperature and sea ice extent, have changed in the past few years. You can also see the possible effects of rising sea levels.
In this playlist, students will discover the complex geology of Planet Earth through the training experiences of these astronauts. Students will first learn how to identify notable features using satellite imagery, then they will engage in hands-on activities that will give them an understanding of the forces that shape geological history.
This web-resource, which is aimed at UK science students, shows how surface and deep Earth processes produce the rocks we stand on, and use to build our homes.
You can use the orange arrows to move the slide show or let the images change on their own. After the slide show, test your understanding of fossil fuels.
You can use the orange arrows to move the slide show of fossils and paleontology digs or let the images change on their own. Try out the test about fossils as well.
You can use the orange arrows to move the slide show or let the images change on their own. Try out the karaoke song and test about igneous rocks as well.
Check out this slide show about the three major layers that make up our Earth and the living conditions and resources that we have. There's a quiz after the slide show.
If you need to learn about sedimentary rocks, you should check out this slide show, try singing along with the karaoke and then test your understanding.
Nicolas Steno is not a well-known scientists and yet this contributions to the study of geology influenced the thinking of many famous scientists, including: Charles Lyell, James Hutton and Charles Darwin. Addison Anderson recounts Steno's little-known legacy and his insistence on empiricism over blind theory.
The Great Lakes (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior) are so big that contain 23 quadrillion litres of water. They touch forest, grassland, and wetland habitats, supporting a region that’s home to 3,500 species. How were they formed?
In 2026, an unmanned NASA spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at 16 Psyche, a massive, metallic asteroid floating somewhere between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. This video explains why NASA is interested in this heavy metal asteroid.
The US Geological Society has a list of terms and concepts with explanations; in each case there is an animation to demonstrate the earthquake term or concept.
