Browse our collection of educational videos to help your students visualize data and understand scientific and environmental concepts.
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Coral Reefs and Climate Change
Around the world, many coral reefs are in hot water. How can we preserve these important and diverse ecosystems?
How Did Plants Change Our Planet?
From vascular to non-vascular, land plants drastically transformed our planet. Go back in time—before dinosaurs—420 million years ago to learn how they performed this feat, with evidence provided along the way.
Learning from Light
How do astronomers use light to understand what stars and planets are made of?
Travel Deep Inside a Leaf
What would you see if you could shrink down to fit inside a plant cell?
Native American Stories
A Fishing People
The Yurok people and salmon are intertwined in northern California and have been since time immemorial.
Healing a River
The Yurok tribe successfully fought to remove dams on the upper Klamath River, so the salmon have returned!
Restoring a Salmon Sanctuary
The Yurok people are at the forefront of restoring habitat for threatened fish such as salmon.
Selections from Flipside Science
The Climate is Changing but How's the Weather?
What's the difference between weather and climate? Learn how we know and why it's important.
What is the Environmental Impact of Feeding the World?
To feed our growing world, we need innovative solutions.
Bugs for Breakfast
Could eating insects be better for the environment than eating other sources of protein, like beef?
A Few Anchoring Phenomena
An Elemental Question
You don't have to look through a telescope to observe star stuff...
A Royale Mystery
On a isolated island in Lake Superior, something mysterious is happening to the animals. What is going on?
A Tale of Two Birds
Two very different environments. Two very different birds. Both are called 'juncos'. What is going on?
Full Films from our Planetarium
Expedition Reef for Educators
Educators everywhere can stream the full HD film, in addition to shorter video clips!
Habitat Earth in the Classroom
Inspire your students with this stunning 25-minute film focusing on the vast networks of life.
Incoming!
In this free film, you'll follow the paths of asteroids and comets that have collided with Earth.
Selections from our Earthquakes Course
Inside the Earth: Exploring Earth’s Layers
Much of what we know about Earth's interior comes from seismic waves generated by earthquakes.
Plate Boundaries: Divergent, Convergent, and Transform
Most seismic activity occurs in the narrow zones between plates.
Plate Tectonics: Shaping the Continents
Billions of years ago, Earth had supercontinents—land masses made of multiple continents merged together.
Short Scenes from Habitat Earth
Take a Virtual Dive in a Kelp Forest
Visit an underwater forest near Point Lobos, California, to learn what a kelp forest food web looks like.
The Living Soil Beneath Our Feet
Travel underground for an up-close look at the ants, amoebas, and bacteria that maintain healthy soil.
Why Do We Have Different Seasons?
Earth's rotation changes the angle at which sunlight hits the planet's surface, creating the different seasons.
Data Visualizations
Timelapse: Photosynthesis Seen From Space
Witness the influence of the sun on the seasonal abundance of plant matter produced on land and in our oceans.
Why Do Birds Migrate?
See how seasonal changes drive patterns in animal behavior.
How Quickly Do Ships Cross the Oceans?
This clip demonstrates global ship traffic over an eleven day period.
Social Studies + Science Connections
Plate Tectonics and Ancient Civilizations
Plate tectonics played an important role in providing opportunities for life to flourish.
The Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
On April 18, 1906, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake along the San Andreas Fault would reshape the entire city.
How Did Human Civilization Spread?
How is the development of human population centers linked to the development of agriculture?
Selections from our Biodiversity Course
How Does Climate Change Affect Biodiversity?
As human activities warm the Earth, biodiversity levels and distributions are changing at alarming rates.
Demystifying Ocean Acidification
Why are the oceans becoming more acidic and how does that threaten biodiversity?
Ecosystems and Ecological Networks
Healthy ecosystems require a large, diverse group of organisms, each doing their part.
Live Webcams
Live Penguin Cams
Watch our colony of playful African penguins waddle, swim, flirt, and nest on three live webcams.
Reef Lagoon Cam
Enjoy ogling the 10+ species of graceful rays and tropical fish in Reef Lagoon—streaming 24/7 via webcam.
Philippine Coral Reef Cam
Be mesmerized by the brilliant colors of tropical fish in our Philippine Coral Reef.
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