Browse our collection of educational videos to help your students visualize data and understand scientific and environmental concepts.
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Bugs for Breakfast
Could eating insects be better for the environment than eating other sources of protein, like beef?
The Chemistry of Clothes
What is the difference between synthetic and natural materials? How are synthetic materials made?
Lens of Time: How Hummingbirds Hover
Scientists are beginning to unlock the secrets of one of nature’s most acrobatic flyers.
Lens of Time: Velvet Worms—Secret of the Slime
Physics and biology meet to create one of the world's strangest weapons: the slime cannon.
Selections from Flipside Science
Un Chapulín Crujiente
¿Podría comer insectos mejor para el medio ambiente que comer otras fuentes de proteínas?
Why Protect Pollinators?
Pollinators contribute to the biodiversity and resilience of ecosystems and benefit people. Let's protect them!
Renewable Energy: Powered by Poop
Find out how a dairy farm is using a methane digester to turn cow poop into electricity.
Full Films from our Planetarium
Fragile Planet
Travel to the Moon, Mars, and even beyond the Milky Way to search for habitats that might support life!
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 Many Planes Are in the Sky?
Real-time air traffic reveals travel patterns occurring on timescales far more rapid than species migration.
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
Biodiversity and Natural Selection
How does natural selection give rise to new species?
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?
Ecosystem Services
Healthy ecosystems provide crucial direct, indirect, and aesthetic-ethical benefits to humans.
Ecosystems and Ecological Networks
Healthy ecosystems require a large, diverse group of organisms, each doing their part.
Genetic Variation, Gene Flow, and New Species
What is the connection between genes and biodiversity?
Popular News Stories
Dung Beetles
How do dung beetles find their way? They do a little dance.
Frog Tongues
Frog tongues are amazingly fast and sticky tools for hunting.
Crow Intelligence
Live Webcams
Live Penguin Cams
Watch our penguins swim, flirt, and nest on three live webcams.
Shark Lagoon Cam
Spot every detail on the 13 species of sharks, rays, and bony fishes living in our Shark Lagoon.
Philippine Coral Reef
Where reef fish dart through forests of coral while sharks and rays sail under your feet.
Ideas for Using Video in the Classroom RR
Learn the benefit of using videos in the classroom, and browse resources to help you get started.
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