Earth Science
Why is the Sky Blue? interactive website
Seasons Interactive from McGraw-Hill
Videos:
What if the Earth Stopped Spinning? – Zoo La La – Earth Unplugged (2/13/14)
Reasons for the Seasons – TED Ed (5/23/13)
Earth's Tilt 1: The Reason for the Seasons - MIT K12 Videos (11/12/14)
What is Sea Level? – Minute Physics (11/25/13)
What Does Earth Look Like? – VSauce (11/11/13) This video contains a good discussion of the electromagnetic spectrum and map projections
The Hydrologic and Carbon Cycles: Always Recycle! — Crash Course (12/24/12)
The Water Cycle for Students - USGS
Why is the Sky Blue? interactive website
Seasons Interactive from McGraw-Hill
Videos:
What if the Earth Stopped Spinning? – Zoo La La – Earth Unplugged (2/13/14)
Reasons for the Seasons – TED Ed (5/23/13)
Earth's Tilt 1: The Reason for the Seasons - MIT K12 Videos (11/12/14)
What is Sea Level? – Minute Physics (11/25/13)
What Does Earth Look Like? – VSauce (11/11/13) This video contains a good discussion of the electromagnetic spectrum and map projections
The Hydrologic and Carbon Cycles: Always Recycle! — Crash Course (12/24/12)
The Water Cycle for Students - USGS
Weather
Climate Education for K-12 from North Carolina State University
Videos:
What are Weather Fronts? – MetOffice (5/8/12)
How To… Decode A Weather Forecast – The Great British Weather – BBC One (7/14/11)
Climate 101 - Bill Nye
Climate Education for K-12 from North Carolina State University
Videos:
What are Weather Fronts? – MetOffice (5/8/12)
How To… Decode A Weather Forecast – The Great British Weather – BBC One (7/14/11)
Climate 101 - Bill Nye
Plate Tectonics
Kola Superdeep Borehole is the deepest in the world - Slate
Teaching Ideas: The 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan - NY Times
Recent Earthquake Teachable Moments - Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Earthquake Hazards Program - USGS
US Volcanoes and Current Activity Alerts - USGS
Dante's Peak Movie Fact or Fiction worksheets
Videos:
The Pangea Pop-Up covers all the basics of plate tectonics including Pangea, types of plate boundaries and scientific theories
Glacierworks: Everest is an interactive site that allows for the exploration of Mount Everest
Who Melted the Earth? – SciShow
QUEST Explainer: Seismic Waves
The Deepest Hole in the World And What We’ve Learned From It– SciShow
How Tsunamis Work – TED-Ed
Japan Earthquake Pictures, Video. Disaster in the Pacific 3/11/2011 – 20/20 News Segment, provides a good overview of the earthquake and the tsunami that followed.
How Well Can We Predict Earthquakes? - Seeker
Volcano Eruption in Papua New Guinea is a video that includes the shock wave produced by the volcano.
What Happens When Continents Collide? – TED-Ed
Kola Superdeep Borehole is the deepest in the world - Slate
Teaching Ideas: The 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan - NY Times
Recent Earthquake Teachable Moments - Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Earthquake Hazards Program - USGS
US Volcanoes and Current Activity Alerts - USGS
Dante's Peak Movie Fact or Fiction worksheets
Videos:
The Pangea Pop-Up covers all the basics of plate tectonics including Pangea, types of plate boundaries and scientific theories
Glacierworks: Everest is an interactive site that allows for the exploration of Mount Everest
Who Melted the Earth? – SciShow
QUEST Explainer: Seismic Waves
The Deepest Hole in the World And What We’ve Learned From It– SciShow
How Tsunamis Work – TED-Ed
Japan Earthquake Pictures, Video. Disaster in the Pacific 3/11/2011 – 20/20 News Segment, provides a good overview of the earthquake and the tsunami that followed.
How Well Can We Predict Earthquakes? - Seeker
Volcano Eruption in Papua New Guinea is a video that includes the shock wave produced by the volcano.
What Happens When Continents Collide? – TED-Ed
Dinosaurs & Geologic Time
The Dino Directory, from The Natural History Museum in London; searchable by country
BBC Far Future Timeline
The Paleobiology Database
Videos:
The Brain Scoop: Siats meekerorum – discussion of a newly (in 2013) discovered dinosaur and how it was discovered to be a new species. From the Chicago Field Museum.
Could Dinosaurs Have Been Warm Blooded? – SciShow (8/17/15)
Astronomy – Space Basics
NASA for Educators
Solar System Scope — explore planets and constellations online
The Solar System to Scale interactive website
If the Moon Were Only One Pixel (A Tediously Accurate Scale Model of the Solar System)
Super Planet Crash - gravity and solar system simulation
Planet Hunters - Help scientists classify bodies in space
Videos:
The Scale of the Universe – It’s Okay to Be Smart – PBS Digital Studios (2/3/14) with great links to resources
What’s the Brightest Thing in the Universe? – VSauce (2/3/14)
Low Mass Stars: Crash Course Astronomy #29 – Crash Course (8/20/15)
Brown Dwarfs: Crash Course Astronomy #28 – Crash Course (8/13/15)
What is the Universe Made of? – TED Ed (2/25/14)
What we can learn from galaxies far, far away – Henry Lin – TED-Ed (2/27/14)
Where does the Sun Get Its Energy? – Veritasium (5/6/12)
The Nicest Neighborhoods in the Universe – SciShow (4/3/14)
A Polarizing Discovery about The Big Bang – Minute Physics (3/19/14)
What we can learn from galaxies far, far away – Henry Lin – TED-Ed (2/27/14)
Where does the Sun Get Its Energy? – Veritasium (5/6/12)
Why is the Solar System Flat? – Minute Physics (1/9/14)
Space Sounds – It’s Okay to be Smart – PBS Digital Studios (5/20/13)
The Chelyabinsk Meteor: What We Know – from SciShow (1/7/14)
How Do You Catch a Meteorite? – Zoo La La – Earth Unplugged (2/20/14)
NASA’s Plan to Capture an Asteroid – SciShowSpace (4/3/14)
Why Does the Earth Spin? – Veritasium (7/21/11)
Astronomy – Planets
Videos:
What are Seasons Like on Other Planets? – SciShowSpace (4/8/14)
What Has New Horizons Taught Us About Pluto? – It’s Okay to be Smart (8/11/15)
Why Is Pluto Not a Planet – SciShowSpace (4/15/14)
Solving the Mysteries of Saturn – SciShow Space (8/20/15)
Why Does Saturn Have Rings? – SciShow (2/21/14)
Astronomy – The Moon
Model of the Moons Phases, with perspectives from space and Earth; Harcourt School Publishers
Videos:
What Causes the Phases of the moon? – Veritasium (12/12/11)
How Far Away is the Moon? – Veritasium (2/17/11)
Astronomy – Space Exploration
NASA’s Human Space Flight page
Article: Christmas Dinner on the International Space Station, from Smithsonian.com (2009)
A Spacecraft for All - In 2014 Dennis Wingo and Keith Cowing formed the ISEE-3 Reboot Project, a crowdfunded effort to attempt to get in contact and gain control of the decommissioned spacecraft for the benefit of citizen science.
Waste of Space - 135 million pieces of junk are orbiting Earth at 18,000 mph -- and U.S. space dominance is in danger of being ripped to shreds - Foreign Policy Magazine
Videos:
The Canadian Space Agency YouTube channel, including videos on astronaut training and Chris Hadfield’s 2013 videos from the ISS.
Cloudy with a Chance of Aliens – How We Look for Extraterrestrial Life – from SciShow (1/27/14)
Daily Life of An Astronaut – VSauce2 (3/22/14)
Why are Astronauts Weightless? – Veritasium (5/12/12)
The Key to Sustainable Space Exploration – TED (3/21/14)
3 Messages We’ve Sent to Extraterrestrials – SciShow Space (8/11/15)
What Would Space Do To the Human Body? – Brain Stuff- How Stuff Works (8/11/15)
Why Don’t We Have a Mars Colony Yet? Blame Nixon – Big Think (8/10/15)
The Dino Directory, from The Natural History Museum in London; searchable by country
BBC Far Future Timeline
The Paleobiology Database
Videos:
The Brain Scoop: Siats meekerorum – discussion of a newly (in 2013) discovered dinosaur and how it was discovered to be a new species. From the Chicago Field Museum.
Could Dinosaurs Have Been Warm Blooded? – SciShow (8/17/15)
Astronomy – Space Basics
NASA for Educators
Solar System Scope — explore planets and constellations online
The Solar System to Scale interactive website
If the Moon Were Only One Pixel (A Tediously Accurate Scale Model of the Solar System)
Super Planet Crash - gravity and solar system simulation
Planet Hunters - Help scientists classify bodies in space
Videos:
The Scale of the Universe – It’s Okay to Be Smart – PBS Digital Studios (2/3/14) with great links to resources
What’s the Brightest Thing in the Universe? – VSauce (2/3/14)
Low Mass Stars: Crash Course Astronomy #29 – Crash Course (8/20/15)
Brown Dwarfs: Crash Course Astronomy #28 – Crash Course (8/13/15)
What is the Universe Made of? – TED Ed (2/25/14)
What we can learn from galaxies far, far away – Henry Lin – TED-Ed (2/27/14)
Where does the Sun Get Its Energy? – Veritasium (5/6/12)
The Nicest Neighborhoods in the Universe – SciShow (4/3/14)
A Polarizing Discovery about The Big Bang – Minute Physics (3/19/14)
What we can learn from galaxies far, far away – Henry Lin – TED-Ed (2/27/14)
Where does the Sun Get Its Energy? – Veritasium (5/6/12)
Why is the Solar System Flat? – Minute Physics (1/9/14)
Space Sounds – It’s Okay to be Smart – PBS Digital Studios (5/20/13)
The Chelyabinsk Meteor: What We Know – from SciShow (1/7/14)
How Do You Catch a Meteorite? – Zoo La La – Earth Unplugged (2/20/14)
NASA’s Plan to Capture an Asteroid – SciShowSpace (4/3/14)
Why Does the Earth Spin? – Veritasium (7/21/11)
Astronomy – Planets
Videos:
What are Seasons Like on Other Planets? – SciShowSpace (4/8/14)
What Has New Horizons Taught Us About Pluto? – It’s Okay to be Smart (8/11/15)
Why Is Pluto Not a Planet – SciShowSpace (4/15/14)
Solving the Mysteries of Saturn – SciShow Space (8/20/15)
Why Does Saturn Have Rings? – SciShow (2/21/14)
Astronomy – The Moon
Model of the Moons Phases, with perspectives from space and Earth; Harcourt School Publishers
Videos:
What Causes the Phases of the moon? – Veritasium (12/12/11)
How Far Away is the Moon? – Veritasium (2/17/11)
Astronomy – Space Exploration
NASA’s Human Space Flight page
Article: Christmas Dinner on the International Space Station, from Smithsonian.com (2009)
A Spacecraft for All - In 2014 Dennis Wingo and Keith Cowing formed the ISEE-3 Reboot Project, a crowdfunded effort to attempt to get in contact and gain control of the decommissioned spacecraft for the benefit of citizen science.
Waste of Space - 135 million pieces of junk are orbiting Earth at 18,000 mph -- and U.S. space dominance is in danger of being ripped to shreds - Foreign Policy Magazine
Videos:
The Canadian Space Agency YouTube channel, including videos on astronaut training and Chris Hadfield’s 2013 videos from the ISS.
Cloudy with a Chance of Aliens – How We Look for Extraterrestrial Life – from SciShow (1/27/14)
Daily Life of An Astronaut – VSauce2 (3/22/14)
Why are Astronauts Weightless? – Veritasium (5/12/12)
The Key to Sustainable Space Exploration – TED (3/21/14)
3 Messages We’ve Sent to Extraterrestrials – SciShow Space (8/11/15)
What Would Space Do To the Human Body? – Brain Stuff- How Stuff Works (8/11/15)
Why Don’t We Have a Mars Colony Yet? Blame Nixon – Big Think (8/10/15)