Go Green Around Your Home

VISUALZ

Sustaining the world’s resources for future generations can start with small changes around the home. In this video, the Go Green Team takes action against waste by coming up with Earth-friendly ways to create a healthier lifestyle and environment. Over the course of the program, viewers will learn about little ways to save lots of energy, important items to recycle, environmentally safe products to use, green ways to shop, and more. Viewable/printable educational resources are available online. (20 minutes)

Great Lakes (How the Earth Was Made)

History Education

In this program, geologists delve deep into an underground salt mine, investigate a fossilized coral reef, climb an Alpine glacier, and dive to the bottom of Lake Superior—all to understand the evolution of the Great Lakes. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. A part of the series How the Earth Was Made. (45 minutes)

Hawaii (How the Earth Was Made)

History Education

This program seeks to understand the beautiful yet violent Hawaiian Islands—a region of explosive volcanoes, vast landslides, mega-tsunamis, and strange forces emerging from the core of the planet. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. A part of the series How the Earth Was Made. (45 minutes)

Aqueducts: Man-Made Rivers of Life (Modern Marvels)

Modern Marvels

Man-made rivers quenched the thirst of millions in the American west and around the world. Without these aqueducts some of the world's largest cities would turn into gigantic ghost towns. Their technology has been in use for over 2,000 years, but today these engineering marvels cost billions of dollars to build, requiring thousands of men to toil for years on end. Aqueducts have made some men famous and others fabulously wealthy. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (45 minutes)

Gold Mines (Modern Marvels)

Modern Marvels

Heavy, lustrous, and nearly indestructible, it has long symbolized power, wealth, and love. Gold coins and jewelry have been uncovered at archeological digs in all corners of the globe as man has sought this precious metal since ancient times. Spontaneous rock explosions are but one obstacle faced by man in his never ending quest for gold. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (45 minutes)

Homeostasis

Digital Rights Group Limited

This program investigates how the body controls its internal environment. The steady state of the Earth’s biosphere is compared to that of the human body. An automated greenhouse and a computerized inventory system demonstrate how negative feedback loops use detection and response to maintain their own balanced states. The regulation of body temperature in response to extreme heat and cold is explored both in a sauna and on a mountain slope. The roles of the pancreas and liver in controlling blood glucose levels are described. And the control of water concentration at the cellular level and waste filtration via the kidneys are explained. The impact of alcohol consumption on temperature regulation and water management is also considered. (20 minutes)

Charlemagne and the Holy Roman Empire

RCR Producciones

Out of the ashes of the Roman Empire rose the Holy Roman Empire, born during Christmas of 800 in the Basilica of St. Peter's in Rome. This program covers the antecedents and the life of Charlemagne, shows life at the court, life of the courtiers and of the peasants, recounts the battle of Roncevaux-site of the epic Chanson de Roland-and counterpoints the glories of the Carolingian Renaissance with the everyday realities of hunger, plague, and constant violence. The program concludes with the first of Europe's major confrontations between empire and church, in this instance between Henry IV and Gregory VII. (31 minutes)

Non-Point Source Water Pollution: A Focus on Stormwater

Wild Hare Productions

First-flush runoff from a rainstorm can be as bad, in quality, as raw sewage. What are municipalities doing about it? In this program, Ray Allen, executive director of Coastal Bend Bays Estuaries Program; stormwater engineer Valerie Gray; and many others discuss the positive effects of governmental regulations, stormwater management projects, and runoff purification initiatives. The establishment of stormwater utilities, increased monitoring and testing, the retrofitting and upgrading of storm drain and sewer systems, and the engineering of surge ponds are examined. School- and community-based educational outreach is reinforced. (27 minutes)

Wastewater Treatment and Discharge

Wild Hare Productions

This program illustrates the physical, biological, and chemical treatment processes required to decontaminate industrial and residential wastewater and describes ways in which discharge is being put to work. Two wastewater treatment facilities are toured-one a traditional bricks-and-mortar operation and the other a constructed wetland system. Also, Steve Woods, of the Bayou Marcus Water Reclamation Facility; Thomas Byrom, of the Galveston Bay Estuary Program; and many others praise innovations such as high-tech disinfection and using treated wastewater to recharge aquifers while at the same time voicing concerns over funding difficulties and violations of the law. (27 minutes)

Finishing Techniques

Meridian Education

This video illustrates how to prepare wood for finishing and then apply stains, clear sealers, and paints and enamels. A viewable/printable instructor's guide is available online. A Shopware Production. (14 minutes)

Resorts: Paradise Reclaimed

Mobile Corporation

American pioneers had to overcome the dangerous wilderness; Americans at rest want to return to nature-not the wilderness, but a tamed and peaceful nature.Having cut down nature to build cities, we bring back the country through parks: New York's Central Park gives us a dreamlike, idealized New York with forests, lakes, hills, meadows, foot and bridle paths, and architecture to complement the picturesque settings; vacationers sought rusticity with comfort, and nature brought indoors became the fad. The ultra-rich built a private resort town around a country club (The Newport Casino, R.I.- both classical and colloquial, the first example of the Shingle Style); they found shelter in marble palaces (they called them cottages)-the Vanderbilts contributed to this genre; Addison Mizner concocted Palm Beach for it.Postwar Florida resorts bear the stong imprint of Hollywood-in the great hotels of Miami Beach and in the fantasy of Disney World, which gives us the elemental, mythically American Main Street. (58 minutes)

When the Dust Settles: The Owens Lake Remediation Project

Straight-Up Television Productions

An excellent example of governmental and community cooperation in the face of long-standing legal enmity, this program explains how the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power are working to eliminate hazardous concentrations of airborne dust from the Owens Lake lakebed-drained nearly dry to supply L.A. with water. The biggest remediation project of its kind in U.S. history, the Owens Lake initiative is using managed vegetation and shallow flooding to stabilize the region and bring its sky-high levels of air pollution back down to earth. (29 minutes)

Chemistry: Changing States of Matter

Allegro Productions.

This Science Screen Report uses experiments and everyday phenomena to explore the properties of matter and how physical forces cause state changes at the boiling, melting, freezing, and dew point. The program also demonstrates how different states of matter can be combined in suspensions and solutions and how such mixtures can be separated into their components. Applied chemistry is spotlighted in the areas of food manufacturing and water desalination. A viewable/printable instructor's guide is available online. Produced in association with the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology and the Junior Engineering Technical Society. (14 minutes)

Ecology: Life at the Edge of the Sea

Allegro Productions.

This Science Screen Report explores the challenges that marine plants and animals face in rocky shoreline areas, and vividly illustrates the diversity of those life forms. Examining crustaceans, gastropods, mollusks, and other shoreline creatures, the program shows how tide pools form a marine sub-habitat, and how rocky shore dwellers have evolved specific abilities to survive powerful waves and gather food from the ebb and flow of tides. The medicinal value of certain tidal zone organisms is also discussed in detail. A viewable/printable instructor's guide is available online. Produced in association with the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology and the Junior Engineering Technical Society. (25 minutes)

The Nature of Fire

Allegro Productions.

A fire needs heat, fuel, and oxygen. This Science Screen Report examines that triangle of ingredients, and how scientists study it in order to combat-or harness-fire. With detailed examples of firefighting techniques, the program demonstrates the removal of heat from a class A blaze through the use of water or sprayed polymers, and the elimination of oxygen, a strategy used in fighting oil fires. The video concludes with a focus on the internal combustion engine and the oxyacetylene torch, two technological achievements that transform fire into a tool. A viewable/printable instructor's guide is available online. Correlates to National Science Education Standards. Produced in association with the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology and the Junior Engineering Technical Society. (22 minutes)

Elements: The Foundation of Nature

Allegro Productions.

Earth, air, fire, and water: according to some ancient theories, these four elements made up the cosmos. Beginning with the work of the Greek philosopher Democritus, this Science Screen Report describes how an accurate atomic theory developed and led to awareness of a wide variety of elements. Specific examples showing different configurations of these basic units of matter-including graphite and diamond, both made of carbon-combine with animated sequences that demonstrate concepts of atomic and molecular structure. A viewable/printable instructor's guide is available online. Correlates to National Science Education Standards. Produced in association with the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology and the Junior Engineering Technical Society. (17 minutes)

United Arab Emirates: Oil and Water Resources

Agency for Instructional Technology

The UAE's oil is plentiful and readily consumed by an energy-thirsty world; meanwhile, the nation struggles with its own thirst for water. This program documents the history of the wealthy Arab nation and how it deals with water scarcity and an abundance of petroleum. Detailed discussions of the oil drilling and seawater desalinization processes, conversations with young UAE citizens, and a stroll through a souk, or public market, vividly illustrate cultural and economic aspects of this Persian Gulf country. A viewable/printable instructor's guide-including geographical background information, extension activities, vocabulary handouts, and more-is available online. Correlates to National Geography Standards. (25 minutes)

Changing States of Matter

ClickView Pty Limited

This program demonstrates the changeability of solids, liquids, and gases with real-world, easy-to-understand examples. Set at a campsite, the video utilizes simple tools at hand-a camp stove, pots and pans, boiling water, and ice-to explain the concepts of state change, latent heat, expansion, contraction, and sublimation. Viewers will become familiar with the particle theory of matter, how heat or cold changes the characteristics of a wide variety of materials, and how a great deal of technology relies on these transformations. Helpful animation sequences and concise chapter summaries reinforce essential physics and chemistry concepts. Viewable/printable educational resources are available online. (28 minutes)

Rocks and Minerals

Cambridge Educational

Knowledge of the physics and chemistry of the planet's "bones" is essential to a complete understanding of Earth science. Ranging from the Mohs scale and specific gravity to silicates, carbonates, and halides, this video delves deeply into the composition, properties, and classification of rocks and minerals. An element of forensic-type analysis is also brought into play, since any stony formation represents a portion of the planet's history and local conditions. A viewable/printable instructor's guide is available online. Correlates to National Science Education Standards, National Educational Technology Standards, and Standards for the English Language Arts. A Cambridge Educational Production. (23 minutes)

The Song of Roland

REGENTS OF UNIV OF COLORADO

Compiled in the 11th century, The Song of Roland is perhaps the world's most famous portrait of early European chivalry, piousness, and militarism. This beautifully produced program offers an abridged English version of the battlefield epic, combining richly textured medieval and Renaissance art images with scholarly summaries and interpretations of the work's major sections. Acknowledging the poem's historical inaccuracies, the video nevertheless underscores its importance for later European listeners: specifically, as a rallying cry mobilizing Christian forces to embark on the Crusades. An Old French recital of the song's first six lines begins the program. (73 minutes)

Feast or Famine: Water Management and Food Production in China

Carlton International Media

"To manage the country, we must first control the waters," is an ancient Chinese saying that is more true today than ever. This program documents farmers' hardships-droughts that leave Shanxi Province bone-dry and floods that inundate the lands bordering the Yangtze River-and discusses the exacerbating effects of deforestation and urban growth. Also, potential remedies are showcased, including new dams, increased water conservation, sustainable agricultural practices, improved planting methods, genetic modification of crops, and the monumental South to North Water Transfer Project. (58 minutes)

Water Babies

Electric Sky

Did the ancestors of the human race go through a crucial semi-aquatic phase? This balanced program examines the latest evidence that water played a major role in human evolution and assesses how it stands up to the traditional Savanna Theory proposed by Darwin. Preeminent critics and adherents of the Aquatic Ape Theory discuss such key points as humans' unique diving reflex and voluntary breath control; the connection between brain development and long-chain fatty acids found in marine foods; links with schizophrenia research; and the fossil record. (29 minutes)

Copper and Diamond

INCA (London)

As construction of the Worldwide Plaza moves toward completion, this program focuses on the two final make-or-break hurdles: a problem with the roof design, which requires that the copper panels be hoisted by hand and the floor be reinforced to support the weight of the building's mechanical systems, and the challenge of installing the building's crowning glass pyramid 770 feet above the ground. The designing and installation of the structure's sophisticated elevator system is also spotlighted. (53 minutes)

Plumbing

Meridian Education

Watch basic plumbing installation for residential and commercial construction including pipe fitting and bathroom fixtures. (14 min.) A Meridian Production.

Who's Afraid of a Big Black Hole?

BBC Worldwide Learning

Black holes are by definition invisible, and there is no scientific theory that can adequately explain them. Nevertheless, researchers are determined to unravel the mysteries of black holes in the hope of answering some of the universe’s most pressing questions. This program spotlights the work of MIT’s Max Tegmark and Shep Doeleman as well as of string field theorist Michio Kaku as it questions the relevance of Einstein’s general theory of relativity to black holes, attempts to apply quantum mechanics to black holes, discusses the characteristics of supermassive black holes, relates black holes to the big bang, and illustrates attempts to find and image black holes. A BBC/Science Channel Coproduction. (52 minutes)

Out of the Depths: The Miner's Story

Independent Production Fund

Danger has always surrounded the coal miner’s profession, but in the early years of the Colorado coal fields, it was almost as risky for a worker to stay above ground and face the wrath of the company as it was to toil in the tunnels below. This Bill Moyers program presents the memories of the people who worked those mines, freeing the rocks, metals, and minerals on which much of 20th-century American industry was founded. The depths of their struggles are revealed as they recall the deplorable conditions in which they labored and the events which led to the legendary 1913 United Mine Workers’ strike as well as the infamous 1914 Ludlow Massacre. (56 minutes)

The Legacy of King Coal (Empires Of Industry)

History Education

This program is a comprehensive chronicle of the coal industry, featuring extensive footage of coal mining through the years. Commentary by labor leaders, coal company presidents, and industrial historians is featured. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (45 minutes)

Oil (Modern Marvels)

Modern Marvels

The story of the world’s move to industrialism during the 20th century cannot be told without reference to a substance that was deposited during the age of the dinosaurs—oil. This episode of Modern Marvels explains the technology used in the extraction and processing of the fossil fuel that changed the world. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. (45 minutes)

Dark Matter (The Universe)

History Education

What, exactly, is dark matter? In this program, scientists theorize as they struggle to understand dark matter’s unique properties. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. A part of the series The Universe. (45 minutes)

Liquid Universe (The Universe)

History Education

Scalding iron rain. Lakes of liquid methane. Oceans of electrified hydrogen metal. This program focuses on liquids other than water to be found throughout the universe. Distributed by A&E Television Networks. A part of the series The Universe. (45 minutes)

Fluid Power Technology-At Work

Beneficial Books & Video

Brings the fluid power industry into your classroom. A broad overview of the many applications of hydraulics and pneumatics is summarized. Everything from the steam engine to the space shuttle to a huge robotic dinosaur eating an airplane is shown in this highly entertaining program. A few of the subjects covered include: advantages of hydraulic versus pneumatic systems, small power equipment, mobile equipment, as well as fluid power in the transportation, aviation, machining, manufacturing, mining, energy, and chemical processing industries. Hydrostatic drive, machine automation, hydro-milling, destructive testing, and many other topics are included. (24 min.) A Meridian Production.

What Is Science Doing to Predict Natural Disasters? Ever Wondered? (Series 1)

Scorpion TV

In this episode, host John Watt tackles the titans of Mother Nature: the earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanoes that have shaped the very bedrock of New Zealand. Through a series of intelligent interviews, explosive field testing, and gritty archival footage, viewers will see what science is doing to demystify Earth's biggest natural phenomena. A part of Ever Wondered? (Series 1). (22 minutes)

Water Well Basics: Well Construction from Start to Finish

American Ground Water Trust

In some regions of the country, a water well for each home or cluster of homes is the best way to supply a community with drinking water. This program covers the fundamentals of an independent home water system, with step-by-step details of the process of well drilling, construction, and equipment installation. The video also advises on how to plan the project, including what kinds of experts can help determine the location, depth, and expected yield of the well. An ideal resource for constructing and maintaining a private water system. (16 minutes)

Hyponatremia: A Serious Sodium Deficiency

Information Television Network (ITN)

Sodium is everywhere, and most of us have to restrict our use of salt to prevent cardiovascular disease. But there is a condition called hyponatremia in which the sodium concentration of the blood is too low. It’s been called water intoxication because it can happen when poorly trained weekend warrior athletes drink too much water during exertion. Hyponatremia can also occur during treatments for diseases or for other reasons. And when it does, it can be a life-threatening situation. If the sodium levels in the blood drop too low, the brain can swell, which leads to coma and sometimes death. This program looks at the circumstances that can lead to hyponatremia and explores the latest treatments. (27 minutes)

Plastics: Quirky Science

Looking Glass International

Plastic has become ubiquitous—impressive, since we’d been living without it for centuries! Can you imagine that plastic was invented accidentally—for the purpose of making billiard balls? This program investigates the history of plastic: from the first plastic—discovered when someone witnessed how Southeast Asian farmers used the poop of a little beetle, called shellac, to preserve wood—to DuPont's development of nylon, the first synthetic material to replace silk. But plastic is made with oil and is hard to break down. See how a U.S.-based company is creating a bioplastic grown inside microorganisms. Plastic grown in the field? Now that is quirky! Part of the series Quirky Science. (25 minutes)

Doors, Heart Valves, and Flic-Flacs: Moments

Skillbank Solutions Ltd

After explaining the principle of moments, this program shows how apparently dissimilar physical phenomena are actually mathematically similar through the examples of a synthetic heart valve, a lock gate, and the gymnastic maneuver known as a flic-flac, or back handspring. The need to make careful approximations during the modeling process is stressed. (51 minutes)

Limestone

Granada Media

Limestone, or calcium carbonate-made of the skeletons of billions of sea creatures-is mined in large quantities. Carefully blasted out of the ground, it is first crushed with huge pestles to eliminate large boulders, then passed through a series of sieves to separate large chunks for further crushing. When sufficiently small, it is washed to remove clay, dust, and sand. The grades are separated: some for road-building, others for processing into sodium carbonate for glass-making. The sand from the wash is separated out and can be made into quicklime and subsequently into slacked lime; the remainder is processed to make cement powder. (20 minutes)

Coca-Cola: The Real Story Behind the Real Thing

CNBC LLC

With unprecedented access to secluded archives and hidden testing facilities, this CNBC Original documentary goes inside Coca-Cola, the world’s leading beverage company and the most recognizable brand on the planet. Melissa Lee presents a story of never-before-seen labs and high-tech product trials as the camera follows Coke’s urgent campaign to reinvent itself, afteryears of losing ground to archrival Pepsi in the race to develop new, blockbuster beverages. Viewers also meet the bottling contractors who perform a little-known but vital task for Coca-Cola: they actually make the drink. Not only do bottlers physically concoct the soda and deliver all those bottles and cans—they also distribute most of Coke’s entire line of beverages while stocking and maintaining inventory at retail outlets. A revealing look at the reigning champion of a high-stakes, fizz-or-fizzle industry.

Water: A Molecular Substance

ClickView Pty Limited

Using computer-generated animations, this program clearly demonstrates the structures and changes of state in water-specifically in ice melting, in water evaporating, and in water boiling-all at the molecular level. Each demonstration scientifically clarifies student misconceptions about the process and reinforces concepts that carry over into molecular change in other elements. (12 minutes)

Brushstrokes: The Painter's Touch

Lagardere Studio Distribution

Should brushstrokes be allowed to show—or even be shown off, like a signature—or should they be carefully effaced whenever possible, leaving the surface of a painting smooth? This program looks at both the mechanical side of the question—the influence of pigments and brush types on the traces of a brush’s passage—as well as the long-running doctrinal tension between exponents of visible and hidden brushstrokes. (27 minutes)

Growing Synthetics

Actuality Holdings Inc.

Biogeneticists are engineering new yeasts and fungi as well as entirely new growing methods, and in the process are giving a new definition to the word "natural." If yeasts and fungi can turn decaying wood into sugar, why should humans not be able to grow ethanol cheaply and efficiently? This program follows the course of the research into the artificial culture of natural trees, as well as new methods of accelerating plant propagation and growth. The program demonstrates how extraordinarily effective gene-spliced bacteria can be-but how, if a mistake is made somewhere or somehow, we know of no way to undo the combination and bring the menacing new creation back into the test tube. (27 minutes)

Watery Visions: Is the Future Potable?

Deutsche Welle

In a dramatic reversal of policy since apartheid, South Africa has become a model of water fulfillment. Despite being one of the driest regions on Earth, India's Rajasthan is an oasis due to the revival of a system of ancient rain basins. This program looks at these encouraging examples to show how sustainable solutions to long-term water management can be achieved, while a visit to Sertao in Brazil illustrates the appalling alternative-two very different futures. (27 minutes)

Liquid Assets: The Big Business of Water

CNBC

With freshwater making up only 3 percent of the world’s supply, are we looking at a global crisis in the making? Some say it’s already upon us—whether for drinking, growing crops, or proper hygiene, shortages are emerging all over the planet. Studying the impact on our home front, this CNBC Original documentary travels to the American West, where seven states compete for water from the Colorado River Basin, as well as to Alaska and Wisconsin, both of which enjoy an abundance of water and are eager to capitalize on their surplus. The program also visits Chile, a nation with some of the most efficient water markets in the world—in theory, anyway, since the realities of managing a scarce resource inevitably produce tensions. In addition, viewers learn about the bottled water industry, which has posted growth rates of 20 percent for most of the past two decades.

Lemonade

Broadway Digital Archive

This is a play about the fantasies, inhibitions, and dreams of two lonely matrons who set up competing lemonade stands along a jammed highway. James Prideaux's Lemonade incorporates comedy and tragedy, a touch of the bizarre, and ultimately, a sincere compassion in both women. With Eileen Herlie and Martha Scott. (30 minutes)

The Weather Video Clip Collection

QA International

The weather-a phenomenon clearly beyond human control!-is nevertheless a topic of fascination to people the world over. A combination of high-quality film footage and detailed animations, this collection of 48 video clips (30 seconds to 2 minutes each) discusses Earth's atmosphere, precipitation, meteorology, climates, the environment, and pollution. Video clips include... • Earth's Atmosphere-Introduction • The Atmosphere • Atmospheric Pressure • The Movement of Air Masses • Wind • Precipitation-Introduction • Humidity • Cloud Formation • Identifying Clouds • Dew and Fog • Rainbows • Lightning and Thunder • Meteorology-Introduction • Measurement Instruments • Measuring the Temperature • Balloons and Radar • Geostationary Satellites • Polar-Orbiting Satellites • Weather Maps • Climates-Introduction • The Seasonal Cycle • Climates of the World • Desert Climates • Tropical Climates • Polar Climates • Temperate Climates • El Nino and La Nina • The Environment-Introduction • The Biosphere • Ecosystems • Soil • The Water Cycle • The Carbon and Oxygen Cycles • The Phosphorus and Nitrogen Cycles • The Greenhouse Effect • Global Warming • The Ozone Layer • Pollution-Introduction • Atmospheric Pollution • Acid Rain • Water Pollution • Treatment of Wastewater • Soil Pollution • Desertification • Nuclear Waste • Pollution of the Food Chains • Selective Sorting of Waste • Recycling (60 minutes)

Evian 1938: The Fear Conference

Andana Films

The Nuremburg Laws. Anschluss. The Munich Agreement. Kristallnacht. As the Nazi government grew in power, Jews recognized the necessity of emigrating en masse from their homelands in Germany, Austria, and the Sudetenland. Which countries would step forward to take them in? This chilling program scrutinizes the 1938 multinational conference in Evian-les-Bains, a halfhearted effort to help Jewish refugees that ended, essentially, in abandoning them to their fate. Insights are provided by historian Catherine Nicault as well as by Paul Schaffer and Laure Schindler-Levine, children at the time of the Evian Conference who experienced firsthand the life-or-death plight of an unwanted people with nowhere to go. (Portions in French with English subtitles, 52 minutes)

Clouds and Patterns of the Weather

Academic Media Network

Whether studied from the ground, from within Earth's atmosphere, or from orbiting satellites, clouds provide useful information about emerging weather patterns. They often have a direct impact on those patterns as well. This program examines the atmospheric conditions that cause clouds to form in the troposphere and the factors that make them either retain or disperse water. Viewers learn about cloud composition and how air masses collect atmospheric moisture; how and why stratus, cumulus, and cirrus patterns occur; how cloud types are also parsed into ten groups of low-, middle- or high-altitude status; and how clouds move, change in temperature, and give way to condensation. (21 minutes)

The Rise of Oxygen: Evolution of Earth's Atmosphere

American Museum Of Natural History

Oxygen is key to Earth’s success as a habitable planet. But where did it come from? And when and how did it begin to transform the early atmosphere? This science bulletin explains how scientists are coming to understand oxygen’s origins—not by studying ancient air, but by retracing its impact on Earth’s surface. From the American Museum of Natural History.

Nigeria: Endless Oil Spills

Journeyman Pictures

Over the years, Nigeria has become an economy based almost entirely on the mining of crude oil. But having a single economic focus has not kept the country safe from violent rifts and factionalism—indeed, rebel groups have regularly battled the government for control of oil pipelines while attacking the installations of foreign oil companies. Meanwhile, those companies often came up short in their obligations to maintain and repair the infrastructure that keeps oil flowing. This film illustrates what resulted from the chaos, both military and corporate, that engulfed Nigeria’s foremost industry between 2003 and 2009: case after case of oil spilling from a damaged pipeline, with tremendous commercial and ecological ramifications. In retrospect, is sabotage largely to blame, or are the aloof, profit-driven corporations? Is the conflict really over now? It depends on whom you ask—but this documentary faces the issue head-on as it searches for answers. (Portions with English subtitles, 22 minutes)

The Secret World: Tara Oceans

Ampersand

The Tara Oceans research team came together to better understand the marine world, arguably the most important ecosystem on Earth. This program lays the groundwork for their three-year expedition, introducing the personnel, their on-board lab, and their mission—to learn more about plankton, and to gain insight into the health of the planet as a result. Viewers travel with the crew as they sail the western Mediterranean searching for plankton colonies and observing microscopic interactions between phytoplankton and zooplankton. The team also maps out a plan to draw up a complete planktonic inventory. Part of the series Tara Oceans. (53 minutes)

The Sacred Pact: Tara Oceans

Ampersand

The long-held belief that different life forms compete with each other for domination has been giving way to a more nuanced view-that in certain environments, species may instead cooperate, maintaining a fragile pact based on a balance of predation and cohabitation. In this program, the Tara Oceans researchers sail to the Red Sea to learn how the millions of different plankton species coexist. While the team navigates political threats, they study the survival tactics of marine microfauna and the conditions that lead to biodiversity, noting the role of symbiosis in plankton and in coral reefs, and the broader implications of this. Original title: The Fragile Pact. Part of the series Tara Oceans. (52 minutes)

Need to Breed: Great Migrations

National Geographic

Every day, migrating creatures around the world wage incredible journeys; risking it all in pursuit of the one thing more precious than themselves: the creation and caretaking of their precious young—the next generation of global wanderers. The insatiable need to breed will lead to viscous battles in the African heat and on South Atlantic shores. From the rocky beaches of the Falkland Islands to the dense forests of Costa Rica and Australia, to the desolate savannah of southern Sudan, countless animals venture forth on timeless journeys, bent on their own survival—and the survival of their species. A National Geographic Production. (50 minutes)

Solo Whitewater: Path of the Paddle

National Film Board of Canada

This short film from famed canoeist Bill Mason explains clearly how to locate a deep water channel by reading the rapids—and how to apply the many paddling strokes and maneuvers to steer the canoe where you want it to go. Filled with meaningful survival tactics, Solo Whitewater also depicts what happens when you make a mistake and “wipe out” in a turbulent rapid, as well as how to survive the swim. (28 minutes)

The Green Encyclopedia, Part 2: Environmental Concerns and Threats / Recycling and Alternative Energy Video Clips

System TV

This collection of 40 video clips (1 minute, 10 seconds each) addresses concerns about—and threats to—the sustainability of life on Earth as global warming increases in severity. The collection also spotlights recycling and alternative energy, keys to building a brighter future for the planet. Video clips include… Environmental Concerns and Threats • Agricultural Pesticides • Air Out Your Home • Bees in Trouble • Carbon Footprint • The Cost of Global Warming • The Disappearing Seas • Disposable Products • Endangered Species • Genetically Modified Crops • The Importance of Clean Water • Invasive Species • Light Pollution • Measuring Air Quality • Nuclear Waste: What to Do? • Overfishing • Toxic Products Recycling • The Art of Recycling • Creative Recycling • Recycling Guidelines • Recycling Myths • Recycling Batteries • Recycling Cars • Recycling Cell Phones • Recycling Electronics • Recycling Fabric • Recycling Food Packages • Recycling Glass • Recycling Ink Cartridges • Recycling Lightbulbs • Recycling Paper • Recycling Plastic • Recycling Tires Alternative Energy • What Is Biomass? • Biofuel • Geothermal Energy • Hydraulic Energy • Solar Power • Tidal Power • Wind Power • Trash Incineration (53 minutes)

Senegal: Water Treatment and Distribution

System TV

"Our most valuable treasure," is how residents of Dakar describe the Bay of Han. But pollution from both residential and industrial sources is destroying the body of water that has long supported fishing families in the Senegalese capital. This program reports on Western-aided efforts to restore the bay's ecological health and its viability as an economic resource. Specific challenges include the lack of plumbing services in many Dakar homes and harmful by-products from businesses-exemplified by waste from a local slaughterhouse. Solutions focus on improved piping and drainage, better sewage collection and infrastructure, and the construction of a new water treatment plant and waste discharge system. Part of the series Sustainable Development: The World Challenge. (25 minutes)

Dancing in the Dark: The End of Physics?

BBC Worldwide Learning

A quarter of the stuff in our universe is unaccounted for. We see its effects written across the heavens, but it has never been seen and cannot be explained. This mysterious substance is known as dark matter. Scientists hope that, by discovering the identity of dark matter, they will discover an essential piece in the cosmic jigsaw, as well as answer some problems with the standard model of particle physics. From CERN in Switzerland to a telescope in Chile, Horizon meets the scientists trying to solve one of the biggest mysteries in the universe and asks what success or failure will mean for the future of physics. A BBC Production.

Endangered Coral Reefs Die as Ocean Temperatures Rise and Water Turns Acidic

NewsHour Productions

Coral Reefs have long been endangered by overfishing and pollution. Now, they face another major existential threat: increased acidity from warming oceans. PBS NewsHour correspondent Hari Sreenivasan reports from Florida. Original broadcast date: December 05, 2012

Trans Fats: A Hidden Killer

NewsHour Productions

PBS NewsHour correspondent Elana Michelle describes the dangers of trans fats and interviews people who have worked to get trans fats banned by the FDA. Original broadcast date: November 26, 2013

Could We Survive an Atlantic Mega-Tsunami?

BBC Worldwide Learning

In the West we think of devastating tsunamis as events that happen elsewhere in the world – across the far seas and in news bulletins on our televisions, affecting nations vulnerable to the Earth’s seismic instability. But what would happen across the world if a tsunami was triggered by a major landslide in the Atlantic Ocean? Where would it hit, and would we survive? How would we cope in the aftermath? This program reveals that in the Atlantic there is in fact a ‘Big One’ waiting to happen. Creatively weaving compelling scientific fact with realistic dramatization, supported by real and specially shot ‘user generated footage’ some of which is enhanced by CGI, this program brings the reality of an unparalleled Atlantic tsunami to life in an authentic way. A BBC/Discovery Channel co-production in association with Vox.

Earthquakes: Fierce Earth (Series 1)

BBC Worldwide Learning

The Fierce Earth team explore the phenomenon of the earthquake. Clare and Mike train with one of the top international rescue teams; Leo takes on a dangerous cliff climb with a very special partner; and Dougal and Zoe are in Tokyo to find out how people stay safe in the most earthquake prone city on the planet. A BBC Production. A part of the series Fierce Earth (Series 1).

Flooding: Fierce Earth (Series 1)

BBC Worldwide Learning

The Fierce Earth team investigates what happens when water becomes our enemy. Mike heads to Southampton to learn all about the most important flood rescue vehicle: the hovercraft; Clare goes to Boscastle to meet the survivors of the U.K. worst ever flash flood; Zoe and Leo find out what it's like to be trapped in a car during a flash flood; and Leo takes on the power of fast flowing water. Meanwhile, Mike travels to Holland to learn all about how the Dutch engineers are taking on the threat of flooding--and winning. A BBC Production. A part of the series Fierce Earth (Series 1).

Light and Dark: Dark

BBC Worldwide Learning

The first hints that there might be more out there than meets the eye emerged from the gloom in 1846 with the discovery of the planet Neptune. At four billion kilometers from the Sun there was precious little light to illuminate it and, like 89% of all the atoms in the Universe, it gives off almost no light. In the middle of the 20th century scientists discovered something even stranger—dark matter. In fact, to explain how galaxies are held together and how they formed in the first place, there needed to be four times as much dark matter as there was normal atomic matter. In the late 1990s scientists discovered dark energy, a new force driving the Universe apart that is thought to make up 73% of it. Professor Jim Al-Khalili explores the quest to uncover the nature of dark energy and to see dark matter pull the first stars and galaxies together, a quest that involves peering into the darkest period in the cosmos's past. A BBC Production. A part of the series Light and Dark. (52 minutes)

The Ocean in Peril: Alanna Mitchell

The Green Interview

This episode of The Green Interview features Alanna Mitchell, an award-winning Canadian author, journalist, and speaker on environmental science, conservation, and sustainability. After nearly two decades as an investigative journalist, Mitchell perfected her gift for decoding the complicated language of science and translating it into the emotional narrative of everyday life. Her latest book, Sea Sick: The Hidden Crisis in the Global Ocean, interweaves scientific concepts with firsthand accounts and fieldwork stories to examine the ecological crisis facing the world's oceans—and how we're altering temperature, salinity, acidity, ice cover, and the very life within them.

Seven Ages of Starlight: Episode 2

BBC Worldwide Learning

The epic story of the stars continues with an examination of the final stages in their life cycle. The vast majority of stars, including the sun, will become Red Giants and end their days as White Dwarfs. Some stars will explode as supernovae, rarely seen in the Milky Way. Finally, there’s a discussion about black holes, thought to be the most mysterious objects in space. A BBC Production. A part of the series Seven Ages of Starlight . (46 minutes)

Fabrics of the Future: Biomimicry – Inspired by Nature

Global Screen GmbH

How does nature go without cleaning supplies? How do insects and geckos stick to the ceiling without any adhesives? And how do natural colors turn out shiny, without solvent-based paint? Nature does not require chemical industry. Material scientists study the 'inventions‘ of nature and today they are able to understand the way textiles work more and more. Through this close look at nature, we discover naturally sustainable perspectives for the future. The fourth and final episode of the series "Inspired by Nature" shows, by means of numerous examples, how we can get a grip on the problems of our industrial society by consulting the principles of nature.

Pools: A Gift for the Ages

Healthy Learning

Learning how the unique properties of water affect physiology and anatomy can enhance the ability of both fitness programming and physical therapy to be more effective. This video explores research and case studies that demonstrate quicker and more complete rehabilitation using a pool and shows the success of preparing people in advance for joint-replacement surgery. The video also provides ideas and insights for using a pool to generate income and help offset a facility’s operating costs.

Written on Water

Green Planet Films

Written on Water focuses on the Ogallala Aquifer and examines the conflicts, politics, economics and groundwater depletion in the High Plains region. Farmers and communities survive on the precious waters of the aquifer, yet it is being depleted at alarming rates. Since the 1960s, advances in irrigation technology have allowed farmers to transform the "Great American Desert" into their own fertile agricultural oasis. The Ogallala supports over one-fifth of the grain, beef and cotton of the U.S. agricultural economy and over 80 percent of the drinking water for people living in the High Plains. But the Rocky Mountain waters that have fed the Ogallala Aquifer are not being replenished, so essentially the aquifer is being mined.

River Processes

Pumpkin TV

This program provide students with memorable examples of potholes, rapids, waterfalls, gorges, meanders, braiding, flood plains and deltas. The case studies, along with the detailed graphics provided, explain the fluvial processes of erosion, transportation and deposition and explore how they change throughout a river's course. The process and impact of rejuvenation is also explored through the use of specific examples.

Exploring the Fluid Spheres: Visions of Earth

American Geosciences Institute

VisionsofEarth™ is a DVD-based series derived from National Science Education Standards. It was designed to fit with current and future Earth science curricula in schools across the country. Drawing upon the American Geological Institute's huge geoscientific archive of HD television footage, this video looks at the hydrosphere and the atmosphere as they interact with Earth systems. It covers their formation and components, the water cycle, geological evidence of past climate change, extreme weather, and the future of the fluid spheres. Produced by American Geosciences Institute.

America in Black and White: On Patrol

ABC News

In this video, "Nightline" goes on patrol with Officers Mark Blackwell and Joey Agosto of the Bridgeport, Connecticut police department after targeted attack on police in Dallas.

Go with the Flow

CDC and the Department of Health

Every dollar spent on water fluoridation saves nearly thirty-eight dollars in dental costs. This clip explains how fluoridation delivered through the water supply protects teeth as they form in young children and throughout life. A Production of the CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). (3 minutes)

The Cost Of Oil

Green Planet Films

The pressure to drill for oil in the Arctic has intensified with the increasing prices of crude oil. But the potential for lower oil prices is at what cost? In this feature-length documentary the Alaskan Inupiat show how oil drilling in their nearby seas will forever alter their subsistence-living lifestyle and multiply the struggles of preserving their rich cultural history. Members of the oil industry and expert scientists also highlight the predicted effects of oil drilling on the delicate Arctic ecosystem, and in turn, the effects on a society dependent on that ecosystem. Through this film viewers discover the irony of drilling for oil in order to become a more self-sustaining nation, and in doing so, likely destroying one of the last remaining self-sustaining cultures.

Elements of Sustainability: Part 4 - Water Quality (Going to Green)

PBS

Watershed management involves more than just water storage and purification. It is also about land management, delivery systems, and the impact of global climate control. This chapter lesson will include the basics of water quality monitoring, water pollution control, alternate watershed plans and the impact of the Clean Water Act.

Towards a More Sustainable Community: Part 4 - Waste Management (Going to Green)

PBS

The long-term impact of waste disposal and the importance of environmentally conscious alternatives to landfills are explored. This chapter addresses the need to re-use natural resources and upgrade our urban infrastructure to accommodate waste and conserve energy. Is recycling effective and how can we improve the process and outcomes?

The Dark Side of the Universe

PBS

In this episode of Scientific American Frontiers, Alan Alda joins some of the world's leading astronomers as they wrestle with the startling implications of their latest discoveries: that everything we can see, from the world around us to the most distant galaxies, is only a tiny fraction of the entire cosmos. Most of what's out there is dark - either dark matter or dark energy. And our universe is perhaps only one in an infinity of universes.

What Is Matter? Properties and Classifications of Matter

Annenberg Learner

Matter is all around us; it's what we and everything else are made of. Yet how do we define matter? What are the properties of matter that set it apart from something that is definitely not matter, such as light? In this session, participants build a working definition of matter, distinguish among the different forms it can take, investigate the difference between "essential" and "accidental" properties of matter, and look at the role of classification in science.

Chemical Changes and Conservation of Matter

Annenberg Learner

How can the particle model account for what happens when two clear liquids are mixed together and they produce a milky-white solid? What happens when iron rusts? Where do the elements come from? In this session, participants extend the particle model by looking inside the particles, learn about some early chemical pioneers, and in the process discover how the law of conservation of matter applies even at the scale of atoms and molecules.

Density and Pressure

Annenberg Learner

What makes a block of wood rise to the surface of a bucket of water? Why do your ears pop when you swim deep underwater? In this session, participants examine density, an essential property of matter. They also look at how particles of matter are in constant motion, which leads to a deeper understanding of fluid pressure. Lastly, the concepts of pressure and density are investigated to explain the macroscopic phenomenon of rising and sinking.

Episode 1: Clean (How We Got to Now with Steven Johnson)

PBS

Dirty water has killed more humans than all the wars of history combined, but in the last 150 years, a series of radical ideas, extraordinary innovations and unsung heroes have changed our world. Johnson plunges into a sewer to understand what made a maverick engineer decide to lift the city of Chicago with screw jacks in order to build America’s first sewer system. He talks about John Leal, who deliberately “poisoned” the water supply of 200,000 people when, without authorization, he added chlorine, considered lethal in 1908, into Jersey City’s water and made it safe to drink. This isn’t only about the world becoming a cleaner place — the iPhone, the subway, flat screen TVs and even the bikini are the result of the valiant efforts of the unsung heroes of clean.

Brittle Star

Palomar Community College District

While exploring the intertidal zone at a San Diego beach, Professor Trujillo focuses on the brittle star.

Children's Pool

Palomar Community College District

While exploring the intertidal zone at a San Diego beach, Professor Trujillo focuses on the children's pool.

Kelp Crab

Palomar Community College District

While exploring the intertidal zone at a San Diego beach, Professor Trujillo focuses on the kelp crab.

Mussels

Palomar Community College District

While exploring the intertidal zone at a San Diego beach, Professor Trujillo focuses on mussels.

Octopus

Palomar Community College District

While exploring the intertidal zone at a San Diego beach, Professor Trujillo focuses on the octopus.

Turbidity Currents: Module 3, Part 2

Palomar Community College District

Professor Trujillo demonstrates the properties of a turbidity current.

Measuring Salinity: Module 6, Part 2

Palomar Community College District

Professor Trujillo demonstrates the process of sea water salinity measurement.

Water Density: Module 11, Part 1

Palomar Community College District

Professor Trujillo demonstrates the properties of water masses with different densities.

Episode 9: Quest for Water (Food Forward, Season 2)

PBS

How can agriculture use less water and still grow enough food for everyone? Are we finally emerging from the water wars of the west that pitted Native American tribes and environmentalists against farmers and ranchers? Dive into solutions that some water users are discovering to protect this most precious resource in the face of drought, politics and environmental conflicts.

NOVA: Poisoned Water

PBS

Turn on the faucet and it is always there. Without it we perish. But how safe is our tap water? In this special report, NOVA investigates what happened in Flint, Michigan when local officials changed the city's water source to save money, but overlooked a critical treatment process. As the water pipes corroded, lead leached into the system, exposing the community—including thousands of children—to dangerous levels of poison. NOVA uncovers the science behind this manmade disaster—from the intricacies of water chemistry, to the biology of lead poisoning, to the misuse of science itself. NOVA follows ordinary citizens and independent scientists who exposed the danger lurking in Flint's water and confronted those who turned a blind eye. Still, there is a disturbing truth that reaches far beyond Flint—water systems across the country are vulnerable to a similar fate. How can we protect ourselves from poisoned water?

Our Real and Virtual Water Footprint: Stephen Leahy

The Green Interview

This episode of the Green Interview features Stephen Leahy, an independent environmental journalist and author. Leahy is the lead international science and environment correspondent at Inter Press News Service Agency (IPS), where he writes about climate change, energy, water, biodiversity, development, and native peoples. In his award-winning 2014 book Your Water Footprint: The Shocking Facts about How Much Water we Use to Make Everyday Products, Leahy presents the real and hidden water consumption associated with all the goods and services we consume. From the unique vantage point of an environmental journalist with more than 20 years experience, Leahy discusses his new book, the current state of environmental journalism in Canada and abroad, and how we can go about conserving water.

Manipulating Light: Physics for the 21st Century

Annenberg Learner

Tools of quantum mechanics are opening new possibilities for controlling and manipulating light. Paul Kwiat is creating photons "to order" by carefully manipulating their quantum properties. In 2001, Lene Vestergaard Hau stopped a pulse of light in a cloud of atoms and then released it, along with the information it contained. Explore not only how light interacts with matter at the quantum level, but also learn more about the concepts of entanglement and action at a distance, and consider how experiments with storing information in matter are building the groundwork for a new technology: quantum computers.

Emergent Behavior in Quantum Matter: Physics for the 21st Century

Annenberg Learner

Reductionism is an effective tool in physics, but many real-world challenges resist this approach. Large scale behavior emerges in ways that are difficult to predict from the behavior of individual components. When the computational requirements are too massive or the theories that govern the component parts are inadequate, many complex systems have yielded to the physics of emergence, which seeks organizing principles at the system level.

Rome's Invisible City

BBC Worldwide Learning

With exclusive access deep beneath Rome’s streets and stunning new visualization techniques, classicist Dr. Michael Scott leads a team of experts to reveal the full story of the ancient world’s most awe-inspiring city and the extraordinary people who created and lived in it. Rome’s spectacular skyline is as breathtaking today as when it was built. But that iconic city-scape is only half the story. There is another Rome that few people have ever seen. From huge underground quarries, subterranean aqueducts, vast water cisterns to ornate temple and tombs and the elaborate lifts, trap doors and mechanics beneath the Coliseum, this film reveals for the first time the buried story of the ingenious Romans and how they planned, created and lived in their captivating city more than two millennia ago. A BBC Production.

Beginning of the Universe

MVD Entertainment Group

Joel Primack, Distinguished Professor of Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, describes the emergence of the universe, the universe’s expansion, and the formation of the first elements, stars, and galaxies. This conversation also includes explanations of cold dark matter and dark energy.

Coral Reefs: Dying Reefs

NewsHour Productions

In this PBS NewsHour program, the threat to coral reefs by overfishing, pollution and global warming is examined. Original broadcast date: February 01, 2005

The Power of Brands: Secrets of Branding

BBC Worldwide Learning

Valued at $79 billion dollars, Coca-Cola sells over two million beverages daily. As this program examines, quality and authenticity are only two of the brand attributes that make Coca-Cola a global success.

Part 1: Tales of the San Joaquin River

Green Planet Films

As we journey the length of the San Joaquin River, one question will not go away: is it possible that the fate of this one river in the most productive agricultural region in the world, California’s Central Valley, offers a chance to restore the historical balance between nature and the mark of humans on the land.

Pollution

Camille S. DeBose

This short program looks at the causes and dangers of pollution on our planet.

Gladiators Of World War II: Norwegian Resistance

BBC Worldwide Learning

A look at the crucial role of the Norwegian resistance during the war—brave men and women who operated in the bleak, mountainous countryside.

The Iceberg Project

Kwanza

An international team of engineers, meteorologists, and glaciologists unveil one of the boldest projects ever—to tow an iceberg from Greenland to the Earth’s water-stressed areas. The experts prove that this could now become a concrete reality after 30 years of work and thanks to the latest technologies that already exist.