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Vice videos can have some foul language. I use this when teaching Air and Water Pollution. This video is somewhat benign in the language department. Video also can be used to discuss developing countries and recycling of minerals.

6 minute video about the history of population growth using dots starting at 1 AD.

Part 2. I recently found this site with the same video. Great for Air and Water Pollution.

Clearing California Skies California, 1943. The mysterious haze called smog was getting worse - burning eyes, searing throats, literally choking the life out of Californians. The video, Clearing California Skies tells the story of how concerned citizens, top scientists, and local and state government agencies fought back. It took the best science and engineering to control smog forming emissions from factories, shops, incinerators, and the automobile. Despite meteoric population gains, (more factories, more cars, more trucks) - air quality has improved dramatically over the past 50 years, and along the way California emerged as a world leader in the battle against air pollution.

At this point, this is a classic example of trophic cascades. Sort of the "peppered moth" of the subject. This is a nice video about it. (I now see that the video has been shared already, but this also has an article (which includes the correction of deer/elk)

This was a good video to show the impacts of a nuclear disaster. I use this video to show several major concepts. The dangers of nuclear power, if not maintained, as well as ecological succession. Class discussion will follows on what will happen in the future to this site as well as to the plants and animals that live and feed in Chernobyl.

This is one of a huge and diverse series of short, animated and slightly sarcastic science videos by the Kurzgesagt group. They are active and post a new one about once a week. The nuclear power series of videos is also excellent.

Three nice videos..manta rays, underwater volcano and a WWII wreck dive

Very nice job on this! I will definitely use it in class. This video can be embedded (via vimeo please) on third-party websites as long as you credit me (Samuel Orr) as the filmmaker, and please mention the kickstarter project. Contact me if you want to feature the film or excerpts in broadcast media.

Short videos on scientists and their research. WIde variety of choices.

Nice quick air pollution video

How do we know that the climate is changing? In this video, provided by scientist Kendrick Taylor, learn how 8-foot long ice core samples extracted from deep in the ice layer of Antarctica hold key evidence of rapidly changing climactic conditions. Its about 20 minutes, but explains the process from ice core extraction, analysis and data collection that make up our current climate models. Best for 11 and 12, but also good for 9 and 10 advanced students. Needs to be modified for ESL and RSP students, due to the amount of chemistry and physics vocabulary.

Short video showing the unexpected connection of reintroducing wolves and riparian restoration.

Climate Refugees: "The multi-award winning Sundance film has screened around the world illuminating the human face of climatic change to global citizens". This movie is an incredible look at the impact of climate change to humans NOW, not just predictive like most climate change videos.

short video Sir David Attenborough narrates the extraordinary history of the Montreal Protocol to raise awareness of the 28th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in Kigali, Rwanda, and efforts to control powerful global warming chemicals hydrofluorocarbons - HFCs - under the Protocol. Reducing HFCs under the Montreal Protocol can avoid 0.5°C of global warming by the end of the century, while continuing to protect the ozone layer.

Great short video showing how CO2 patterns change with the seasons. PS it mentions that there are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way.

lastic. It's super useful but it's also a big problem for the environment. Enough plastic is thrown away every year to circle the earth four times! The main issue is that plastic doesn't biodegrade, meaning it sticks around for a very long time. This video gives a quick overview of the scope of the plastic problem and what some people are doing to try to solve it. .

This is a good short video to explain Fracking to students. Fracking can be challenging to teach. This short TED-Ed video provides an introduction to this type of extraction. Discussion questions are provided to help guide students misconceptions.

Video of infographics of wealth in America.

Our divers enjoy opportunities to visit school classrooms and talk with kids about ocean stewardship. Visits typically include pictures and video of aquatic creatures as well as polluted water sites to show how EPA uses scientific diving to help protect our underwater environment.