Earth Science
Sustainability and Natural Resources
Copyright 2007 For Grades: 5-9 VLC141This program serves as an introduction to resource sustainability, focusing on the key strategies of resource efficiency, recycling, reusing, and reducing. The long-term impacts of resource use...
The Air Around Us
Copyright 2011 For Grades: K-3 VLC270Often hard-to-understand concepts of air, gases, air pressure, and layers of the atmosphere are plainly explained in this fascinating video. Concepts and terminology: oxygen, nitrogen, layers,...
The Amazing Universe
Copyright 2003 For Grades: 5-9 VLC050This show explores the fascinating features of the universe, the different types of galaxies in our solar system and the position of our solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy. Other terminology...
The Atmosphere
Copyright 2001 For Grades: 5-9 VLC032Students will learn about the different layers of the atmosphere. The changes in the atmosphere are explained using examples of contemporary environmental conditions brought about by human...
The Inner Planets
Copyright 2003 For Grades: 5-9 VLC048This title explores the features of Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Animations illustrate how planets travel in elliptical orbits around the sun. Colorful images taken by satellites and...
The Nature of Weather
Copyright 2001 For Grades: 5-9 VLC034This video explores the daily condition of the Earth's atmosphere. The factors that influence the atmosphere and cause weather are discussed. Special emphasis is given to the global processes...
The Outer Planets
Copyright 2003 For Grades: 5-9 VLC049Students are taken on an exciting animated trip to the outer reaches of our solar system. Images from NASA and the Hubble space Telescope illustrate the Giant Red Spot on Jupiter, Saturns'...
The Rock Cycle
Copyright 2007 For Grades: 3-5 VLC144What are the different types of rocks and how do they change form? This question is answered by examining the rock cycle. The major characteristics of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks...