Weblinks for RSO Earth & Environment 2
Fact, Theory, Hypothesis, Law
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqk3TKuGNBA
Why Does the Earth Have Layers?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwiiOjyfvAU
A History of Earth in 36 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wfu0GR-mE8&t=751s
Earth’s Systems Interact
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnpF0ndXk-8
History of Earth in 5 and 1/2 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qnnoePeHlk
130 Years of Global Warming starting with Svante Arrhenius
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou_oSBtEDgo
Developing and Using Models
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn26g5RFXpQ
What is a scientific model?
This is a large collection of video clips and activities from Tanya Atwater at UCSB, which are short and visually enhance the discussion of this topic. http://emvc.geol.ucsb.edu/1_DownloadPage/Download_Page.html#GlobalTectonics
An Introduction to Plate Tectonics
Tectonic Plate Movement in Alaska
Tectonic Plates in the Hawaiian Archipelago
A series of 8 video clips on various topics related to plate tectonics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfziy_860GU&list=PLABDC7B24FAFE33FD
Wegener, continental drift, and plate tectonics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB7HzF2O3Kg&t=48s
Below Lake Mead in Nevada is a plate that is splitting the North American continent apart
http://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/asset/ess05_vid_meadnv/
Plate Tectonics by Geology Kitchen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjSaKKdZ3DI
Very good video detailing what led Wegener to propose the Theory of Continental Drift https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5q8hzF9VVE
The Alfred Wegener song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1-cES1Ekto
Good biography of Alfred Wegener: Great Minds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbU809Cyrao
Good visual series of continental movement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HDb9Ijynfo
Sea Floor Spreading with Bill Nye
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyMLlLxbfa4
Magnetic Mineral Alignment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhiF6IqGACo
Magnetic Reversal and Sea Floor Spreading
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCzCmldiaWQ
Articles
This is a comic book from USGS about magnetism! https://www.usgs.gov/programs/geomagnetism/journey-along-fieldline
Information on Alfred Wegener in this week’s Famous Science Series
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Wegener#World_War_I
http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=2842
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/638843/Alfred-Lothar-Wegener
This website has a nice series of photos with more in-depth descriptions. Click on the name of the mineral to learn more about each mineral. http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/geology/silicates2.html
A Brief Introduction to Minerals—a good video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a7p1NFn64s
A mineral song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F0IA21bgmM
Minerals and Earth’s Chemistry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTqpiqu23EE
What it looks like when you squirt acid on rock that contains carbonate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJjGoFi7384&list=PL12372E1792E5AE7D
Mohs, Famous Science Series
A song about the 3 types of rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r68iEwYdbh4
A 5-minute video about the rock cycle—just be prepared to have jellybeans on hand!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm6cCg_Do6k
The Rock Cycle Rap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQs5TaG33CI
Uluru, Famous Science Series
http://www.crystalinks.com/ayersrock.html
http://www.livescience.com/29844-worlds-most-famous-rocks.html
National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Renewable Energy Activities
https://www.nrel.gov/docs/gen/fy01/30927.pdf
Fossil Fuels versus Renewable Energy Sources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAES1ARTXUg
Industrial Revolution and Fossil Fuel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ-J91SwP8w
How Fossil Fuels are Made
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8VqWKZIPrM
What Are Fossil Fuels? | National Geographic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTnE0OQPTEo
Top 10 Energy Sources of the Future
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStFvcz9Or4
Renewable Energy 101 | National Geographic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kUE0BZtTRc
Combustion Reaction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw3ZRmKUKyA
An eye-opening website where you can calculate your carbon footprint. After using it, students could choose one thing they could do to reduce their carbon footprint. https://www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx
Electric cars, Famous Science Series
http://energy.gov/articles/history-electric-car
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_electric_vehicle
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/hybrid-technology/history-of-electric-cars1.htm
Good article on uniformitarianism with the history of the development of it http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/history_12
If I could, I would make this required watching. In this video, the narrator goes outside to discuss how stratigraphy works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zklzOjmz7Wk
Seth Horowitz has some great videos about geology
There are three links on this page to three different techniques used for dating: radiometric dating, stratigraphy, and molecular clocks (a technique that involves the genetic divergence between organisms, which I did not talk about)
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/IIE1Whathappenedwhen.shtml
A six-minute video explaining atoms, elements, and isotopes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOIqM43XjoY
Absolute dating
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg7JJ36kaNM
A video showing the process and machinery used for radiometric dating https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1920gi3swe4
This is a more advanced video for radiometric dating, I would use it with an advanced middle school or high school student.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtANa7iLB-w
I learned something new with this video, trees growing where there is a constant growing season, like in tropical forests, have no growth rings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_fS3JO5uqY
How tree rings are used in science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRYsAn5QLYo
Radiometric dating, http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/greatest-discoveries/videos/earth-science.htm
Famous Science Series
Rockslide in Tennessee, erosion in action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39LCzBS8yOM&NR=1&feature=fvw
A landslide in Italy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R__3DYQCVnA
Weathering and erosion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhXCJpRSeoQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMm5RG4vUXo
Soil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glf72lg1ocA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-QTjbBTUbY
Mass movement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zsRJDaPXuk
Glaciers and ice ages
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgnzSTY5zRg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ5GYQrkvxI
Wind erosion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQmon7Rj6ns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETRK0tUKMjA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7HC2ZxF7aw
Water erosion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofhQvAu_L1I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f62_MjB6-Ok
Free Poster
http://water.usgs.gov/outreach/Posters/coastal_hazards/images/CoastalHazMidschFront.jpg
Articles
Famous Science Series
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Milankovitch/milankovitch_3.php
Plate Tectonics
http://watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=46211&CategoryID=257
Plate Tectonics with PBS Learning Media https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/asset/ess05_vid_plateintro/
Earth’s Interior and Plate Tectonics
http://watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=55291&CategoryID=2428
Plate Tectonics—Geological Features of Convergent Plate Boundaries http://watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=47224&CategoryID=14456
Plate Tectonics at Lake Mead, Nevada https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/asset/ess05_vid_meadnv/
Seafloor Spreading
http://watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=698&CategoryID=2464
Alfred Wegener
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/asset/ess05_vid_wegener1/
Music
A clever rap: Plate Boundary Rap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkELENdZukI&list=PL9xV-9XSmezhF3Eb65E-ott8F-rzHrYDy
Maps
A USGS website with four links to maps and information about Quaternary-active faults (those that were made in the last 1.8 million years). The downloadable map is a nice addition to this unit.
https://www.usgs.gov/tools/interactive-us-fault-map
There is some debate about when the Sierra Nevada Mountains formed. I have included the most recent estimate. If you are interested, here is more information
3D Paper Models
https://www.usgs.gov/media/files/3d-paper-models-0
Article
Good article about the development of the Richter scale, which was based on the stellar magnitude scale and electromagnetic radiation. Scientists have learned so many things from studying light; their ingenuity is just amazing. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-was-the-richter-scale/
Earthquakes and liquefaction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=536xSZ_XkSs
A clever rap: Seismic Wave Rap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1tb6HwyaHg
Seismic slinky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZaI4MEWdc4
Visual with text no speaking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDfIgoXaXis
How seismographs work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbd1FcuLJLQ
Six videos showing the application of logarithms to the Richter scale
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/logarithms-tutorial/logarithm_properties/v/richter-scale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFn-IGlayAg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttU5J6FL4xk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkosQX0NCN8
http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=13230&CategoryID=3275
Famous Science Series on Charles Richter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Francis_Richter
http://www.madmusic.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=8692
http://inventors.about.com/od/qrstartinventors/a/Charles_Richter.htm
Additional Experiment Idea
Three methods for making a volcano
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Volcano
Websites
NOVA Anatomy of a Volcano
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/volcano-parts.html
NOVA an interactive look at Nyiragongo Volcano http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/anatomy-nyiragongo-volcano.html
USGS volcano page, showing the active volcanoes worldwide
Article
Interesting article
http://www.thekitchn.com/fact-or-fiction-exploding-wate-109388
Videos
There are many videos about specific eruptions. If there is an eruption you want to learn more about, google it.
Acids and bases
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko5iDMYzwWE
NOVA short clip about the anatomy of the three main types of volcanoes http://video.pbs.org/video/2322314833/
Mount St. Helen Eruption
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H_HZVY1tT4
Volcano 101 form National Geographic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZp1dNybgfc
A full-length video about volcanoes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1pa6afh8o4
The city of Pompeii
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeB5N_bH7E8
Dinosaurs, Deccan Traps, Meteorite, Cretaceous Extinction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Clp7t1U8I
Good discussion about viscosity and lava/magma flow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3REkPcIwwCQ
Pyroclastic flow caught on film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvjwt9nnwXY
Volcanic eruption in Iceland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-cpIQAp9MY&list=PL15F96194F1329590&index=15
Flowing lava in Hawaii
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY3qpSsQNfo&list=PL15F96194F1329590&index=45
Short and simple video on intrusive volcanic features—I would require it if I could!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nboq5zsLxFE
Famous Science Series on Mount Tambora
http://history1800s.about.com/od/crimesanddisasters/a/Eruption-Of-Mount-Tambora.htm
http://history1800s.about.com/od/crimesanddisasters/a/The-Year-Without-A-Summer.htm
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/blast-from-the-past-65102374/?no-ist
https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Mount_Tambora.html
A very good article on how Death Valley formed http://www.nps.gov/deva/naturescience/geology.htm
http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/BiologicalSciences/Faculty/rscal/Physical%20Geology/chap17.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Whitney
How GPS is used to track the movement of tectonic plates
http://www.iris.edu/hq/files/programs/education_and_outreach/aotm/14/1.GPS_Background.pdf
This video was put together by a community college teacher. It might be too advanced for some students, but it really does a good job of showing how compressive forces lead to mountain formation. He is looking at how the Allegheny Mountains form. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJZy_BCKrIU
Deforestation with National Geographic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ic-J6hcSKa8
Urban Heat Islands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-sXHl3l-rM
Urban Heat Islands in Sydney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SihdPRRMPI
Melting Ice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6CPsGanO_U
Albedo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7tdI5NdX44
Ice-Albedo Feedback
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KwZjHKOefk
This video interviews someone working on the Cool Roofs project. https://youtu.be/S3EIKFPZiU8?si=fUi5FqGGS-yOgTuI
This video produced by the United Nations discusses the benefits of painting roofs white. https://youtu.be/DLIL4mLX8fA?si=wG8zk8Zms5pzQAQw
This video discusses the benefits of green roofs, which have additional benefits white roofs do not.
https://youtu.be/FlJoBhLnqko?si=H26jWCxodJQCnTy8
Famous Science Series on the Dust Bowl
http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/dust-bowl-cause.htm
Images to Download and Other Cool Freebies
The USGS has many cool downloadable posters, reading material, and an interactive that was designed for use in schools
http://water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
The EPA also has articles and activities for middle school students http://water.epa.gov/polwaste/nps/kids/middleschool/
This video about the water cycle is from NASA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaDkph9yQBs
This video about the water cycle is from the NSF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al-do-HGuIk
A video about the water cycle and the carbon cycle from The Crash Course Guys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D7hZpIYlCA
A video about fresh water from NASA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HSFKwho7MQ
Our Thirsty World by National Geographic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pXuAw1bSQo
What researchers are doing to study water flow in the Everglades https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6nWbZGJImw
The path of water through the Everglades
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GN_GekgARA
A park ranger talks about how the Everglades works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiG4DdYsyvc
Famous Science Series
Learn how water moves across Earth’s surface as a function of topography
https://www.msnucleus.org/watersheds/General/watermove.htm
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/circ1186/html/gen_facts.html
Learn that soil composition affects pore space which determines how water flows through the soil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nLOLEgJd3A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD97uVEZz_8
http://www.earthsciweek.org/classroom-activities/soil-properties
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porosity
Learn the terminology associated with water runoff and drainage areas
http://water.usgs.gov/edu/dictionary.html
Learn about wetlands
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/wetland.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeUPbGWg2KU
http://www.defenders.org/wetlands/basic-facts
http://mbgnet.net/fresh/wetlands/index.htm
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2004/may/06/thisweekssciencequestions
Learn about groundwater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQRvN6MUajE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNWAerr_xEE
http://water.usgs.gov/edu/wugw.html
http://water.usgs.gov/edu/earthgw.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundwater
http://www.groundwater.org/get-informed/basics/groundwater.html
Learn where most of the water humans consume comes from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz-HMMdpu-k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AXtsOYnlXM
Learn about your water use, and how you can conserve water
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/green-guide-howdini/conserve-water-greenguide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1cI0WuEmFI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MDLpVHY8LE
http://eartheasy.com/live_water_saving.htm
http://wateruseitwisely.com/100-ways-to-conserve/
Sinking Cities
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/mexico-citys-sinking-worsening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCsm-tF4C_s
http://travel.usnews.com/features/7_Cities_About_to_Sink/
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2014/12/11/Mexico-City-sinking-as-aquifer-exhausted/9531418321604/
Famous Science Series: Sinking of Mexico City
http://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/mexico-city-population/
Is the Atlantic Ocean growing larger or shrinking? Read this article and see what you think.
Videos
If your student watches videos, beware: there are some alarming videos about tsunamis.
http://deepseachallenge.com/the-expedition/mariana-trench/
Watch the movie Avatar and discuss the themes of exploration, connectedness, and conservation.
http://www.livescience.com/19725-mariana-trench-map.html
http://www.livescience.com/31288-james-cameron-mariana-trench-dive-images.html
http://www.livescience.com/29536-infographic-tallest-mountain-to-deepest-ocean-trench.html
Topography of the ocean floor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP380-Iaoos
An educational video about tsunamis, earthquakes, and ghost forests https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wWnWtFQpNE
This video is called tsunami, but it has more than that in it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBkMLYUyUZg
Famous Science Series
Here is a list of animals found at hydrothermal vents
https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/hydrothermal-vent-creatures
An interview with a scientist who goes to the bottom of the ocean in a sub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shgp_Q7dfWY
Who lives in the Mariana Trench? (a bit sensationalist but fun)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73OKhIBY0uQ
The effect of pressure on physiology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A23wI4lvCgY
The science of water pressure by The History Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B0EhuxJsts
Dissolved gases in the ocean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l55s9Zn2tFg
Dissolved solids in the ocean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu2tc-ed_JU
How much salt will you get out of 1 gallon of seawater?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZQbQohCEW0
A video of ocean zones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz5F9Z8G7PA
The ocean is way deeper than you think!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE-lAftuQgc
Another video of what is in the ocean and how deep it is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwVNkfCov1k
A good video explaining why the ocean is salty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9dpXa_Iemo
The three main types of reefs with a short clip about how each of them forms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-fAAxEIFeLU
Famous Science Series on the Great Barrier Reef
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef
Water quality and pollution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEci6iDkXYw
Water quality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldv5yRkm7yc
Water Pollution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71IBbTy-_n4
Point and non-point pollution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phmN-IpR3xw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFpCgjb29sM
Free Poster
http://water.usgs.gov/outreach/Posters/water_quality/grade.html
The Structure of Our Atmosphere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbwEF6xvlVg
Energy Transfer in Earth’s Atmosphere
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3kZVX6ZCsY
The Ozone Hole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZfBgjUnXIs
Clouds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhLT11hKyok
The three main cloud types
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32uFVssBs6E
Weather 101: A Tutorial on Cloud Types
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMagDRCpJ14
Online articles
A very interesting article about the thermodynamics of cooking using many of this chapter’s terms and concepts. http://amazingribs.com/tips_and_technique/thermodynamics_of_cooking.html
Climate and Weather from the National Geographic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz_CRzcIT-Q
Crash Course: Weather Versus Climate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbAWny7FV3w
Air masses and fronts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBz3fwXX64A
Weather fronts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkK4_F0VKhM
Air masses and fronts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4lg8UfY5DM
Convection currents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mUU69ParFM
NASA: The Ocean: A Driving Force of Weather and Climate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vgvTeuoDWY
The history of a barometer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkDhlzA-lwI
Barometers to predict weather
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieq-kRxdLaw
How does the jet stream work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgMWwx7Cll4
What is the jet stream & how fact does it go?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAve9PlK4Gg
Why do we have different seasons?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgHmqv_-UbQ
Famous Science Series: Torricelli
How convection brews a storm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9HnW0AV13k
A meteorologist explains how to read a weather map
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NZz-EeveJ8
How to read a weather map. Did you know birds stay aloft because of convection? This video explains this and other interesting information about convection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd7DcVnrSL8
How unstable air leads to cloud formation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfvfIUhJKg0
A nice explanation of stable versus unstable air
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_p4qu_ksUM
A science research project looking at hurricanes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rw1vJBnINg
Thunderstorm types
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfltDpSN5mI
National Geographic: The Science of Lightning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-0gNl5f4BU
How a thunderstorm is formed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTff6Ik3D-4
How hurricane categories make a difference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqfExHpvLRY
El Nino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPA-KpldDVc MOVE
Famous Science Series
http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/cyclone.html
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/B3.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_hurricane_wind_scale
Articles
http://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/
http://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/global-temperature/
http://www.ces.fau.edu/nasa/module-2/how-greenhouse-effect-works.php
http://www.skepticalscience.com/
Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses the difference between climate and weather https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBdxDFpDp_k
SciShow: A History of Earth’s Climate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC_2WXyORGA
SciShow: Climate Change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Jxs7lR8ZI
How do greenhouse gases actually work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTvqIijqvTg
A good video discussing the data for carbon dioxide concentration in a way that isn’t too technical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_262289&feature=iv&src_vid=e7ZqMTBwFVs&v=ikGLNs3nYlc
A very effective demonstration showing how the increase in carbon dioxide increases heat absorption
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwtt51gvaJQ
Bill Nye: the expansion of water at higher temperatures and ocean acidification https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPhDLfFNXt8
The Greenhouse Effect by the EPA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYMjSule0Bw
Making a difference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Iz0NKA1yuo
Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw9KO9JsGGk
Earth’s Climate System
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW-s8KXKlzQ
How geography effect climate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95TtXYjOEv4
Ice cores
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHzADl-XID8
More ice cores
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjTsj-fi-p0
Industrial revolution and climate change
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si92znJzHoQ
Younger Dryas
https://youtu.be/5B4INyco0ZU?si=rJjFfkG8VTjsVlvd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doEKVBuOIRc
Air Pollution 101 by National Geographic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6rglsLy1Ys
Air Pollution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAKyhfxxr7s
Acid Rain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWFXhKyzmZo
Primary and Secondary Air Pollution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgngqrIhqfA
Air Pollution and Global Warming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roQp6L0D8kk
Ozone Hole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBu3vltczRw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZfBgjUnXIs&t=3s
Famous Science Series: Thomas Midgley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mhGR7v_Vns