Earth Science

This video discusses metal and its relationship with heat and fire.  The video demonstrates the oxidation of metal.  Steal wool gets ignited.  The...

This animated video describes the formation of minerals particularly the mineral quartz and how that quartz becomes sand.  The video will discuss...

This is a great video fro younger students to help differentiate between living and non-living things.

Have you ever heard of a brinicle?  Brinicles are rare phenomena that occurs when ocean water freezes very quickly causing any life that gets...

The Chelyabinsk Meteor was an awesome event that occurred in Russia.  This video explains the ins and outs of this meteorite impact.

In this exercise, students will use a Geologic map to discover what types of rocks, faults, and ages of those rocks are. They will read about the...

This NASA video describes what the sun is and what it is made out of. 
Part of the discussion is about sun spots and solar flares.  They do...

Here is a plate tectonic demonstration/lab idea for all grade levels.  You can easily use this video when teaching about earthquakes and plate...

Why does swiss cheese have holes?  I have to admit I never thought about it, but this video show how bacteria goes through processes that create...

In this episode El Guapo and Mr. Weir visit Argentina and the Iguazu Falls. They then teach about waterfalls and clouds. Students will be taught...

In this Earth Science lab, students will design an experiment to answer the following question. Will rock weather faster or slower if it has more...

This video discusses how temperatures in lakes affect the flow of the lake's ecosystem.

This is an excellent video about how the absence and reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone affected the Yellowstone food web and even change the...

I show this volcanic eruption when trying to discuss the different types of eruptions.  This one is called a Vulcanian eruption.

This is a great video that shows a general simulation of how the launch, orbiting, and re-entry worked for John Glenn as he beacme the first...

This is an animated video discussing the age of the earth.  It discusses uranium and zirconium dating methods.  Part of the video also talks about...

Bill Nye the Science Guy describes how scientists and physicists might be able to stop an asteroid as it comes closer to Earth.  He discusses the...

In this episode of the El Guapo Loco Science show, Mr. Weir and El Guapo visit Chile. They get to visit a cave where once lived a Mylodon, a giant...

This is a cute video to help younger students identify and classify elements of the four seasons.

Explore with your students Saturn's moon Enceladus.  Did you know that scientists believe they have finally confirmed under-ice oceans on...

This is a good video to help introduce or reinforce differing physical and cultural regions within Arizona.

Enhance your fossil unit with this concise and engaging video that explores the intriguing process of fossil extraction from rock. Witness the...

Learn about air pressure in this engaging animation that explains how heavy air affects us and why it doesn't crush us. The video does a great job...

This image was designed to demonstrate how sandstone ends up as gneiss, a metamorphic rock.  It follows the sequences of: sandstone, quartzite,...