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Video Clips: Science

Results: 46 Videos

Mountains Are Formed by Plate Collision
Mountains Are Formed by Plate Collision

Two continental plates collide, creating heat and pressure that bend rock and create mountain ranges. View Video

Plants Help Create New Soil
Plants Help Create New Soil

Geologist Andy Kurtz describes how lichens and plants speed the process of soil accumulation. View Video

Radiometric Dating of a Rock
Radiometric Dating of a Rock

How do geoscientists determine the approximate age of a rock? (example: Uranimum-235) View Video

Sand, Silt, and Clay in Soil Function
Sand, Silt, and Clay in Soil Function

Soil composition is important in determining its qualities such as flow rate, which can be demonstrated by pouring water through containers. View Video

Seashells on Top of Mount Everest
Seashells on Top of Mount Everest

A student's reasonable misconception is compared to the current scientific consensus in interpreting the evidence for the formation of the Himalayas. View Video

Sedimentary Rock Formation
Sedimentary Rock Formation

One type of sedimentary rock is formed when materials such as gravel, sand, silt, and clay are deposited in new locations. View Video

Simulating Seismic Waves Part 1
Simulating Seismic Waves Part 1

Fifth grade students start an investigation into how sound waves (P and S waves) can be used to reveal the structure of the Earth. View Video

Simulating Seismic Waves Part 2
Simulating Seismic Waves Part 2

Second grade students do a classroom activity that simulates how seismic waves travel through solids and liquids in the Earth. View Video

Slow Flowing Solids Explain Tectonic Plate Movement
Slow Flowing Solids Explain Tectonic Plate Movement

Slow Flowing Solids Explain Tectonic Plate Movement View Video

Soil Formation—Physical and Chemical Weathering
Soil Formation—Physical and Chemical Weathering

On the Big Island of Hawaii, lava from volcanoes forms new rock. Physical and chemical processes contribute to the weathering of rock into sediment and soil. View Video

Solar System Formation
Solar System Formation

The solar system started to form when clouds of dust and gas collapsed, under the force of gravity, into a flat, spinning disk. View Video

Spreading and Subducting Can Move Continents
Spreading and Subducting Can Move Continents

The opening of the Atlantic Ocean between two tectonic plates at a spreading ridge separated the two continents. View Video


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