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FuseSchool
Different Types of Fuels for Transportation
Learn the basics about the different types of fuels, and their roles in transportation, as a part of environmental chemistry.
Curated Video
The Devastating Effects of Deforestation and Peat Bog Destruction on Habitats
The video is a lecture presentation discussing the topic of destruction of habitats, specifically focusing on deforestation and peat bog destruction. The speaker explains the various reasons behind deforestation, including the need for...
Science360
New nanotechnology to produce sustainable, clean water for developing nations
The world's population is projected to increase by 2-3 billion over the next 40 years. Already, more than three quarters of a billion people lack access to clean drinking water and 85 percent live in the driest areas of the planet. Those...
FuseSchool
Ecological Pyramids
Learn all about ecological pyramids and how to show quantitative data about relationships between species.
Science360
Green Gasoline
Like everyone else, George Huber knows money doesn't grow on trees. But, ask him where gasoline comes from and he won't just tell you, he'll show you. To fully understand, Science Nation recently went with Huber to a local lumber yard in...
Be Smart
Which Life Form Really Dominates Earth?
Humans only make up 0.01 percent of all life forms on Earth. We sure know how to make an impact though! An episode of the It's Okay to be Smart series examines the proportion of different species that inhabit Earth. The...
Crash Course
The Future of Clean Energy: Crash Course Engineering #31
Take a look into the future of energy with a video that focuses on future alternative sources of clean energy. Viewers looks at various forms of biomass, hydrogen fuel cells, and nuclear fission and fusion.
Nature League
What Are Invertebrates? - Lesson Plan
Insects, and other invertebrates outnumber vertebrates—segmented-legs down! The first in a five-part series of videos from an Invertebrates series introduces these organisms in all their spineless glory. Each invertebrate phyla takes the...
Crash Course
The History of Chemical Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #5
The American Revolution: the catalyst for the development of chemical engineering. Scholars watch an informative video that describes the history of chemical engineering, beginning with France's need to produce soda ash as a result of a...
PBS
Turning Food Waste Into a Resource
One in every seven truckloads of perishable foods delivered to grocery stores gets thrown away. Is there anything that can be done with this waste? One solution is to recycle the old produce and turn it into fertilizer. The video, part...
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Green Revolution
Videos on different forms of alternative energy and various green initiatives, e.g., green roofs.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Biofuels Research Roundup
Ira talks with several researchers looking at innovative ways to harvest energy from plant materials, including gasoline-like chemicals, ethanol, and hydrogen production.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Biofuels Update
Join Ira Flatow in this hour of Science Friday for a discussion of alternative energy and biofuels.
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: The Road to the New Energy Economy: Wind Energy
The National Science Foundation and Discover Magazine hosted a congressional briefing series examining what steps must be taken to ensure clean, abundant wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energy for America's future. [40:53]
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Green Revolution: Biomass
Fuel can be produced from different types of biomass, such as algae and cellulose. These scientists are building an algae reactor, learning how leafcutter ants convert cellulose into sugar, and turning the waste from a sawmill into...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Energy Pyramids: Lesson 4
This lesson will introduce energy pyramids, and show how energy moves from one trophic level to the next. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Energy Pyramids." [5:04]