Explorations in Earth Science
Video = downloadable .mp4 file; Video w/CC = .html file with Closed
Captioning;
Script = .pdf document of full script and credits
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What is Science?: (6-min, 8MB)
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Reading Data Visualizations (10-min, 12MB)
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Earth Formation Series
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Part 1: Earth Formation: (10.5-min, 26 MB)
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Part 2: Radiometric Dating: (8-min, 22 MB)
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Part 3: Density: (4-min, 10 MB)
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Part 4: Early Earth: (8.5-min, 27 MB)
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Part 5: Life on Earth: (13.5-min, 45 MB)
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Geography/Maps
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Water Planet: (10-min, 23 MB)
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Latitude & Longitude: (7.5-min, 10 MB)
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Plate Tectonics Series
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Part 1: Earth's Layers & Isostasy
(6 min, 15 MB) Video only | Video w/CC | Script -
Part 2: Plate Tectonics Basics (11 min, 26.5 MB)
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Part 3: Plate Tectonics and Global Impacts (11 min, 31
MB)
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Part 4: Plate Tectonics and California (7 min, 25 MB)
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Part 5: Hotspots: (6-min, 13.9 MB)
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Part 6: Paleomagnetism: (8-min, 26 MB)
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Part 7: Hydrothermal Vents: (2-min, 18 MB)
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EXTRA:
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When Hotspots Coincide with Seafloor Spreading Centers: (4
min, 13 MB)
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Coastal Series
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Part 1: Coastlines (11 min, 35 MB)
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Part 2: Beaches and Migrating Sand (16 min, 43 MB)
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Part 3: Estuarine Mixing (4.5 min, 15.4 MB)
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Part 4: San Francisco Bay (12 min, 46 MB)
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Ocean Basin Size, Shape, and Materials
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Part 1: Seafloor Features & Landforms (12 min, 46
MB)
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Part 2: Ocean Sediments (15 min, 37 MB)
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Part 3: Sea Level And Climate Change (6 min, 15 MB)
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Seawater -- chemical and physical properties
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Water Molecule Shape: (11-min MP4: 57 MB)
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Water Phases: (7-min MP4: 40 MB)
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Water Density: (10-min MP4: 30 MB)
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Heats of Water: (8-min MP4: 19 MB)
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Light, Viscosity, & Pressure: (6-min MP4: 14 MB)
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Heat Transfer: (6-min MP4: 15 MB)
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Salty Seas: (14-min, 39 MB)
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Measuring Salinity: (5.5-min, 17 MB)
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Carbonated Oceans: (17.5-min, 68 MB)
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Salinity's Impact on Marine Life: (3-min, 5 MB)
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Air-Sea Interactions:
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Part 1: Seasons: (5.5-min, 19 MB)
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Part 2: Relative Humidity: (5.5-min MP4: 13.5 MB)
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Part 3: Atmospheric Gases, Heats, Pressures: (19-min, 49
MB)
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Part 4: Atmospheric Circulation: (12-min, 27 MB)
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Part 5: Weather Phenomena: (8-min, 29 MB)
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Ocean Circulation Series:
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Part 1: Thermohaline Currents: (11.5-min, ~29 MB)
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Part 2: Surface Currents: (8-min, ~20 MB)
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Part 3: Ocean Mixing & Pollution: (8.5-min, ~52.5
MB)
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Part 4: ENSO: (6-min, ~21 MB)
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Wave Series:
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Part 1: Waves Basics: (16-min, 120 MB)
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Part 2: Big Waves: (11-min, 49 MB)
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Part 3: Rip Currents: (4-min, 10 MB)
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Tides Series:
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Part 1: Tidal Patterns (9-min, 35 MB)
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Part 2: Causes of Tides (14-min, 34 MB)
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Part 3: Living with the Tides (5-min, 87 MB)
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Marine Environmental Challenges (13-min, 30 MB)
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w/CC | Script
Classifying Marine Organisms Series
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Part 1: Nekton, Benthos, and Plankton (1.5-min, 19 MB)
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Part 2: Feeding Methods (4-min, 19 MB)
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Part 3: Kingdoms, Phyla, and More: (21 min, 66 MB)
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Living Ocean Video Series
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Part 1: Life and the Physical Environment: (17 min, 112
MB)
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Part 2: Life and the Chemical Environment: (8 min, 21
MB)
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Part 3: Marine Life Symbiosis: (3.5 min, 15.5 MB)
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Chemical Cycles
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Marine Oxygen & Carbon Dioxide Cycles: The Basics:
(5.5-min, 13 MB) Video only | Video w/CC | Script -
Nutrient Cycle: (3.5-min, 9 MB)
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Productivity and Plankton (21-min, 42 MB)
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w/CC | Script
Nekton & Benthos Series:
- Part 1: Nekton: Whales, Fish, and More (8.5-min, 90 MB)
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Part 2: Benthos: Intertidal Zone (8-min, 128 MB)
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Part 3: Benthos: Crabs, Coral, and More (7-min, 18 MB)
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Part 4: Deep-Sea Vent and Seep Communities (8-min, 46
MB)
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Structural Geology
- Folds and Faults (16 min, 47 MB) Video | Video w/CC | Script
- Bedding Attitudes: (8.3 min, 23 MB) Video only | Video w/CC | Script
Earthquakes
- Earthquakes (17 min, 43 MB) Video | Video w/CC | Script
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (10 min, 25 MB) Video | Video w/CC | Script
Mountain Building: (11-min, 33 MB) Video only | Video w/CC | Script
Minerals
- Rock Cycle (3.5 min, 11.4 MB) Video only | Video w/CC | Script
- Water Molecule Shape: (11-min, 57 MB) | Video | Video w/CC | Script
- Inside Minerals (16.5-min, 40 MB) Video only | Video w/CC | Script
- Identifying Minerals (16-min, 72 MB) Video only | Video w/CC | Script
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MINERALS ADDENDUM: (For lab students only!)
(3-min, 7 MB) Video only | Video w/CC and Study Quizzes
Igneous Rocks
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Igneous Rocks: (20 min, 46 MB)
Video only | Video w/CC and Study Quizzes | Script - Plutons (5 min, 12.4 MB) Video | Video w/CC | Script
- Magma Viscosity (5 min, 26.4 MB) Video | Video w/CC | Script
Sedimentary Rocks
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Weathering and Sedimentation
(16 min, 64 MB) Video | Video w/CC | Script -
Identifying Sedimentary Rocks: (15 min, 29 MB)
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Metamorphic Rocks
- Metamorphism (7 min, 17 MB) Video | Video w/CC | Script
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Identifying Metamorphic Rocks: (14 min, 25 MB)
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Volcanoes
- Volcanoes: (26 min, 68 MB) Video only | Video w/CC | Script
Geologic Time
- Radioactive Decay (12-min, 25.4 MB) Video | Video w/CC | Script
- Radiometric Dating: (8-min, 22 MB) Video | Video w/CC | Script
- Relative Dating (16-min, 46 MB) Video | Video w/CC | Script
Erosional Agents
- Mass Movement (8 min, 25 MB) Video | Video w/CC | Script
- Rivers (19.5 min, 56 MB) Video | Video w/CC | Script
- Glaciers (15-min, 44 MB) Video | Video w/CC | Script