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Quick Vids for Earth Science SEEd Standards

QUICK VIDS FOR EARTH SCIENCE STANDARDS

Got five minutes before your next task? Introduce or reinforce a science standard by watching one of these <5 minute YouTube videos.

Most videos are from the US Geological Survey, Ted Ed, or BYU

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Grade Standard Video(s)
2 2.1.2 HVO June 7 2023 eruption Kilauea (at 0:29 the eastern vent erupts)

Movement of Crater Glacier in the Mt St Helens bowl in response to volcanic dome growth
3 3.1.2 Landsat and Our Tilted Planet (USGS)
3 3.1.3 Studying How the Beach Changes at Madeira Beach, Florida (USGS)
4 4.1.3 Amber

Why Teeth Make the Best Fossils
4 4.1.4 It Seems like Trees Caused a Mass Extinction

If the Asteroid Hit 10 Minutes Later

That Time the Mediterranean Sea Disappeared
5 5.1.1 Crustal Overturning in Halema'uma'u Lava Lake
5 5.1.3 Time-lapse video of bluff erosion
5 5.1.4 Time-lapse video of bluff erosion

Post-wildfire debris flow

Mudslide Cuts Through Big Sur Burn Scar
5 5.1.5 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami (USGS)
6 6.1.1 Landsat and Our Tilted Planet (USGS)

The Last Total Solar Eclipse
6 6.1.2 The Planet Song

Why Is Our Moon Two-Faced?
6 6.4.5 Seafloor Erosion in the Florida Keys (USGS)
7 7.2.1 How do crystals work?

The Rock Cycle in 3 minutes
7 7.2.2 start of June 7, 2023 eruption

HVO June 7 2023 eruption Kilauea (at 0:29 the eastern vent erupts)

Post Wildfire debris flow
7 7.2.3 Ground Failure in Puerto Rico after 2019 earthquake (USGS)

Sandy's Lasting Effects on Fire Island, NY (USGS)
7 7.2.5 Lava Flows on Galapagos (USGS)
7 7.2.6 How the Oldest Rocks on Earth Changed History
8 8.4.1 Aridland water harvesting study animation (USGS)
8 8.4.2 Tulare Basin Refills (USGS)

Lake Powell and the Megadrought (USGS)
8 8.4.3 3 Decades of Lithium in Chile (USGS)
8 8.4.4 Glacial Changes in Chile (USGS)
8 8.4.5 From the Front lines of Community-Based Climate Adaptation (USGS)

Reducing Flood Risks by Restoring Coral Reefs
9 ESS 1.1 TMBG: Why Does the Sun Really Shine?

Evolution of a medium-sized star (BYU)
9 ESS 1.3 Evolution of a medium-sized star (BYU)

Large star evolution (BYU)
9 ESS 2.1 How Scientists Found the Oldest Rock on Earth

How the Oldest Rocks on Earth Changed History
9 ESS 2.3 Crustal overturning Kilauea

Magnetic reversals and more sea floor spreading
9 ESS 2.4 Lava Delta Collapse

Taiwan rock fall

How do crystals work?

Where does gold come from?

That Time the Mediterranean Sea Disappeared
9 ESS 2.5 Post wildfire debris flow

It Seems like Trees Caused a Mass Extinction

If the Asteroid Hit 10 Minutes Later
9 ESS 2.6 Earthquake resistant building
9 ESS 4.2 Water-level change in the High Plains Aquifer System (USGS)
9 ESS 4.4 Urban growth in Las Vegas Nevada (USGS)