Follow Kentucky Through Geologic Time

This interactive shows the location of Kentucky through different geological eras of time.

Breaking it Down - Weathering and Erosion

This Nature lesson discusses the processes of weathering and erosion and how they work together to shape the earth’s landscape.

Caves and Karst

This interactive resource adapted from the National Park Service presents the key concepts of cave and karst systems, including how and where they form, different types, and various cave environments.

Coral Kid

In this video segment, ZOOM guest Cassie takes us on a tour of the coral reef near her home in Key Largo, Florida, and points out some of its unique features.

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Dating Lava Flows on Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaiʻi

In this video segment adapted from NOVA, scientists search for carbonized remains of plants preserved in lava flows to find out how long it has taken rain forests on Hawaiʻi to regenerate after a volcanic eruption.

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Deserts

Not all deserts are the same. This still collage produced for Teachers' Domain features views of different deserts around the world.

Dinosaurs

This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K shows us what paleontologists think dinosaurs looked like, what they ate, and why they might have disappeared. We see paleontologists at work studying dinosaurs fossils.

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Documenting Glacial Change

This collection of comparative glacier images adapted from the National Snow and Ice Data Center shows substantial changes in five Alaskan glacier positions over periods of 60 to 100 years.

Earthquake! When Plates Collide

This video excerpt from NOVA explains the concept of plate tectonics and how it causes earthquakes.

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Earthquakes

This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K describes what causes earthquakes, how scientists measure them, where they occur and how to be prepared for one.

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Earth System: Drought and Air Quality

This video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center discusses how a drought can have negative effects locally, for example by increasing the number of forest fires, and also globally, for example by impacting air quality thousands of miles away.

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Erosion and Weathering

Erosion and weathering may be caused by a variety of factors including wind and water. This still collage produced for Teachers' Domain features images of rock, soil, and beach erosion.

The Falls of the Ohio

This video from KET examines one of the largest exposed fossil beds in the world, found at the Falls of the Ohio River, near Louisville, Kentucky.

Flood: Farming and Erosion

In this video segment adapted from NOVA, scientists investigate how farming along the Mississippi River impacts floods and what can be done about it.

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Forming the Burren

This video segment from Nature describes how glaciers eroded the bedrock of Ireland’s landscape.

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Geology

This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K describes and shows photos of the forces that shape the geology of the earth, including earthquakes, volcanoes, water, and glaciers.

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Geology of Death Valley

This video segment from NatureScene examines the landforms of Death Valley and how they came to be.

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Geology of North Dakota Badlands

See how the geology of the North Dakota badlands has changed over time in this video segment from NatureScene, featuring the landscape at Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

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Geospatial Revolution: Importance of Geography

In this video from Penn State Public Broadcasting’s Geospatial Revolution project, experts discuss geospatial technologies and their contribution to our understanding of how the earth works, to managing climate change, and to creating new science agendas and jobs.

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Geospatial Revolution: Why Study GIS?

In this clip from Penn State Public Broadcasting’s Geospatial Revolution project, the importance of studying geospatial technology is explored.

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