
Recommended Online Video Education Resources REVEL (Vidéos français) Professional Resources Subject Grade
Level 10 Science
Videos are listed chronologically by date added, beginning with the most recent
Grasslands
This video examines the North American grasslands as a natural habitat. It explores the plant and animal species in this ecosystem and considers the livelihood of the area from the perspectives of conservationists, First Nations and ranchers. A good portion of this video was filmed in Saskatchewan.
Innovation Nation Episode 3. Bio Fuel
Series: Innovation Nation
Will we be able to grow all of our fuel in the future? Along with exploring bold new ways of harvesting energy from bio-mass, Innovation Nation uncovers an amazing bio-fuel jet truck, a record breaking flying machine and a unique car made almost entirely of organic matter.
Innovation Nation Episode 2. Wind Power
Series: Innovation Nation
Can the wind provide us with all of our power? Along with cutting-edge wind farms and new turbine designs, Innovation Nation meets inventor Doug Selsam as he builds the world's first flying turbine.
Innovation Nation Episode 1. CO2
Series: Innovation Nation
Can we stop, or even reverse global warming? Innovation Nation follows the work of a Nobel Prize-winning scientist on the Canadian prairies, an innovator in New York who has designed a unique synthetic tree, and a mega-project in Europe where CO2, instead of being sent skyward, is stored far out ...
Easy Being Green: How Teens Can Help Save the Planet
This video speaks to teens to promote ways they, or anyone, can take care of the environment and lessen their impact on the earth. The video contains four chapters: In Your Planet: Love It or Leave - examines sustainability and energy use. (4 minutes); What Color Are Your Wheels? Getting Around G...
Mother. Caring for 7 Billion
This video focuses on an issue that silently fuels our most pressing environmental, humanitarian and social crises - population growth. It is a critical time to talk about this subject because the world's population has now reached seven billion people. In the program we meet Beth, a loving mothe...
Growth Rings: A Documentary
Large industry has a ripple effect; on the ecology, economy, and community of places, both large and small. Growth Rings is about places along BC's beautiful coastline, the people who live in them, and how these places change as a result of large industry involvement either close by, or far away ...
Bending Light and Bending Minds
This video features the Canadian Light Source, Canada's only synchrotron, which is located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It discusses the role of the synchrotron and its value to science and the world, giving specific examples of current research being done in a number of different areas, including...
Frozen Planet: On Thin Ice
In this program, David Attenborough journeys to both polar regions to investigate what rising temperatures will mean for the people and wildlife that live there and for the rest of the planet. Sir David starts out at the North Pole, standing on sea ice several meters thick, but which scientists p...
Blue Sky Dreaming
What does carbon neutrality really mean? This episode of Earth Report highlights four countries and many corporations that are pledging to go carbon neutral.
One such country is New Zealand which plans to be the first country to create a completely carbon neutral economy. Their 2020 target inclu...
Mapping Change
This documentary is about Dr. Steven Franklin's study of grizzly bear populations in Alberta using remote sensing. The video explains how remote sensing is used to study the effect of urbanization and development on grizzly bear habitats. This project involves a trans-disciplinary team, which inc...
Addicted to Plastic
This feature-length documentary is an investigation to find out what we really know about plastics and why there is so much plastic in our world. The video illustrates their toxic legacy and showcases the men and women dedicated to developing solutions to plastic pollution.
Gulf Stream and the Next Ice Age
Could Dublin's climate ever resemble that of Spitzberg in the Arctic Ocean or could London one day be as cold as Siberia? Is there an "Achilles' Heel" in Europe's climate? Would we face a catastrophe if the warm, strong currents of the Gulf Stream stopped flowing? Gulf Stream and the Next Ice Age...
Five Disasters Waiting to Happen
After the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, scientists are beginning to look seriously at those areas of the planet most under threat from climate change catastrophe. This BBC production deals with weather/climate-related disasters in Europe and Asia and contains well-documented arguments. Fro...
A Simple Question. The Story of STRAW
It all started in 1992 when a grade four class asked their teacher what they could do to save endangered species. Laurette Rogers decided that the students needed to do more than letters or a study; she challenged the students to help restore a watershed. The students adopt an endangered species,...