Nature

Nature Studies

Short video lessons on the Earth and its place in space, weather and climate, water, rocks and minerals, soil, and the materials around us.

40 lessons
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Lesson 1Free
Our Cosmic Home

Earth’s position in the Solar System, rotation and orbit, and factors influencing the climate.
Lesson 2
Our Eternal Companion

Formation and position of the Moon, solar and lunar eclipses, and the tidal phenomenon.
Lesson 3
Cold & Hot

Earth’s spherical shell structure, inner and outer shells, and the structure of the crust, mantle and core.
Lesson 4
Birth of Giants

Mountain formation through folding, faulting and volcanism, and the formation of subduction zones.
Lesson 5
Giants on Fire

Volcanic activity and after-effects, volcano formation at plate margins, within tectonic plates, and under water.
Lesson 6
It's Moving There

How earthquakes occur, tectonic plate movements, and the measurement and magnitude of earthquakes.
Lesson 7
Wonderful Stalactites

Formation of karst phenomena by dissolution and precipitation, surface and underground features, and the names of different karst formations.
Lesson 8
Cold, Slightly Warm, Hot!

Solar and real climate zones, and the formation and characteristics of geographical zonality.
Lesson 9
Climbing Through Climates

Factors influencing altitudinal zonation, boundaries separating the zones, and characteristic vegetation.
Lesson 10
Wind in the Sky

Factors shaping air flow and air pressure, wind systems, and the effect of the Coriolis force.
Lesson 11
Weather Fronts

Formation of atmospheric vortices, cyclones, anticyclones, and characteristics of cold and warm fronts.
Lesson 12
Moisture in the Air

Characteristics of atmospheric water vapour, condensation nuclei, and the formation of fog, clouds and ground precipitation.
Lesson 13
The Source of Life

Water molecule structure, physical properties, solvent properties, and the thermodynamics of lakes.
Lesson 14
Water, Water Everywhere

The hydrosphere, oceans and seas forming the World Ocean, and renewal of Earth’s water resources.
Lesson 15
The Water Cycle

The hydrological cycle: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and surface and subsurface water movements.
Lesson 16
Surface Waters

Surface freshwaters: rivers, lakes and polar ice, plus watercourse, water yield, water flow regime, water level and flood.
Lesson 17
Under the Surface...

Role and types of groundwater resources, and the composition and characteristics of natural mineral water.
Lesson 18
Atomic Models

Development of atomic models from Democritus through Dalton, Thomson and Rutherford to Schrödinger.
Lesson 19
Inside the Atom

Parts of the atom, structure and size of the nucleus and electron cloud, and formation of covalent bonds.
Lesson 20
The World's Composition

Formation and decay of elements, creation of the periodic table, and naming of the elements.
Lesson 21
Why is the Way it is?

Crystal lattice types in solids: atomic, molecular, metal and ionic lattices, and their characteristics.
Lesson 22
Black Diamonds

Conditions of coal formation, coal types and characteristics, mineral coals, and the carbon-14 isotope.
Lesson 23
Triplets

Carbon allotropes: diamond, graphite, fullerenes and graphene, their structures and properties.
Lesson 24
Secret of the Mines

Definition of ores, formation of magmatic and sedimentary ore deposits, hydrothermal ore precipitation, and characteristics of metals.
Lesson 25
Sedimentary Rocks

Types and formation processes of sedimentary rocks, and the process of bauxite production.
Lesson 26
Strike While It is Hot

Properties, occurrence and uses of iron, iron compounds, alloys, and chemical reactions of iron.
Lesson 27
The Queen of Metals

Properties and reactions of silver, and its uses from antiquity to the present day.
Lesson 28
Golden Shine

Characteristics of precious metals, and the properties, occurrence, alloys and uses of gold.
Lesson 29
Exhaustible Energy Resources

Formation, extraction, composition and uses of the two main fossil energy resources: crude oil and natural gas.
Lesson 30
Life Under Our Feet

Soil as a three-phase system, soil formation, soil horizons, and organic and mineral components.
Lesson 31
The Seventh Element

Properties, molecular structure, occurrence, biological significance and uses of nitrogen.
Lesson 32
Where are You, Nitrogen?

The nitrogen cycle: nitrogen fixation, nitrification, ammonification and denitrification, and the dangers of nitrogen fertiliser use.
Lesson 33
States of Matter

Characteristics of solid, liquid, gas and plasma states, and interactions between particles.
Lesson 34
Potatoes à la Darwin

Changes of state, the effect of pressure on phase transitions, and dynamic equilibrium.
Lesson 35
Seawater as a Solution

Concepts of solution, solvent and solute, salinity of seas and oceans, and true solutions.
Lesson 36
Solvents

Characteristics of solubility, the dissolution process, solution concentration, and behaviour of polar and non-polar substances.
Lesson 37
The Message of the Cabbage

Acidic and alkaline conditions, the pH scale, movement of hydrogen ions, and different indicators.
Lesson 38
Gases

Air as a gas mixture, and the significance and characteristics of its components.
Lesson 39
Dirty Business

Greenhouse effect, global warming, air pollution, types and characteristics of smog, and formation of acid rain.
Lesson 40
Under a Protective Shield

Layers of the atmosphere: troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere, their temperature characteristics, and the ozone layer.