Recommended Oakton databases for videos
- Environmental Studies in VideoContains hundreds of hour of film about various areas of environmental studies.
- Science and Engineering: Alexander Street PressVideos on a broad range of science and engineering topics.
- Science Online This link opens in a new windowPresents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments.
Media Resources
- The best nature, science and technology podcasts (BBC)
Learn on your commute! Recommended Podcasts from BBC Earth - The Geological Society (UK) PodcastsMud, tectonics, carbon, there's an episode for everything.
- Decoding the Weather Machine (PBS)
In this two-hour documentary, NOVA will cut through the confusion around climate change. Why do scientists overwhelmingly agree that our climate is changing, and that human activity is causing it? How and when will it affect us through the weather we experience? And what will it take to bend the trajectory of planetary warming toward more benign outcomes? Join scientists around the world on a quest to better understand the workings of the weather and climate machine we call Earth, and discover how we can be resilient—even thrive—in the face of enormous change. - Exploring with GISWatch videos of National Geographic Explorers using GIS and mapping to understand our world.
Podcast episode, "Space" (press play below) produced by Radiolab.
In the 60’s, space exploration was an American obsession. This hour, we chart the path from romance to increasing cynicism.
We begin with Ann Druyan, widow of Carl Sagan, with a story about the Voyager expedition, true love, and a golden record that travels through space. And astrophysicist Neil de Grasse Tyson explains the Coepernican Principle, and just how insignificant we are.