Geology & Earth Sciences

Rock identification, landforms, minerals, and understanding Earth's processes.

48 topics in this category

TESTING SOIL TYPES - Two Soil Test You Can Do To Determine What Soil Type You Have

What Soil Type Do I Have? I will make two different SOIL TEST (For FREE) to find out! I prepared two simple soil testing methods ...

beginner 10 min

Introduction to Topographic Maps

This video provides an introduction to understanding topographic maps.

intermediate 10 min

How to Read a Topo Map

Topographic maps are a little different from your average map. Once you get the hang of reading them, they help you visualize ...

intermediate 10 min

How to Identify Key Terrain Features For Whitetails on a Topographical Map

In this video, we talk about identifying terrain features on a topographical map. How To Read Topo Maps: The First Step to ...

intermediate 10 min

33. How to Identify Rocks

How can you tell what type of rock you have? Join us to learn how you can tell one type of rock from another. The notes for our ...

beginner 10 min

Identifying Rocks and Minerals - Using Physical Properties for Identification

How do scientists identify different rocks and minerals? In this 6th grade Earth Science lesson, students will discover how Earth ...

beginner 10 min

Rock & Mineral Identification | It Can Be Easier Than You Think

In this video I give a different perspective on rock identification in how I use local resources to identify rocks instead of generic rock ...

beginner 10 min

TIP: Identify Rocks & Minerals Correctly

Want to collect minerals, rocks and crystals and fossils? Well, I will be sharing lots of tips here on how to correctly ID minerals and ...

beginner 10 min

How to tell the difference between Rocks, Crystals, and Minerals.

Join rock identification expert Ryan, as he goes through the differences between crystals, elements, rocks and minerals! Although ...

beginner 10 min

How to Calculate Slope

Description of percent slope and demonstrations of two ways to estimate percent slope using common tools and simple math.

intermediate 10 min

Trail Fundamentals | Measuring and Understanding Slope (Clinometer Tutorial)

Learn how to measure trail slope using a clinometer - a foundational field skill for sustainable trail design. In this video, part of ...

intermediate 10 min

How to Use a Clinometer

The Clinometer is a super important trail building tool. Using one to plan your trail will really help keep things under control.

intermediate 10 min

How to Build a Rain Garden | Urban Conservation

Have you considered building a rain garden in your yard? A rain garden is a “sunken garden bed” in your yard where you can ...

intermediate 10 min

How to slow and capture rainfall... and stop soil run-off!

HOW TO ... SLOW AND CAPTURE RAINFALL Create a Barrier Whether it's garden beds, paths, or retaining walls, building across ...

intermediate 10 min

Swale & Rain Garden How To

"Swales are Swell and So Are Rain Gardens" is Episode 7 the last in the series of instructional videos the Water Board has been ...

intermediate 10 min
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Build Your Own Mineral ID Kit // Rockhound for Minerals & Crystals

Let's Go Geo - Build a Mineral ID Kit To identify minerals & begin collecting you'll want: Mineral Field Guide Book MOHs Hardness ...

beginner 10 min

Brunton Compass, what it used for  #geology #rocks #Structure #Fieldwork 

advanced 10 min

HOW TO FIND GOLD EVERY TIME IN ANY CREEK!!!!! Jeff Williams

Discover the ultimate gold prospecting tips and tricks that will lead you to Gold everytime in areas that feed Gold to rivers and ...

intermediate 10 min

Beginner’s Guide to Gold Panning Like A Pro - Tips #shorts

A beginners guide to gold panning. Gold Pan like a pro. 3 Tips to help you do just that. Learn to gold pan. #shorts #goldpanning ...

intermediate 10 min

How to gold pan in 60 seconds!

Today I teach you the very basics of Gold Panning and how to find gold in under a minute!

intermediate 10 min

Texture By Feel Procedure

Soil texture plays a large role in crop production; learn how to get an idea of soil texture by using this simple procedure.

beginner 10 min

Jim Urbaniak, The Rock Guy - Rock Hammers

Buying the right rock hammer and using it properly for rockhounding.

intermediate 10 min

Collectable PYRITE CUBE specimen using hammer & chisel

Making a collectable self collected mineral specimen with a large pyrite crystal cube in host rock, using only a hammer and chisel.

intermediate 10 min

Identifying rocks & minerals using the Mohs hardness test

beginner 10 min

The Mohs Scale of Hardness Explained

The Mohs scale of hardness explained. How can I determine the hardness or the ability to resist scratching of this mineral? It is the ...

beginner 10 min

M03-How to Measure Mohs Hardness for Mineral Identification

Check out http://omg.georockme.com for an online practical mineral study guide for students and teachers. Learn about, and test ...

beginner 10 min

How to conduct a soil percolation test

Learn how to do a simple soil percolation test to help you design your water harvesting basin (rain garden) or greywater system.

advanced 10 min

How to Perform a Percolation Test | This Old House

Richard Trethewey learns how a perc test is used to assess the soil on the North Shore site. SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: ...

advanced 10 min

Determining Stream Flow Direction from a Topographic Map

A brief introduction to how to use contour lines on a topographic map to determine the direction a stream or river is flowing.

intermediate 10 min

Water flow direction topographic map

intermediate 10 min
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How to Measure Strike and Dip with a Brunton Pocket Transit Compass

Strike and dip measurements help geologists resolve the attitudes of planar geologic surfaces and are essential to constructing ...

beginner 10 min

How to find strike and dip with a Brunton Compass

The metals in the camera used to film this throws off the compass needle making precise measurements very hard when being ...

beginner 10 min

How to use Brunton compass to measure DIP AND STRIKE

GeologicalFieldWorkGFW This video shows how to measure dip and Strike in field. Measuring Dip: To measure the dip of the ...

beginner 10 min

How to Assess Your Soil Drainage: A Guide to Completing An Infiltration Test

Learn how to do an infiltration test in this video! An infiltration test is a great way to determine if a particular area in your yard is ...

beginner 10 min

Simple DIY Soil Drainage Test (Do This Before Planting a Fruit Tree!)

Is poorly drained soil causing problems for your fruit trees? In this video, I'll show you exactly how to test soil drainage in just a few ...

beginner 10 min

How to Test Soil Drainage

Learn how to test your soil drainage. Have you ever wondered what it means to have 'well draining soil'? In this video I show you ...

beginner 10 min

Identifying Sedimentary Rocks -- Earth Rocks!

For an introductory college-level physical geology class: a review of how to classify and identify a sedimentary rock. Includes a ...

beginner 10 min

Sedimentary Rock Classification

This educational (non-profit) video was produced by Professor Drew Muscente for the Sedimentology & Stratigraphy course (GEO ...

beginner 10 min

How Do You Identify Common Clastic Sedimentary Rocks?

Instructional video intended for geology students learning how to identify conglomerate, breccia, sandstone, shale, and mudstone.

beginner 10 min

DIY Soil pH Test - Garden Quickie Episode 114

Easy DIY Soil pH Test! Using just two household ingredients, baking soda and vinegar, we can easily test our soil's pH and solve ...

beginner 10 min

Testing Your Soil's pH - Simple Solutions

Shorts #Spring #Garden Subscribe to Today's Homeowner for more great home improvement videos: ...

beginner 10 min

How to Properly Use pH Meters in the Garden - Soil Prep, Averaging & Cleaning: Rapitest & Burpee

Subscribe to My YouTube Channel - The Rusted Garden: https://www.youtube.com/user/pilarchik The pH measures (p)otential ...

beginner 10 min

How To Read a Topographic Map

New version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHf59mF369c *Gear I'm Using Now:* * inReach: https://hkgy.co/inreach * Hiking ...

intermediate 10 min

How to Read a Topo Map

Topographic maps are a little different from your average map. Once you get the hang of reading them, they help you visualize ...

intermediate 10 min

Navigation: Map and Compass Duo

How to use a map and compass. Super easy, super effective, no nonsense.

intermediate 10 min
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33. How to Identify Rocks

How can you tell what type of rock you have? Join us to learn how you can tell one type of rock from another. The notes for our ...

beginner 10 min

What Type of Rock is this?

In this video, we take a look at simple characteristics that can help you determine is a rock is sedimentary, igneous, ...

beginner 10 min

Rock & Mineral Identification | It Can Be Easier Than You Think

In this video I give a different perspective on rock identification in how I use local resources to identify rocks instead of generic rock ...

beginner 10 min