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The Three Levels of Biodiversity This interactive adapted from Kentucky's Natural Heritage: An Illustrated Guide to Biodiversity, introduces learners to the three levels of biodiversity: genetic, species, and ecosystem.	5-8	Interactive
Select Species Groups of Kentucky In this interactive adapted from Kentucky’s Natural Heritage: An Illustrated Guide to Biodiversity, students will learn about the variety of species that call Kentucky their home.	5-8	Interactive
Select Natural Communities In this interactive adapted from Kentucky's Natural Heritage: An Illustrated Guide to Biodiversity, students will learn about the four major natural communities and the types of organisms that live in each.	5-8	Interactive
Cave Species and Karst Landscapes In this interactive adapted from Kentucky's Natural Heritage: A Guide to Biodiversity, students will learn about karst landscape, where caves are most prevalent, as well as the different species that can be found in and around caves.	5-8	Interactive
Migratory Songbirds Adapted from the Kentucky Life Biodiversity series, this video interactive offers information about the different species of birds and their migration patterns.	5-8	Interactive
Scientific Tools and Methods Adapted from the Kentucky Life Biodiversity series, the videos in this interactive explore three examples of researchers applying the scientific method in various field situations.	5-8	Interactive
Follow Kentucky Through Geologic Time This interactive shows the location of Kentucky through different geological eras of time.	4-8	Interactive
Life in a Kentucky Village The mural in this rollover interactive shows the Mississippian people in their day-to-day activities.	4-12	Interactive
Watersheds in Kentucky This interactive with a short video clip, provides students with a definition of watershed, as well as information about where they can be found in the state of Kentucky.	5-9	Interactive
Lentic Communities In this interactive students learn about the three types of lentic communities and examples of species that are unique to each.	5-9	Interactive
Lotic Communities This interactive provides a way for students to learn about lotic communities and the fish, mollusks, and invertebrates that live in these communities.	5-9	Interactive
AC / DC: What's the Difference? This animated essay from the American Experience Web site explains the difference between alternating and direct electric current and offers in-depth explanations about the role played by a battery, light bulb, wire, and generator.	6-12	Interactive
Acid Lake Add acidity to a healthy lake and see what happens to the plants and animals in this interactive activity adapted from EcoKids.	3-8	Interactive
Acids and Bases: Kitchen Chemistry In this interactive activity from the ZOOM Web site, search for chemistry clues and experiment with acids and bases in a virtual kitchen.	3-8	Interactive
Aerodynamics: What Causes Lift? How does an airplane stay aloft when upside down? This media-rich essay from the NOVA Web site offers an explanation based on Newton's third law of motion.	6-12	Interactive
Airplanes: Designing for Stealth Explore this NOVA interactive activity to see how engineers have modified a military plane's sound, shape, and heat emissions to minimize detection.	6-12	Interactive
Air Quality Index In this interactive activity adapted from "Air Quality Index: A Guide to Air Quality and Your Health" by the U.S. EPA, learn about common pollutants in the air we breathe, their health effects, and how their levels are reported.	6-12	Interactive
All in the Family In this Evolution Web feature, test your skills at judging who's who on the tree of life while you learn about the tools and methods of cladistics.	6-12	Interactive
All Systems Are Go Test your knowledge of the digestive, respiratory, and other human body systems in this interactive game from Kinetic City. Race the clock to put Arnold's organs back into his body one system at a time.	5-8	Interactive
American Chestnut Tree This annotated slideshow adapted from KET's Electronic Field Trip to the Forest illustrates how blight decimated the American chestnut tree and the methods scientists use to identify and pollinate the remaining trees to create blight-resistant trees.	6-12	Interactive
Amplitude This interactive activity adapted from the University of Utah's ASPIRE Lab shows how a pendulum's amplitude changes as you set it swinging from different distances from its axis, and how the amplitude of a sound wave changes as you adjust the volume.	6-12	Interactive
Analyzing an Ecosystem In this interactive activity adapted from the University of Alberta, identify the living and nonliving things in an ecosystem. Then look further at the living things to identify the producers, the consumers, and examples of mimicry.	3-8	Interactive
Anatomy of a Firework There's more to a fireworks display than meets the eye. This interactive activity from the NOVA Web site looks at the technology behind each burst of light.	6-12	Interactive
Anatomy of a Rover In this interactive activity from NOVA, learn about the sophisticated scientific instruments on two identical robotic rovers that have explored Mars — Spirit and Opportunity.	3-12	Interactive
Anatomy of a Tsunami Using visual models and other graphics, this interactive activity from NOVA Online reveals details of the December 26, 2004 tsunami that collided with coasts around the Indian Ocean.	6-12	Interactive
Anatomy of a Volcano In this interactive activity from NOVA Online, explore the main features of the Nyiragongo volcano, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and learn what risks it poses to the 500,000 people who live in its shadow.	6-12	Interactive
Animal Classification Game Learn about classes of animals and test your ability to identify animals as mammals, birds, reptiles and more in this interactive activity adapted from Sheppard Software.	4-8	Interactive
Animal Cloning 101 Learn about clones and explore the methods scientists use to create clones in the lab in this interactive activity from the Dolan DNA Learning Center.	9-12	Interactive
Antarctic Ecosystem In contrast with its largely lifeless interior, the Antarctic coastal marine environment supports a vibrant and diverse ecosystem. Explore the region's living bounty in this interactive activity adapted from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.	5-12	Interactive
Antarctic Food Web Game In this interactive game adapted from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, build a food web that illustrates the flow of energy in an Antarctic ecosystem and the relationships between predators and prey.	5-8	Interactive
Arctic Atlas In this interactive atlas adapted from UNEP/GRID-Arendal, explore different environmental features of the Arctic. Select from a list of themes to customize your map, then zoom in to take a closer look at one of six featured regions.	6-12	Interactive
Arctic Ecosystem Despite seemingly inhospitable conditions, the Arctic environment has a vibrant and diverse ecosystem. Explore the life that thrives in this region in this interactive activity adapted from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.	5-12	Interactive
Arctic Sea Ice Satellite Observations In this interactive activity produced for Teachers' Domain, learn how Arctic sea ice has changed over the past 25 years in terms of maximum winter extent, concentration, and the timing of breakup each spring.	6-12	Interactive
Astronomical Images in Different Wavelengths Visible light is just one portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that a telescope may detect. This collection of images produced for Teachers' Domain features radio wave, infrared, visible light, and X-ray images of distant stars and galaxies as well as images of the telescopes designed to detect the various wavelengths of radiation.	6-12	Interactive
Atmospheric Oxygen In this feature, adapted from Interactive NOVA: "Earth," students explore the relationship between oxygen concentration and the well-being of various organisms by simulating a change in oxygen levels and observing what happens.	3-5	Interactive
The Atom In this interactive activity from ChemThink, take a closer look at atomic structure, properties, and behaviors.	6-12	Interactive
Atom Builder Build a carbon atom out of up quarks, down quarks, and electrons in this interactive activity from the NOVA Web site.	6-12	Interactive
Backyard Wildlife Interactive Squirrels and chipmunks are just two of the animals you might see. Backyard Wildlife, an original KET video, encourages children to explore the world outside their back door.	Pre-K-1	Interactive
Bandwidth and Data Conversion This interactive activity adapted from the Wisconsin Online Resource Center describes the factors that affect the speed of data transfer in computer networking systems and some of the techniques used to increase the data capacity of these systems.	9-12	Interactive
Bear Creek Wind Farm Tour In this interactive, a construction project manager explains the process of constructing a wind farm, its challenges and benefits.	9-12	Interactive
Biodiversity in the Dzangha-Sangha Rain Forest In this interactive activity from the American Museum of Natural History, play "connect the dots" and discover the connections between the people, animals, and plants in three habitats of the Dzanga-Sangha rain forest in the Central African Republic.	5-8	Interactive
Biomes This interactive resource adapted from NASA describes the different temperature, precipitation, and vegetation patterns in seven biomes: coniferous forest, temperate deciduous forest, desert, grassland, rainforest, shrubland, and tundra.	3-12	Interactive
KET Image Bank: Birds Browse through thumbnail images of native birds in this KET Image Bank interactive catalog. Clicking a thumbnail will take you to a larger image for download.	K-12	Interactive
Birth of a Supernova, Type Ia In this interactive activity from NOVA Online, learn about a type of exploding star — a Type Ia supernova — that is so bright that astronomers can measure the distance to the galaxy in which it resides, and even learn which elements make up the star.	6-12	Interactive
Birth of a Supernova, Type II In this interactive activity from NOVA Online, learn about a type of exploding star — a Type II supernova — that is so large it has a mass 10 times greater than the mass of our Sun.	6-12	Interactive
Blood Flow and Thermoregulation In this interactive activity adapted from the University of Alberta, learn about the ways your body can regulate its temperature.	7-12	Interactive
Body Breakdowns This interactive feature from the NOVA "Surviving Denali" Web site details the variety of ways the body can fail while climbing a high-altitude peak.	6-8	Interactive
Body Control Center Throughout the day, your nervous system monitors and makes endless adjustments to your body's basic systems -- all to keep you alive. This interactive feature illustrates the complexity of such a task.	6-8	Interactive
Body Needs This interactive feature from the NOVA "Dying to Be Thin" Web site describes the nutritional needs of the body and how to meet them.	3-8	Interactive
Bones of Contention This interactive activity from NOVA invites you to do the work of scientists and use a database to classify actual fossil records of human ancestors and related species.	8-12	Interactive