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Acid Mine Drainage and PrecipitatesIn this video, environmental scientists measure the pH of water to detect acid mine drainage from an abandoned coal mine and then demonstrate how metals present in acid drainage fall out of solution as precipitates when a basic substance is added to the water. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Controlling Water Run-off
This video shows how the environmentally friendly design of the Visitor Center at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest near Louisville slows down water run-off and helps to control non-point-source water pollution, conserve water, and prevent soil erosion
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4-12 |
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Environmental Impact of Acid Mine DrainageThis video shows how acid mine drainage from an abandoned coal mine has affected Wildcat Branch in Kentucky's Daniel Boone National Forest. Because the creek has a very acidic pH of 2.9, most organisms cannot survive there, and Wildcat Branch is essentially dead. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Reusing Wastewater
This video demonstrates how peat filtration beds at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest near Louisville, Kentucky purify and conserve wastewater and eliminate one cause of non-point-source water pollution.
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4-12 |
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The Geology of CoalIn this video, a geologist describes how coal, a sedimentary rock, was formed when organic materials piled up in swamps millions of years ago. Over time, heat and pressure transformed the buried materials into forms of coal that cause acid mine drainage when exposed to oxygen. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Arts in the Renaissance: BransleKentucky students perform the Maltese Bransle (pronounced brahwl), a country dance that was popular in the royal courts of France and England during the Renaissance. The segment was recorded by KET in partnership with the Kentucky Arts Council and Kentucky Shakespeare. Kentucky Shakespeare also provided the costumes worn by the dancers. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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High-Sulfur Coal and Acidic WaterIn this video, a geologist measures the pH of water after high-sulfur coal from a Kentucky coal mine has been added to it. This test demonstrates that the sulfate salts found on the coal’s surface cause the water to become much more acidic. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Rain Gardens
This video shows how a rain garden at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest near Louisville, Kentucky slows down the flow of water from the forest’s parking lot and helps prevent soil erosion.
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4-12 |
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Mycoremediation
This video explores the process of mycoremediation: planting fungi such as oyster mushrooms to mitigate non-point-source water pollution caused by oil, gasoline, and other toxic substances.
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4-12 |
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Restoring Lower Rock CreekThis brief video describes how Lower Rock Creek’s location between two National Wild and Scenic Rivers caused Kentucky environmentalists to choose the creek as a target for acid mine drainage remediation. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Acid Mine Drainage RemediationIn this video, an environmental technologist visits an abandoned coal mine in Kentucky to talk about how a remediation system (a series of settling ponds and treatment cells) is neutralizing the acid drainage flowing from the mine and keeping it from damaging a creek downstream. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Applying the Scientific Method
This video provides a real-life example of the scientific method: testing hypotheses about which plants will grow most successfully on a green roof in Kentucky.
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4-12 |
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Arts in the Renaissance: PavaneKentucky students dance the Pavane, a processional dance from the Renaissance. The segment was recorded by KET in partnership with the Kentucky Arts Council and Kentucky Shakespeare. Kentucky Shakespeare also provided the costumes. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Arts in the Renaissance: Scene from HamletActor Kevin Hardesty performs the famous “To be, or not to be” soliloquy from Act III, Scene I of the Shakespearean tragedy Hamlet. Hardesty opens the segment with an introduction to the scene. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Results of Acid Mine Drainage RemediationIn this video, a biologist visits Rock Creek in Pulaski County, Kentucky to show how acid mine drainage remediation has increased the stream’s pH from acidic levels to almost neutral. Although the ecosystem has not been completely restored, many species have returned to Rock Creek. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Stream RestorationThis video explores how Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest near Louisville, Kentucky has restored a channelized or straightened stream to its original meandering path, thereby improving the stream’s water quality and creating a better habitat for wildlife. Accessibility features: Caption |
4-12 |
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Aquatic InsectsIn this brief video, a biologist talks about the macroinvertebrates (typically aquatic insects) that form the basis of food webs in healthy Kentucky streams. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Detached Wetlands
This video depicts a detached wetland, a small pool that forms beside a shallow meandering stream when it overflows its banks. These wetlands are important breeding grounds for the invertebrates that live in and beside streams
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4-12 |
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100's DayWhat does 100 look like? Sound like? Feel like? In this video from Curious George, explore the many ways to measure 100 things. Accessibility features: Caption |
K-2 |
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1964 Alaska EarthquakeThis video adapted from the Valdez Museum & Historical Archive, explores what happened during the Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964 through original footage, first-person accounts, and animations illustrating plate tectonics. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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The 2008 Wall Street BailoutThis video segment adapted from FRONTLINE: "Money, Power and Wall Street" traces the unprecedented decisions made by the U.S. government to intervene in the financial crisis of 2008. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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21st Century Schools: Learning in the Digital AgeFrom FRONTLINE Digital Nation, this video explores discuss the hype and the hopes for improving education through technology. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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3D Space: Illusion or Reality?This video excerpt from NOVA’s "The Fabric of the Cosmos: What Is Space?" reveals new data about black holes that has led to a new idea about the universe: Instead of everything being a three-dimensional object, it’s possible that everything is actually just a hologram. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
9-12 |
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AbiyoyoIn this video segment from Between the Lions stars Theo the Lion reading aloud the story of Abiyoyo, a South African tale packed with suspense, heroic characters, and new words. Accessibility features: Caption |
Pre-K-1 |
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Abolitionist Leader William Lloyd GarrisonThis video adapted from American Experience: “The Abolitionists” profiles William Lloyd Garrison, founder of The Liberator and a leader of the American Anti-Slavery Society, whose position on the slavery question generated strong and often violent resistance to the abolitionist cause. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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About Inspiring Middle School LiteracyThis professional development video from WGBH shows how teachers work with their students, using the self-paced lessons from the Inspiring Middle School Literacy collection, to improve content knowledge and literacy skills. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-8 |
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Above the Clouds: Telescopes on Mauna KeaThis video segment adapted from First Light explains why the highest peak in the Pacific, Mauna Kea, is an ideal site for astronomical observations. Featured are new telescope technologies that allow astronomers to explore the universe in more depth. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Accidental DiscoveriesThis segment from Swift: Eyes through Time traces the history military officers and engineers discovering a strange phenomenon in the sky that astronomers now know are gamma-ray bursts. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-8 |
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Acids and Bases: Cabbage Juice IndicatorIn this video segment, the ZOOM cast demonstrates how to use cabbage juice to find out if a solution is an acid or a base. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-8 |
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Acids and Bases: Making a Film Canister RocketIn this video segment, ZOOM cast members mix different amounts of baking soda and vinegar to see which combination produces the most carbon dioxide for launching a film-canister rocket.
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K-5 |
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Acids and Bases: Testing Rocket CarsIn this ZOOM video segment, cast members make bottle rocket cars using lemon juice and baking soda, and experiment with different ways of launching the cars. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-8 |
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Acids and Bases: Testing RocketsWhat happens when you mix baking soda and lemon juice? Watch the ZOOM cast launch a rocket using kitchen chemistry. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-8 |
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Acting in Vocal PerformanceIn this video adapted from Broadway or Bust, a young singer works with a coach on the Dreamgirls song “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going.” Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Active Teaching and LearningWatch this professional development video from Getting Results, to see how strategies such as hands-on activities or participation in group work increase student understanding and confidence. Accessibility features: Caption |
11-12 |
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Adapting Environments for Individuals with Vision Loss – Darick WrightIn these videos produced by Perkins School for the Blind, Darick Wright, Coordinator of the New England Eye Clinic at Perkins, explains the importance of adapting environmental factors like lighting and contrast to people with vision loss. Accessibility features: Caption |
K-12 |
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Addressing Issues of Sexuality with Students who are Visually Impaired – Jeff MigliozziThese videos produced by Perkins School for the Blind provide information for teachers and parents about the importance of using clear and accurate language when talking about sexual development with children who are blind or visually impaired. Accessibility features: Caption |
K-12 |
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Adopting Sustainable Food PracticesHear about how respect for Earth can help us attain a more sustainable lifestyle in the face of climate change in this video segment adapted from United Tribes Technical College. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Advances in NeurotechnologyIn this video segment from Greater Boston, learn how a man with severe motor disabilities can operate a computer and move a prosthetic hand by simply thinking the commands, thanks to the combined efforts of bioengineers and neuroscientists. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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African/African-American Culture: ManjaniThe Imani Dance and Drum Company of Louisville, Ky., perform the Manjani, a West African dance that celebrates an important event such as the harvest (as in this performance), a wedding, or a naming ceremony. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
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After Love, by Maxime KuminIn this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Maxine Kumin reads her poem, “After Love”, which describes a quiet moment after love-making shared by two people in a long marriage. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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After Making Love We Hear Footsteps, by Galway KinnellIn this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Galway Kinnell reads his poem, “After Making Love We Hear Footsteps”, which depicts the magic of love and family connection. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Agricultural Runoff and the Gulf of Mexico Dead ZoneThis video segment adapted from Big River: A King Corn Companion shows how agricultural chemicals from the Midwest that travel downstream in water runoff create a vast marine "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Agricultural Technology Student: Farming & GPS/GISLearn how agricultural technology is changing farming, and one student's life, in this video adapted from Pathways to Technology. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Agricultural Technology Student: Water Management & GPS/GISSee one adult student's experience attending community college, studying agricultural technology, and discovering career opportunities, in this video adapted from Pathways to Technology. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Air Bag DesignUsing automobile crash test footage, this video segment adapted from NOVA shows some of the challenges in designing the air bag. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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Air Power: Experimenting with BalloonsIn this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members experiment with the amount of air expelled first from a balloon, then through a straw attached to it, and see how both affect a balloon's behavior. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-8 |
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Air Power: Making a HovercraftIn this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members make their own hovercraft and demonstrate how the air leaking out of a balloon can make a plastic plate hover above a table. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
K-8 |
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Alaska Native PilotsIn this video adapted from Storyknife Productions, Alaska Native pilots share how they use traditional knowledge to read the landscape and predict the weather. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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Alaska Native Teens Help ResearchersIn this video adapted from KUAC-TV and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska Native students contribute to research on how their environment is changing as a result of global warming. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Alexander Hamilton: Early InfluencesIn this video segment from American Experience, learn about how the events of Hamilton's youth in the West Indies influenced the direction of his life. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
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Allison Bolinger: Spacewalk Flight Controller and TrainerIn this video from Design Squad Nation, NASA spacewalk flight controller and trainer Allison Bolinger teaches astronauts how to work outside their spacecraft. Accessibility features: Caption |
4-8 |
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Alzheimer's DiseaseThis video segment from the Secret of Life School Video: "Genetic Medicine: Tinkering with Our Genes" explores the potential for gene therapy to cure diseases like Alzheimer's. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Amazon RainforestThis video segment from the Race to Save the Planet teaching module "Saving the Diversity of Life" describes the ecological value of tropical rainforests and explores some of the causes of their destruction. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
K-5 |
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American Smooth, by Rita DoveIn this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Rita Dove reads her poem, “American Smooth”, which describes the effort a couple makes to complete a ballroom dance, and the lyrical state of being they achieve. Accessibility features: Caption |
7-12 |
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American Wedding, by Joseph MillarIn this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Joseph Millar reads his poem, “American Wedding”, in which he feels the significance of embarking on a marriage as he heads to his daughter’s wedding reception. Accessibility features: Caption |
7-12 |
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Amphibian Research This short video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K explains how frogs help biologists study problems in the environment. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
4-6 |
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Amphibians This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K points out what it means to be cold-blooded. A frog's life cycle is revealed as well as why it croaks, why it hibernates, and how it catches its prey. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
4-6 |
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An Alaska Native Community Helps SealsThis video from First Alaskans Institute spotlights the Alaska Native community of St. Paul and its hands-on commitment to care for the land and animals on which it depends. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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An Ancient Legend Teaches Climate Change AdaptationToday’s unsustainable use of natural resources is compared to the legend of the giant Uab, in this video adapted from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-8 |
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Ancient Farmers of the AmazonThis video segment from Evolution: "Evolutionary Arms Race" tells the story of the leafcutter ant and the fungus it farms -- an example of mutually beneficial symbiosis. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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The Angle on PoolFind out how angles and symmetry come into play in the game of pool in this video adapted from Annenberg Learner’s Learning Math: Measurement. Accessibility features: Caption |
8-12 |
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AnglerfishThis video segment from NOVA: "Animal Imposters" shows the lightning-fast strike of the anglerfish. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
6-8 |
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Animal DefensesIn nature, survival is the name of the game. This video segment explores the world of animal defense and shows that predators don't always have the upper hand. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
K-8 |
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Animal HearingThis video segment discusses the physical adaptations that give several nocturnal animals a heightened sense of hearing. Footage from NOVA: "Mystery of the Senses: Hearing." Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
3-8 |
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Animals Making a LivingFor most animals, finding food is a full-time job. This video segment explores the food-finding strategies of a variety of creatures, illustrating the idea that different animals have very different ways of getting enough to eat. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
K-5 |
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Animals on the GoThis video segment shows a wide variety of creatures in their respective habitats, with a focus on how the animals move. Accessibility features: Caption |
K-5 |
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Antarctica's Dry Valleys In this video segment produced by ThinkTV with the Byrd Polar Research Center, a young scientist describes her journey to the remote Dry Valleys of Antarctica and her search for life under some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Antarctica: A Challenging Work DayWhat happens when the ground under your feet is ice and it's moving? This video segment adapted from NOVA features some of the dangers faced by scientists conducting research in Antarctica. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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Antarctica: Sea IceThis video segment adapted from NOVA uses microwave images to reveal how sea ice doubles the size of Antarctica each winter. Rare footage shows how sea ice crushed the famous ship Endurance in 1914. Accessibility features: Caption |
K-12 |
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Antarctic Ice Movement: Part IThis video segment adapted from NOVA explains why ice sheets move. To find out how fast they move, scientists carve a tunnel through a glacier. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Antarctic Ice Movement: Part IIWithin Antarctic ice sheets are fast-moving streams of ice. This video segment adapted from NOVA hypothesizes about how ice streams are the result of warming at the end of the last ice age. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Antarctic Ice: Sea Level ChangeWhat would happen if a portion of the Antarctic Ice Sheet were to melt? This video segment adapted from NOVA uses animations to show the effect of a 6-meter sea-level rise on coastal cities across the world. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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The Ants and the GrasshopperThis video segment from Between the Lions emphasizes "m" words through an original, animated retelling of the classic Aesop's fable "The Ants and the Grasshopper." Accessibility features: Caption |
Pre-K-1 |
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Archaeology This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K looks at some of the objects found in King Tutankhamun's tomb. An Egyptologist discusses the significance of the objects and why the tombs exist. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
4-6 |
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Arch BridgeThis video segment adapted from Building Big illustrates the strength of the arch in bridge design and construction. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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Arctic Climate Perspectives This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, describes how global climate change is affecting Barrow, Alaska.
Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
6-9 |
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Arctic Climate SystemLearn how the Arctic is a part of a global climate system in this video segment adapted from the National Film Board of Canada. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Arctic TundraThis video segment from Wild Europe: "Wild Arctic" explores the struggle for survival in one of Earth's most extreme environments. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption, Transcript |
3-12 |
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Are Computers Intelligent?This video excerpt from NOVA: “Smartest Machine on Earth” explains why computers can be so good at chess. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
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Are Teens Addicted to Texting?In this resource featuring video segments adapted from Wide Angle Youth Media: “Textaholic,” a teenager explores the role of texting in her life and speculates on whether teens are addicted to texting. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Are We Alone?This video segment adapted from NOVA features a variety of scientific perspectives on the age old question, "Are we alone in the universe?" Animations make vivid the improbability that we could intercept a radio wave signaling extra terrestrial intelligence. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
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Are You a Snail?This story from Between the Lions looks at the world of snails. Accessibility features: Caption |
Pre-K-1 |
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Asexual ReproducersThis video segment explores the benefits and pitfalls of cloning as a means of reproduction. From Evolution: "Why Sex?" Accessibility features: Caption |
6-8 |
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Ask an EngineerExplore some of the wonders of modern engineering in this video from the Sciencenter in Ithaca, New York. Hear a diverse selection of engineers explain how things work. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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Assessing Teaching and LearningWatch how one teacher conducts formative assessment as part of her statistics class, in this professional development video from Getting Results. Accessibility features: Caption |
11-12 |
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Associate Scientist Andres BerrioIn this video segment produced for Teachers' Domain, Andres Berrio, an associate scientist at Biogen Idec, discusses what he has done to succeed in the biotechnology field. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Astronomy TheoriesThis video segment from Swift: Eyes through Time deals with the advancement of science through changing existing ideas, refuting outdated theories, and incorporating new findings. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-8 |
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ATE Internships and Co-opsIn this video adapted from ATETV, learn how Bristol Community College promotes internships and co-ops to prepare students for work in technology-related careers. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Atomic Arrangements in SolidsThis video/animation asks the question "So if the same molecules are in the solid, liquid, and vapor forms of water, why are their properties so different?" The properties of a material are affected not just by the kinds of atom in it, but also by how they are arranged, and how free they are to move around. Forms of carbon are introduced, from graphite to buckyballs. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Atomic Structure of an AlloyLearn about the atomic structure of bronze, a copper alloy, in this video excerpt from NOVA: "Hunting the Elements." Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
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Atoms: The Space BetweenThis video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey takes a look at the scale of the atom and the tremendous amount of space between the electrons and the nucleus. If all this empty space exists in matter, how can any substance be solid? Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Atrazine Affects the Water SupplyIn this video segment featuring live-action animation, adapted from Big River: A King Corn Companion, see how the agricultural pesticide atrazine impacts both crops and human health. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Audrey HendricksIn this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Audrey Hendricks recalls her arrest and jailing at the age of nine for participation in the Children's Crusade of 1963. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
3-12 |
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Aunties, by Kevin YoungIn this video segment from Poetry Everywhere, Kevin Young reads his poem, "Aunties", in which he gives life to memories steeped in the Deep South. Accessibility features: Caption |
7-12 |
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Automatic Door OpenerIn this video segment adapted from ZOOM, watch the design process in action as cast members create automatic door openers to open their bedroom doors while still lying down. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Avalanche TownThe impact of natural disasters is made vivid in this video segment adapted from NOVA. A small town in Iceland, prepared for recurrent avalanches, is devastated when one takes a new and damaging path. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Backyard BirdfeedersThis video from WPSU’s series Outside suggests how to feed birds in winter, a hobby that can foster awareness, care, and respect for birds. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Backyard TurtlesIn this video from the WPSU’s series Outside, learn about backyard turtle habitats, their favorite foods, and why they don’t make good pets.
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Balloon Brain: Designing a HelmetIn this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members are challenged to design protective headgear for a water balloon using what they know about the properties of the materials available. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Basketball PhysicsIn this video from DragonflyTV, Jai and Jonathan track, graph, and analyze the motion of basketball shots as they investigate what factors influence the accuracy of their game. Accessibility features: Caption |
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