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Browse results: Earth and Space Science
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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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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 |
6-12 |
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Biome in a BaggieThis ZOOMSci video segment shows how to create self-contained environments and explore how plants grow under different conditions. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
K-8 |
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Caves: Extreme Conditions for LifeThis video segment adapted from NOVA raises the provocative idea that if life can exist in the most extreme environments on Earth — such as in dark, toxic caves — then perhaps living things can also survive in harsh environments on other planets. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
6-12 |
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Dating Lava Flows on Mauna Loa Volcano, HawaiʻiIn this video segment adapted from NOVA, scientists search
for carbonized remains of plants preserved in lava flows to find out how
long it has taken rain forests on Hawaiʻi to regenerate after
a volcanic eruption. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
3-12 |
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Deep-Sea Vents and Life's OriginsDeep-sea vents are home to life forms that do not rely on the Sun's energy. They depend instead on energy from volcanoes on the ocean floor. This video segment adapted from NOVA hypothesizes that life on Earth may have begun in this extreme environment. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption, Transcript |
3-12 |
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The Fierce Humboldt SquidHistorically, the Humboldt squid has roamed the waters of the Humboldt Current, ranging from the southernmost tip of South America to California. In this video from QUEST produced by KQED, find out how they have been able to survive and thrive in their expanding range. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
5-12 |
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The Grand Canyon: Conservation and DevelopmentThis video segment adapted from NOVA explores the effects of the Glen Canyon Dam on the beaches, wildlife, and vegetation of the Colorado River. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
3-12 |
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How Did Life Emerge Here?This video segment adapted from NOVA describes the emergence of life on the islands of Hawaiʻi from a barren volcanic platform under the ocean waves to the rich explosion of life that covers the many climate zones of the islands today. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
3-12 |
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Ingredients for Life: CarbonThis video segment adapted from NOVA illustrates why carbon is at the center of life on Earth. It also asks whether carbon-based life might exist on other planets. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
6-12 |
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Ingredients for Life: WaterThis video segment adapted from NOVA goes on a whimsical journey in search of life forms thriving in extreme conditions on Earth and in outer space. Animations show ice on Jupiter's moon, Europa, and signs that water once existed on Mars. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
3-12 |
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Snapshot of U.S. Energy UseThis video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE looks at American
energy consumption and the resulting production of greenhouse gases. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
3-12 |
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