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Amazon Rainforest

Amazon Rainforest

This 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.

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K-5

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Amphibian Research

Amphibian Research

This short video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K explains how frogs help biologists study problems in the environment. OER Level

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4-6

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Amphibians

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. OER Level

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4-6

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Animals Making a Living

Animals Making a Living

For 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.

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K-5

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Arctic Tundra

Arctic Tundra

This video segment from Wild Europe: "Wild Arctic" explores the struggle for survival in one of Earth's most extreme environments.

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3-12

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Bear Research

Bear Research

In this video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K tag along with two biological researchers as they conduct their research project about bear movements. OER Level

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4-6

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Bears

Bears

This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K shows bears' adaptations for eating. OER Level

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4-6

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Bears' Lunch Counter

Bears' Lunch Counter

This Nature video segment explores how the relationship between humans and grizzly bears has changed over the course of American History, and it describes the closing of the Yellowstone National Park garbage dumps in the 1970s. OER Level

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6-12

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Bears in the Schoolyard

Bears in the Schoolyard

Learn about the precautions humans must take in the face of a growing grizzly bear population in this video from Nature. OER Level

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6-12

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Beavers

Beavers

This video segment explores the world of the beaver, including the biology of the species and, more importantly, its ability to transform an ecosystem for its own benefit. OER Level

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K-5

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Bird Migration

Bird Migration

This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K discusses the purpose of migration and shows researchers and students working together to study bird migration at the Idaho Bird Observatory. OER Level

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4-6

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Birds of Prey

Birds of Prey

This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K defines birds of prey and explains what characteristics they have that identify them as a raptor and help them catch their prey. OER Level

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4-6

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Challenges of Incubation

Challenges of Incubation

This video segment from Nature examines American Eagles along the Upper Mississippi River and their struggle to protect their eggs from predators as well as from the cold, extreme weather. OER Level

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2-6

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Collapse of Sharks

Collapse of Sharks

This video segment from Nature shows the destructiveness of the shark fin and shark cartilage industries. OER Level

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6-12

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Deep Sea Vents and Life's Origins

Deep Sea Vents and Life's Origins

Deep-sea vents are home to strange, luminescent life forms that thrive through chemosynthesis. This video segment from NOVA: "Volcanoes of the Deep" hypothesizes life's beginnings in this extreme environment. OER Level

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3-12

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Desert Biome

Desert Biome

This video segment from NOVA: "A Desert Place" describes the physical characteristics and organisms that define the desert biome. OER Level

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3-12

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Desert Habitat

Desert Habitat

This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K defines warm and cold (high) deserts, and describes some of the plants and animals found there as well as their adaptations for living in each type of desert. OER Level

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4-6

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Elk

Elk

This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K describes the yearly life cycle of elk and follows them from their winter habitat to their summer habitat and back. OER Level

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4-6

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Endangered Species

Endangered Species

This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K explores the many reasons why animals become endangered or become extinct. OER Level

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Falconry

Falconry

This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K defines falconry and shows some of the equipment used for training a falcon to hunt. OER Level

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4-6

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