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Browse results: Life Science
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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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Bee NavigationThis video segment from NOVA: "The Mystery of Animal Pathfinders" explores honeybee communication and navigation. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
6-8 |
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Beneath the Waters of Cocos IslandThe nutrient-rich waters surrounding Cocos Island set the stage for astounding predator-prey interactions, as seen in this video segment from NOVA: "Island of Sharks." Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
6-8 |
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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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Cell DifferentiationIn this video segment from The Secret of Life school video, "Sex and the Single Gene" follow as a single fertilized egg cell divides, differentiates, and assembles into the tissues and organs of a new organism. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
6-12 |
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Desert BiomeThis video segment from NOVA: "A Desert Place" describes the physical characteristics and organisms that define the desert biome. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption, Transcript |
3-12 |
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Fever!This video describes the role of the brain in regulating body temperature and how sometimes fever is employed to fight off infection. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
6-8 |
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Floral ArrangementsExplore a few of the ways plants pollinate each other in this video segment from Sexual Encounters of a Floral Kind. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
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Gene Control
The development of creatures that appear to have
nothing in common is directed by a surprisingly small
number of genes. In this video segment, learn about
the power of master control genes. Footage from
The Secret of Life: "Birth, Sex & Death."
Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
6-12 |
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GerminatorThis ZOOMSci video segment teaches you how to germinate seeds in a plastic bag and helps you understand some of the factors that influence the germination process. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption, Transcript |
K-8 |
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How Cancer Cells Grow and DivideThis animation from NOVA: "Battle in the War on Cancer: Breast Cancer" describes how oncogenes cause cancer and how cancerous cells can spread throughout the body. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
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Human Genome ProjectThis video segment from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" looks at the meaning and significance of the effort to decode the human genome. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
6-12 |
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Immune Cells in ActionIn this video segment from The Secret of Life Teaching Modules: "Nothing to Sneeze At: Viruses," watch as a virus attacks a cell, and learn how the immune system reacts to this onslaught. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
6-12 |
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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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Marathon MigratorsThis video segment from NOVA: "The Mystery of Animal Pathfinders" explores how the migratory patterns of shorebirds have evolved to coincide with the spawning of horseshoe crabs. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
6-8 |
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Masters of DisguiseIn the face of danger, what's a spineless animal to do? This video segment introduces the concept of camouflage -- how animals achieve it and how this form of disguise benefits both predators and prey.
Footage from NOVA: "Animal Impostors." Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption, Transcript |
K-12 |
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Metamorphosis: Change of PlansAll animals develop and grow over time. The animals in this video segment, however, undergo very dramatic changes on their way to adulthood -- a developmental process known as metamorphosis. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption, Transcript |
K-5 |
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MitosisThis video segment, adapted from the Interactive Secret of Life videodisc, explains the stages of mitosis, the process of dividing equally a cell's massive jumble of DNA just prior to cell division. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
6-12 |
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RuminantsWhy do cows chew their cud? This video segment from Secret of Life: "Accidents of Creation" describes the physical adaptations that have made ruminants some of the most important, and certainly the most efficient, plant eaters on earth. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
6-12 |
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Single-Celled OrganismsThis video segment explores the astounding diversity of the world's smallest life forms: single-celled organisms. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
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