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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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: 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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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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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 |
5-12 |
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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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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 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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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 |
3-8 |
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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 |
3-6 |
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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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3-6 |
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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 |
K-8 |
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Bats of the SouthwestThis video segment from the Nevada Department of Wildlife looks at various species of bats and how they impact the environment. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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The Bayonet ConstitutionThis video from American Experience describes the events that forced Hawaiian King Kalakaua in 1887 to accept a new constitution for Hawai‘i that limited his power and gave increased influence to white landowners. Accessibility features: Caption |
8-12 |
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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. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
4-6 |
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Bears This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K shows bears' adaptations for eating. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
4-6 |
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BeaversThis 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. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
K-5 |
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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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The Beginning of the Cold WarAmerican Experience: This Cold War video examines the steps that Harry Truman took to provide American support for governments threatened by the spread of Communism, a policy that came to be known as the Truman Doctrine. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
9-12 |
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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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Bighorn SheepThis video segment from Outdoor Nevada explores the adaptations that help desert bighorn sheep survive in their habitat.
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K-12 |
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Bioengineering Body PartsIn this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, scientists discuss their attempts to grow human body parts in a jar. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Biomanufacturing SupervisorIn this video adapted from Connecticut's College of Technology/Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing, hear firsthand about what it’s like to be a biomanufacturing supervisor, making products that help save people's lives. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Biomedical Technician TrainingIn this video adapted from ATETV, hear from a medical electronics engineering technology student about how she is improving her math, science, electronics, and communications skills in her community college program. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Biotechnology: Production Support AssociateLearn how a community college degree in biotechnology led one woman to a career in helping to treat cancer, in this video excerpt from Pathways to Technology. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Biotechnology Student ProfileFollow a high school student who is exploring the field of biotechnology by taking community college classes and job shadowing in this video segment adapted from Pathways to Technology. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Biotechnology: Training & CareersLearn what biotechnology is and what careers are available in the field, in this video excerpted from Pathways to Technology. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Biotechnology: Upstream Processing AssociateIn this video excerpted from Pathways to Technology, watch how one woman happily spends her days looking for a protein to help treat cancer, thanks to her community college degree in biotechnology. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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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. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
4-6 |
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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. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
4-6 |
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Birth of a TsunamiThis video excerpt from NOVA: “Japan’s Killer Quake” shows how an undersea earthquake produces a tsunami. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
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Blood Vessels Help Tumors Grow
In this video segment, adapted from NOVA, Dr. Judah Folkman uses the scientific method to discover how cancer cells induce the formation of new blood vessels, which in turn nourish those cancer cells.
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6-12 |
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Body Waste that Protects You This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K covers the body wastes that protect you: earwax, mucus, tears, sweat and vomit. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
4-6 |
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Booming Sands This video segment, adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, presents basic concepts of physics behind "booming" sand dunes. See how surface tension affects potential and kinetic energy and how it all works together to create sound.
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6-12 |
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The Brain This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K explores the anatomy of the brain and how your brain interacts with the rest of your body. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
4-6 |
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Brain TraumaFind out how serious head concussions can be in this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW.
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6-12 |
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Breaking Point: Testing Tensile StrengthThis video excerpt from NOVA’s "Making Stuff: Stronger" and accompanying demonstration illustrate the toughness and tensile strength of Kevlar® and other everyday materials. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
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Bubonic PlagueIn this video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey, learn about bubonic plague and how city officials in San Francisco tried to contain its spread in the early 1900s. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Building a Cleaner BatteryThis video excerpt from NOVA’s "Making Stuff: Cleaner" and accompanying activity guide for grades K–8 introduce students to the design and use of batteries and the rapidly developing science of clean energy and clean materials. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
6-12 |
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Building a Dam Like a BeaverIn this video segment from PEEP and the Big Wide World, children make a dam with dirt, sticks, and stones to try to stop the flow of water. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Building Simple Machines: A Glass of Milk, PleaseIn this video segment adapted from ZOOM, the cast shows how the 34 steps in their Rube Goldberg invention use everything from gravity to carbon dioxide gas in order to accomplish one simple task: pouring a glass of milk. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Building Simple Machines: Plant QuencherIn this video segment from ZOOM, Jillian explains how her simple machine uses marbles, levers, flowing sand, and a spinning wheel to water a plant. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-8 |
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Building the Alaska Oil PipelineThis video segment adapted from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE tells the story of how environmentalists, Alaska Native peoples, and engineers concerned about the effects of permafrost challenged plans for the Alaska oil pipeline. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Building the Channel TunnelHow do you build a tunnel 32 miles long -- under water? This video segment adapted from Building Big, follows the construction of the Channel Tunnel (nicknamed "Chunnel"), the engineering wonder that connects England to France. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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Building the Erie CanalIn this video segment adapted from American Experience, learn about the construction of the Erie Canal, the biggest public works project of its time. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
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Burrowing Owl In this video segment from Outdoor Nevada, learn about burrowing owls, yearlong residents of open, dry grassland and desert habitats, and the only owls that nest underground and are active both day and night. Accessibility features: Caption |
K-12 |
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The Business of BioplasticsThis video excerpt from NOVA’s "Making Stuff: Cleaner" and accompanying demonstration introduce students to the production and importance of bioplastics, or plastics made from plant or animal products. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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