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Aging Diamonds?
In this video from Nature, geological detectives use ancient diamonds to learn more about Earth's inner layers.
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All in the FamilyThis video from the series Faces of America details the process of documenting family history and tracing lineage back through maternal and paternal lines. Accessibility features: Transcript |
9-12 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Arctic Summer
See the many birds that spend their summer in the Arctic in this video segment from Nature.
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6-12 |
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As the Crow Flies In this video from Nature researchers from the University of Washington conduct a long-term experiment to see if crows can pass information down from one generation to the next. Accessibility features: Transcript |
8-12 |
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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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Bear NecessitiesThis Nature video segment focuses on the four foods most important to the grizzly bears' survival, and it describes the threats to the supply of each of them. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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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 |
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Bears This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K shows bears' adaptations for eating. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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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.
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Bears Don't Recognize BoundariesIn this video segment from Nature, learn about the problems bears are creating on ranch land surrounding Yellowstone National Park. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Bears in the SchoolyardLearn about the precautions humans must take in the face of a growing grizzly bear population in this video from Nature. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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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 |
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Beyond EinsteinNASA scientists describe some of the ways current science is addressing several of Einstein's fundamental questions and theories in this video adapted from NASA. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Beyond the PresentThis video from The Human Spark provides a look at humans' unique ability to reflect upon events that have happened in the past and think about things that could possibly happen in the future.
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Bianca Goes where the Wind BlowsIn this video from Cyberchase, Bianca and Mikaela want to fly a kite, so Bianca creates a wind gauge to test the strength of the wind in various parts of the park. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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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 |
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Birds of Kundha KulamIn this Nature video, learn about the extraordinary impact that birds have on the agriculture of a small Indian community. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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The Brain in ActionThis video segment from The Human Spark observes the brains responses to a series of cognitive tests. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Building a Fence In this Cyberchase video segment, Harry must build a rectangular fence in his grandmother's backyard using fencing of various sizes. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Challenges of IncubationThis 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. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Chimp PoliticsIn this video from the PBS series The Human Spark, host Alan Alda and scientist Franz de Waal observe and compare two alpha-male chimpanzees’ different approaches to sharing at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Clouds and CurrentsLearn about cloud formations over the Sierra Nevada Mountains in this video from Nature. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Collapse of SharksThis video segment from Nature shows the destructiveness of the shark fin and shark cartilage industries. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Columns: Experimenting with Paper CupsIn this video segment from ZOOM, the cast experiments to see if a bunch of paper cups covered by a piece of cardboard can support the weight of a cast member. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Columns: Hillary's NeighborhoodIn this video segment from ZOOM, Hillary, from Randolph, MA, takes us on a tour of the columns in her neighborhood. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Cooperation Over CompetitionIn this video from The Human Spark, scientists discuss what may be the uniquely “human spark” which separates us from animals: our ability to communicate, cooperate, and collaborate with others.
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Coral ReefsThis video segment from Nature explores the unique status of Cuba’s coral reefs. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Cosmic Origin SpectrographThis video from NASA features the Cosmic Origin Spectrograph (COS), which allows scientists to use spectrographic analysis to assess the composition of intergalactic material.
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A Cow’s Digestive SystemLearn how a cow eats and digests food in this video segment from Nature. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Creating an Island ParadiseIn this video segment from Nature, learn the geological process by which the next Hawaiian island will be formed. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Crime Scene InvestigationThis video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K explores the tools and forensic science that crime scene investigators use to collect evidence to help solve crimes, and study animals, archaeology and paleontology. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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A Day in the Life of a NeanderthalIn this video segment from The Human Spark, host Alan Alda looks at some of the similarities and differences between the Neanderthal way of life and that of modern humans. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Defy Gravity! Centripetal ForceHow can you keep a ball from falling out of a jar if the jar is upside down? Watch the ZOOM cast use centripetal force to meet this challenge. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Density and Buoyancy: Experimenting with Club SodaIn this video segment adapted from ZOOM, the cast discovers that gas-filled bubbles act like life jackets for raisins, making them buoyant. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Density and Buoyancy: Testing LiquidsWill a grape float in oil? Will a metal nut sink in corn syrup? Watch as the ZOOM cast tests the buoyancy of a variety of liquids and objects. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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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 |
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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. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Design for FunctionIn this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad designs an invention that will help them cross a swamp and also reach the top of a tall cliff. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Designing a Puff MobileThe air you exhale can power a puff mobile. Watch as the ZOOM cast races their air-powered designs to see which design features are the most successful. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Designing Balloon CarsCan the air in a balloon power a car? Watch students from Weston, Massachusetts, demonstrate their balloon car designs in this video adapted from ZOOM. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Designing Future Cities: Alternative EnergyIn this video segment adapted from ZOOM, visit a class as they design a city of the future that will use solar, wind, and water power to fuel its economy. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Desirable Breeding Traits in CattleThis video from Nature offers a description of desirable traits in beef and dairy cattle. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Destructive ForcesIn this video segment from Nature, scientists question how animals mysteriously survive natural disasters. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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The Developing BrainThis video from The Human Spark illustrates the difference between the brain growth of man’s early ancestors and today’s modern infant.
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Diamond Formation
An expert describes the carbon composition of diamonds, as well as the conditions necessary for diamond formation in this video segment from Nature.
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Diamonds Everywhere
This Nature video offers an introduction to the socio-economic value of diamonds.
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Different Breeds of CattleIn this video segment from Nature, learn about six different breeds of cattle. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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A Different Kind of FuelIn this segment from Curious, learn about creating energy from solar rays to meet the growing energy needs of the world. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Dinosaurs This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K shows us what paleontologists think dinosaurs looked like, what they ate, and why they might have disappeared. We see paleontologists at work studying dinosaurs fossils. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Dust-Proofing a Mars RoverEnter the lab of NASA scientist Dr. Carlos Calle to see how systems are being developed to keep planetary rover solar panels dust-free, in this video from NASA EDGE. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Earthquakes This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K describes what causes earthquakes, how scientists measure them, where they occur and how to be prepared for one. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Ecology This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K defines ecology and ecosystems and explains how all living and non-living things in an ecosystem interact and depend on the energy of the sun. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Electricity This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K explains some electrical vocabulary and follows the route of electricity from its generation to the home. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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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. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Endangered Species This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K explores the many reasons why animals become endangered or become extinct. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Evolutionary Roots of LanguageThis video excerpt from NOVA scienceNOW looks at how language and tool-making may have coevolved. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Exoplanets This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K shows the tools scientists use to search for exoplanets and describes possible characteristics a planet might have to support life. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Extreme MeasuresThis video adapted from Nature describes efforts to protect salmon by killing or relocating species that prey on salmon. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Falconry This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K defines falconry and shows some of the equipment used for training a falcon to hunt. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Feasting on the Salmon Run This video from Nature focuses on the annual “salmon run,” when brown bears descend on Alaska’s rivers to fish in rivers teeming with salmon swimming upstream to spawn.
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Feeding TimeIn this video from Nature, watch how ravens’ smarts can be observed in many situations, such as when they hunt and store food. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Finding the Dew PointIn this video from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad learns to keep track of both air temperature and humidity so they can predict when fog will appear.
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Fish Research This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K explains the Chinook salmon's life cycle in the Pacific Northwest and why it is an endangered species. A fisheries biologist takes students through some steps of fish research with explanations of the kinds of information biologists gather to perhaps help manage fish recovery. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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FledglingsWitness eaglets begin to fly in this video segment from Nature. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Flight This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K takes you on a flight with a young student and a pilot as you learn about the 4 aerodynamic forces which are present when air is moving past an object such as an airplane. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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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 |
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Florida's SpringThis video from Nature provides an introduction to Florida’s springs and how they were formed. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Fluid DynamicsIn this video from NASA Launchpad, learn about the techniques and facilities astronauts use to train for working in microgravity environments. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Food Is FuelThis video excerpt from NOVA scienceNOW examines the energy and nutrient content of a cupcake and a rat. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Food Web This short video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K illustrates how a food web works. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Force and Motion This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K explains and gives examples of Sir Isaac Newton's 3 Laws of Motion using the rides at an amusement part. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Forests This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K describes rain, temperate and boreal forests and some of the animals that live in them. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Forming the BurrenThis video segment from Nature describes how glaciers eroded the bedrock of Ireland’s landscape. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Fossils This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K explains how fossils are formed, discusses the Hagerman Horse fossil found in Idaho. It describes the tools Paleontologists use and why they study fossils. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Frenetic GeneticsStudents learn about the types of genetic information contained in the human genome – physical traits, behaviors, and propensity for diseases, in this video from Faces of America. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Geology This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K describes and shows photos of the forces that shape the geology of the earth, including earthquakes, volcanoes, water, and glaciers. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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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 |
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Glaciated LandscapeIn this video from Nature, learn about the many different features and effects of glaciers in Ireland. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Glider BoyMeet 12-year-old Jesse, the designer of dozens of gliders, in this ZOOM video segment. Some of his gliders fit in your hand, while others can only be stored in the garage. Watch his gliders go and learn why they fly. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Gravity This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K demonstrates how gravity, mass, matter, and weight are related and how astronauts can overcome earth's gravity to fly to space. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Green Energy This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K describes renewable and non-renewable energy sources and the benefits and drawbacks of each. It provides some ideas about how you can personally conserve energy. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Growing IndependentWatch young eagles learn to catch food in this video segment from Nature. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Growing Plants in SpaceLearn about the challenges and benefits of growing plants in space from plant biologist Dr. Ray Wheeler in this video from NASA. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Guess How Whales Hear!This video segment explores how one marine biologist used the scientific process to discover how whales hear. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Habitat This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K explains the 4 basic requirements of a perfect habitat and what a niche is within a habitat. You'll see videos of different animals in their habitats, such as; bear, moose, spiders and mountain goats, Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Hana's Japanese DrumsIn this ZOOM video segment, join Hana as she learns traditional Japanese drumming with her Taiko group. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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HatchingLearn about eagle parenting techniques in this video from Nature. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Hawaiian Coastal CliffsThis video segment from Nature explains the geologic forces behind the creation of Hawaii’s dramatic shoreline. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Hearing This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K describes the parts of the ear and the path a sound wave makes to your brain. It points out the role of the ear in maintaining balance and why and how to protect your ears. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript |
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Hook, Line and Sinker In this video from Nature learn how on the tiny, remote island of New Caledonia, crows are much smarter than anyone ever expected. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Horseshoe Crabs and HumansThis video from Nature highlights the horseshoe crab and its immense value to humans. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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Horseshoe Crabs and Red KnotsThis video from Nature describes horseshoe crabs as an essential source of nutrition for migrating birds. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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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 |
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How to Build an Island from ScratchLearn how the Hawaiian Islands were formed by a geothermal hotspot and resulting volcanic activity in this video segment from Nature. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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How We LearnIn this segment from The Human Spark, host Alan Alda observes experiments at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology which demonstrate how differently human children and orangutans learn how to complete tasks. Accessibility features: Transcript |
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