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Anglerfish

Anglerfish

This video segment from NOVA: "Animal Imposters" shows the lightning-fast strike of the anglerfish. OER Level

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6-8

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Bioengineering Body Parts

Bioengineering Body Parts

In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, scientists discuss their attempts to grow human body parts in a jar. OER Level

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9-12

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Blood Vessels Help Tumors Grow

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. OER Level

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6-12

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Body Waste that Protects You

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. OER Level

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4-6

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The Brain

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. OER Level

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4-6

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Brain Trauma

Brain Trauma

Find out how serious head concussions can be in this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW. OER Level

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6-12

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Bubonic Plague

Bubonic Plague

In 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. OER Level

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6-12

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Can We Slow Aging?

Can We Slow Aging?

In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, scientists discuss a family of genes called FOXO that can significantly extend life span in worms—and in humans. OER Level

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9-12

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Carnivorous Plants of Cartwheel Bay

Carnivorous Plants of Cartwheel Bay

In this video segment from NatureScene, explore Cartwheel Bay, a wetland in South Carolina, and learn about the variety of carnivorous plants native to this unique landform. OER Level

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3-8

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Cell Differentiation

Cell Differentiation

In 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. OER Level

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6-12

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Decision-Maker Bees and the Human Brain

Decision-Maker Bees and the Human Brain

Learn about the similarity between the pattern of communication within a bee colony and neural networks in the human brain, in this video adapted from NOVA scienceNOW. OER Level

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6-12

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Dengue Virus Invades a Cell

Dengue Virus Invades a Cell

In this visualization adapted from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, discover the role that dengue viral proteins play in a human cell as the virus prepares to replicate. OER Level

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9-12

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The Discovery of Penicillin

The Discovery of Penicillin

This video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey tells the story of researcher Sir Alexander Fleming, whose luck and scientific reasoning led to the groundbreaking discovery of penicillin. OER Level

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6-12

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Diversity of Hardwoods at Congaree Swamp

Diversity of Hardwoods at Congaree Swamp

In this video segment from NatureScene, observe some methods of plant identification with regards to the diversity of hardwoods at the Congaree Swamp. OER Level

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3-8

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Eating Healthy Foods

Eating Healthy Foods

In this video adapted from Media That Matters, students explain how healthy foods help your body and processed foods can harm it. OER Level

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3-8

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Electrophoresis and Gel Analysis

Electrophoresis and Gel Analysis

In this animation produced by WGBH and Digizyme, Inc., see how molecules of DNA are separated using gel electrophoresis, and how this process enables scientists to compare the molecular variations of two or more DNA samples. OER Level

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9-12

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Endocrine Disruptor Hypothesis

Endocrine Disruptor Hypothesis

Scientists discuss whether or not endocrine disrupting chemicals, which may cause birth defects and other health concerns, should be controlled in the absence of conclusive proof, in this video segment adapted from FRONTLINE: "Fooling with Nature." OER Level

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6-12

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Epigenetics

Epigenetics

In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, learn how what you eat, drink, or smoke may affect the instructions your epigenomes send to your genes, and as a result, change how your DNA is expressed. OER Level

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9-12

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Ethanol Biofuel

Ethanol Biofuel

In this video segment adapted from NOVA, learn about one scientist's idea for using biotechnology to make ethanol a more efficient alternative to gasoline. OER Level

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9-12

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Flood Plain and Higher Ground Habitats

Flood Plain and Higher Ground Habitats

This video segment from NatureScene features the area of the Congaree Swamp where the high ground and the flood plain meet. Learn how a few feet of difference in elevation on a floodplain can yield drastic changes in what you’ll find living there. OER Level

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