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Conserving a Unique Ecosystem in Micronesia

Conserving a Unique Ecosystem in Micronesia

Learn about the steps that the people of Kosrae, Micronesia, are taking to protect their natural resources, in this video adapted from the Micronesia Conservation Trust. OER Level

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9-12

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Contaminants in the Arctic Food Chain

Contaminants in the Arctic Food Chain

The levels of contaminants found in particular animals vary widely depending on where they fit into the Arctic food chain, as described in this video segment adapted from LOKE Films and the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme. OER Level

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5-12

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Contaminants in the Arctic Human Population

Contaminants in the Arctic Human Population

In this video segment adapted from LOKE Films and the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, learn how human populations in the Arctic are affected by industrial contaminants in the food chain. OER Level

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5-12

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Coral Kid

Coral Kid

In this video segment, ZOOM guest Cassie takes us on a tour of the coral reef near her home in Key Largo, Florida, and points out some of its unique features. OER Level

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K-8

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Dating Lava Flows on Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaiʻi

Dating Lava Flows on Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaiʻi

In this video segment adapted from NOVA, scientists search for carbonized remains of plants preserved in lava flows to find out how long it has taken rain forests on Hawaiʻi to regenerate after a volcanic eruption. OER Level

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3-12

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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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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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Dragonflies in Kentucky

Dragonflies in Kentucky

This KET video segment from Kentucky Life explains the differences between dragonflies and damselflies and explores their habitats. OER Level

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K-12

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Ecology

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. OER Level

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4-6

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Energy Flow in the Coral Reef Ecosystem

Energy Flow in the Coral Reef Ecosystem

This video segment, adapted from NOVA, describes the energy flow in a coral reef, including its food web. OER Level

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3-12

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Environmentalist Bill McKibben, 1990

Environmentalist Bill McKibben, 1990

In this 1990 archival news footage from Cambridge Community Television, environmentalist Bill McKibben speaks about the possible effects of climate change at an Earth Day celebration in Cambridge, MA. OER Level

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6-12

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Environmental Justice: Opposing Industrial Hog Farming

Environmental Justice: Opposing Industrial Hog Farming

Learn about the impact that large-scale hog farming has had on one minority community in North Carolina and how residents fought back to protect their water supply and property, in this video segment adapted from Earthkeeping: "Toxic Racism." OER Level

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6-12

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Farm Nitrates in the Water Supply

Farm Nitrates in the Water Supply

Learn how nitrate runoff from farm fertilizers can negatively impact human health and how a water treatment plant is tackling the challenge, in this video excerpted from Big River. OER Level

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6-12

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Fish Research

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. OER Level

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4-6

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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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3-8

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Forests

Forests

This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K describes rain, temperate and boreal forests and some of the animals that live in them. OER Level

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4-6

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Frogs

Frogs

A boy named Ben learns about the dangers of invasive species—in this case, frogs—in this animated video from LOOP SCOOPS. OER Level

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1-4

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Garbage

Garbage

A boy named Oliver learns how to reduce the amount of trash he discards, in this animated video from LOOP SCOOPS. OER Level

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1-4

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