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Acid Mine Drainage and Precipitates

Acid Mine Drainage and Precipitates

In 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. OER Level

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6-12

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Controlling Water Run-off

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 OER Level

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4-12

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Environmental Impact of Acid Mine Drainage

Environmental Impact of Acid Mine Drainage

This 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. OER Level

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6-12

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Reusing Wastewater

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. OER Level

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4-12

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The Geology of Coal

The Geology of Coal

In 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. OER Level

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6-12

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High-Sulfur Coal and Acidic Water

High-Sulfur Coal and Acidic Water

In 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. OER Level

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6-12

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Rain Gardens

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. OER Level

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4-12

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Mycoremediation

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. OER Level

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4-12

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Restoring Lower Rock Creek

Restoring Lower Rock Creek

This 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. OER Level

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6-12

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Acid Mine Drainage Remediation

Acid Mine Drainage Remediation

In 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. OER Level

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6-12

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Applying the Scientific Method

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. OER Level

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4-12

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Results of Acid Mine Drainage Remediation

Results of Acid Mine Drainage Remediation

In 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. OER Level

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6-12

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Stream Restoration

Stream Restoration

This 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. OER Level

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4-12

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Aquatic Insects

Aquatic Insects

In this brief video, a biologist talks about the macroinvertebrates (typically aquatic insects) that form the basis of food webs in healthy Kentucky streams. OER Level

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6-12

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Detached Wetlands

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 OER Level

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4-12

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100's Day

100's Day

What does 100 look like? Sound like? Feel like? In this video from Curious George, explore the many ways to measure 100 things.

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K-2

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Advances in Neurotechnology

Advances in Neurotechnology

In this video segment from Greater Boston, learn how a man with severe motor disabilities can operate a computer and move a prosthetic hand by simply thinking the commands, thanks to the combined efforts of bioengineers and neuroscientists.

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6-12

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Agricultural Technology Student: Farming & GPS/GIS

Agricultural Technology Student: Farming & GPS/GIS

Learn how agricultural technology is changing farming, and one student's life, in this video adapted from Pathways to Technology. OER Level

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9-12

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Agricultural Technology Student: Water Management & GPS/GIS

Agricultural Technology Student: Water Management & GPS/GIS

See one adult student's experience attending community college, studying agricultural technology, and discovering career opportunities, in this video adapted from Pathways to Technology. OER Level

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9-12

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Air Bag Design

Air Bag Design

Using automobile crash test footage, this video segment adapted from NOVA shows some of the challenges in designing the air bag.

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3-12

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Air Power: Making a Hovercraft

Air Power: Making a Hovercraft

In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members make their own hovercraft and demonstrate how the air leaking out of a balloon can make a plastic plate hover above a table.

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K-8

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Allison Bolinger: Spacewalk Flight Controller and Trainer

Allison Bolinger: Spacewalk Flight Controller and Trainer

In this video from Design Squad Nation, NASA spacewalk flight controller and trainer Allison Bolinger teaches astronauts how to work outside their spacecraft. OER Level

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4-8

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Arch Bridge

Arch Bridge

This video segment adapted from Building Big illustrates the strength of the arch in bridge design and construction. OER Level

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3-12

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Are Computers Intelligent?

Are Computers Intelligent?

This video excerpt from NOVA: “Smartest Machine on Earth” explains why computers can be so good at chess. OER Level

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6-12

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Ask an Engineer

Ask an Engineer

Explore 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. OER Level

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3-12

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Associate Scientist Andres Berrio

Associate Scientist Andres Berrio

In 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. OER Level

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9-12

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ATE Internships and Co-ops

ATE Internships and Co-ops

In this video adapted from ATETV, learn how Bristol Community College promotes internships and co-ops to prepare students for work in technology-related careers. OER Level

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9-12

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Automatic Door Opener

Automatic Door Opener

In 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. OER Level

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3-8

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Balloon Brain: Designing a Helmet

Balloon Brain: Designing a Helmet

In 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. OER Level

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K-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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Biomanufacturing Supervisor

Biomanufacturing Supervisor

In 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. OER Level

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9-12

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Biomedical Technician Training

Biomedical Technician Training

In 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. OER Level

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9-12

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Biotechnology: Production Support Associate

Biotechnology: Production Support Associate

Learn 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. OER Level

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9-12

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Biotechnology Student Profile

Biotechnology Student Profile

Follow 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. OER Level

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9-12

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Biotechnology: Training & Careers

Biotechnology: Training & Careers

Learn what biotechnology is and what careers are available in the field, in this video excerpted from Pathways to Technology. OER Level

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9-12

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Biotechnology: Upstream Processing Associate

Biotechnology: Upstream Processing Associate

In 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. OER Level

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9-12

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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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Breaking Point: Testing Tensile Strength

Breaking Point: Testing Tensile Strength

This video excerpt from NOVA’s "Making Stuff: Stronger" and accompanying demonstration illustrate the toughness and tensile strength of Kevlar® and other everyday materials. OER Level

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6-12

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Bt Corn

Bt Corn

This video segment from FRONTLINE/NOVA: "Harvest of Fear" looks at corn that has been genetically modified to resist one insect pest, and the multiple concerns it raises.

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9-12

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Building a Cleaner Battery

Building a Cleaner Battery

This 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. OER Level

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6-12

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Building a Dam Like a Beaver

Building a Dam Like a Beaver

In 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. OER Level

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K-2

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Building Simple Machines: A Glass of Milk, Please

Building Simple Machines: A Glass of Milk, Please

In 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. OER Level

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3-8

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Building Simple Machines: Plant Quencher

Building Simple Machines: Plant Quencher

In this video segment from ZOOM, Jillian explains how her simple machine uses marbles, levers, flowing sand, and a spinning wheel to water a plant. OER Level

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3-8

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Building the Alaska Oil Pipeline

Building the Alaska Oil Pipeline

This 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. OER Level

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6-12

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Building the Channel Tunnel

Building the Channel Tunnel

How 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. OER Level

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3-12

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The Business of Bioplastics

The Business of Bioplastics

This 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. OER Level

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6-12

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Can a Computer Fly an Airplane?

Can a Computer Fly an Airplane?

This video excerpt from NOVA shows how the computer system on the A330 airplane can fly the plane safely without a human pilot. OER Level

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6-12

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Capturing Carbon

Capturing Carbon

In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, a scientist, inspired by his daughter's science fair project, develops a synthetic "tree" to remove excess carbon dioxide from the air. OER Level

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6-12

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Carbon-Fiber Car of the Future

Carbon-Fiber Car of the Future

In this video segment adapted from NOVA, find out how cars made of a material stronger than steel and half the weight can help combat climate change. OER Level

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6-12

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Careers in Plastics

Careers in Plastics

Learn about opportunities for working in the growing field of plastics, including the emerging area of "green" technologies, in this video segment adapted from Pennsylvania College of Technology and WVIA. OER Level

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