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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	Video
Aging Diamonds? In this video from Nature, geological detectives use ancient diamonds to learn more about Earth's inner layers. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
Bianca Goes where the Wind Blows In 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	3-5	Video
Birth of a Tsunami This video excerpt from NOVA: “Japan’s Killer Quake” shows how an undersea earthquake produces a tsunami. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Clouds and Currents Learn about cloud formations over the Sierra Nevada Mountains in this video from Nature. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
Cosmic Origin Spectrograph This video from NASA features the Cosmic Origin Spectrograph (COS), which allows scientists to use spectrographic analysis to assess the composition of intergalactic material. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Creating an Island Paradise In this video segment from Nature, learn the geological process by which the next Hawaiian island will be formed. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
Deep-Sea Vents and Life's Origins Deep-sea vents are home to life forms that do not rely on the Sun's energy. They depend instead on energy from volcanoes on the ocean floor. This video segment adapted from NOVA hypothesizes that life on Earth may have begun in this extreme environment. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption, Transcript	3-12	Video
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. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
Diamonds Everywhere This Nature video offers an introduction to the socio-economic value of diamonds. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
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	4-6	Video
Dust-Proofing a Mars Rover Enter 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	6-12	Video
Earthquake! When Plates Collide This video excerpt from NOVA explains the concept of plate tectonics and how it causes earthquakes. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
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	4-6	Video
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	4-9	Video
Finding the Dew Point In this video from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad learns to keep track of both air temperature and humidity so they can predict when fog will appear. Accessibility features: Transcript	3-5	Video
Florida's Spring This video from Nature provides an introduction to Florida’s springs and how they were formed. Accessibility features: Transcript	4-8	Video
Forming the Burren This video segment from Nature describes how glaciers eroded the bedrock of Ireland’s landscape. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
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	4-6	Video
Glaciated Landscape In this video from Nature, learn about the many different features and effects of glaciers in Ireland. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
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	4-6	Video
Hawaiian Coastal Cliffs This video segment from Nature explains the geologic forces behind the creation of Hawaii’s dramatic shoreline. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
How to Build an Island from Scratch Learn how the Hawaiian Islands were formed by a geothermal hotspot and resulting volcanic activity in this video segment from Nature. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
Hubble Space Telescope This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K describes the Hubble Space Telescope, shows visualizations of how optical and reflecting telescopes work, and shows original footage of the Hubble in Space. You hear why a telescope in space is valuable as well as see some of the amazing photographs the different cameras on the Hubble have taken. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Ice-Core Record of Climate This video excerpt from NOVA: “Extreme Ice” explores how ice cores reveal a relationship between greenhouse gases and climate. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Inclusion Conclusions Learn where diamonds originate and how inclusions trapped within diamonds help geologists determine their age in this video segment from Nature. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
A Land Born in Fire In this Nature video, follow geologists as they retrieve samples from a fresh batch of Kilauea's molten lava. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
La Niña and Tornado Outbreaks This video excerpt from NOVA looks at how La Niña’s cool ocean temperatures may influence tornado outbreaks. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Lava Landscapes Learn how volcanic activity affects the surrounding land in this video from Nature. Accessibility features: Transcript	2-6	Video
Liberty Lands In this What's Up In The Environment? video segment, learn how a contaminated plot of land in Philadelphia was recycled into a beautiful public park called Liberty Lands. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-8	Video
Life Beyond the Solar System This video excerpt from NOVA describes the search for disks of dust particles forming around new stars. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Life in the Water Supply Take a close look at life in one town’s water supply in this video segment from Nature. Accessibility features: Transcript	4-8	Video
Life on Europa? This video excerpt from NOVA suggests there is an ocean beneath the surface of Europa. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Life on Mars? This video excerpt from NOVA describes the discovery of water ice on Mars. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Life on Titan? This video excerpt from NOVA describes the discovery of methane lakes on Titan. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Life's Basic Ingredients This video excerpt from NOVA introduces the basic ingredients of life. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Life's Extreme Environments This video excerpt from NOVA explores microbes thriving in extreme environments. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Microbial Life in Antarctica This video excerpt from NOVA shows life thriving in Mars-like conditions. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
The Moon This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K discusses the physical characteristics of the moon, as well as its gravity, and distance form the earth. It includes video of Apollo 15 on the moon. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Mount St. Helens This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K shows photos of Mount St. Helen's 1980 eruption and what it looks like today. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Mystery of the Multiverse This video excerpt from NOVA’s "The Fabric of the Cosmos: Universe or Multiverse?" explores the idea of the multiverse, stating that there could be multiple universes outside the boundaries of our universe. Statistically speaking, there’s a chance that there’s another Earth out there exactly like ours. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	9-12	Video
Planets This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K reviews the characteristics of the sun and the planets that make up the solar system. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Rare Earth Elements This video excerpt from NOVA: "Hunting the Elements" explores the ubiquity of rare earth elements. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Rivers This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K takes you on a trip down Idaho's Snake River near 1000 Springs and Blur Heart Springs while it explains how rivers are formed, their uses, and how they make valleys, canyons and even plains. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Rocks and Minerals This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K presents the types of rocks, how they are formed, what they are made of and how they are classified. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Runnin' with the Devil This video segment from Nature takes viewers to a road race in Death Valley. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
Solar House In this What's Up in the Environment? video segment, an electrical engineer in Virginia and his 13-year-old son explain how they produce electricity in their home. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	5-9	Video
Space Careers This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K details some of the requirements needed to have different space careers. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Stormy Seas Understand what happens when lava meets the ocean in this video from Nature. Accessibility features: Transcript	2-6	Video
Studying Global Warming in Biosphere 2 In this What's Up in the Environment? video segment, an international team of scientists in Arizona's Biosphere 2 laboratory studies the impact of increased carbon dioxide emissions and how that might affect our future global environment. Accessibility features: Transcript	5-9	Video