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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	4-6	Video
Anglerfish This video segment from NOVA: "Animal Imposters" shows the lightning-fast strike of the anglerfish. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption	6-8	Video
Backyard Birdfeeders This video from WPSU’s series Outside suggests how to feed birds in winter, a hobby that can foster awareness, care, and respect for birds. Accessibility features: Caption	3-6	Video
Backyard Turtles In this video from the WPSU’s series Outside, learn about backyard turtle habitats, their favorite foods, and why they don’t make good pets. Accessibility features: Caption	3-6	Video
Bears This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K shows bears' adaptations for eating. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Beavers This 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	K-5	Video
Bee Navigation This video segment from NOVA: "The Mystery of Animal Pathfinders" explores honeybee communication and navigation. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption	6-8	Video
Beneath the Waters of Cocos Island The nutrient-rich waters surrounding Cocos Island set the stage for astounding predator-prey interactions, as seen in this video segment from NOVA: "Island of Sharks." Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption	6-8	Video
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	4-6	Video
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	4-6	Video
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	4-6	Video
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. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
Changing Arctic Landscape In this video adapted from the Arctic Athabaskan Council, learn how warmer temperatures in the Arctic are transforming the landscape, triggering a host of effects such as permafrost thawing and insect infestations. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Choosing Foods for Your Health This resource includes two video segments adapted from Living With MyType2 and features diabetic teenagers Misty and Tim explaining how they carefully choose the foods they eat. Accessibility features: Caption	5-12	Video
Climate and Human Evolution In this video segment adapted from NOVA: "Becoming Human," learn how the analysis of rock layers and ocean sediments supports the theory that rapid climate change may have jump-started human evolution two million years ago. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
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. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption	3-12	Video
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. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Desert Biome This video segment from NOVA: "A Desert Place" describes the physical characteristics and organisms that define the desert biome. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption, Transcript	3-12	Video
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. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
Dolphin Reproductive Behavior This video segment from the Science and Technology Chat series focuses on dolphin pregnancy, birth, and care of the young, and features Atlantic bottlenose dolphins living in captivity at the Mirage Resort Dolphin Habitat. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
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. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
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	4-6	Video
Endangered Species This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K explores the many reasons why animals become endangered or become extinct. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
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. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Fever! This video describes the role of the brain in regulating body temperature and how sometimes fever is employed to fight off infection. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption	6-8	Video
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	4-6	Video
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. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
Floral Arrangements Explore 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	6-12	Video
Food Is Fuel This video excerpt from NOVA scienceNOW examines the energy and nutrient content of a cupcake and a rat. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
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	4-6	Video
Frozen Frogs This video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW shows how the common wood frog freezes solid every winter, an adaptation that allows the organism to survive the cold winter. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
The Function of Sleep In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, discover what researchers are learning about sleep by examining the dreams of rats. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Gila Monster This video segment from Outdoor Nevada looks at the Gila monster's behavior, habitat, and unique adaptive characteristics. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Global Warming Threatens Caribou This video segment adapted from Arctic Mission presents the challenges faced by caribou herds unable to adapt to a warming climate. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
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	K-5	Video
Habitat and Diet in Racehorse Development This animated segment from KET's Electronic Field Trip to a Horse Farm demonstrates one of the ways calcium, a naturally occurring mineral derived from limestone, enters a horse's diet to give it an advantage in bone strength. Accessibility features: Caption	K-5	Video
Healthy Snacks This animated video segment adapted from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, featuring American Indian characters, offers suggestions of what to eat for healthy snacks and looks at why less healthy snacks should be considered "sometimes" foods. Accessibility features: Caption	K-2	Video
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	4-6	Video
The Science Behind Appetite This video segment, adapted from NOVA, tells the story of a ballerina battling anorexia. It explains how serotonin regulates appetite, and presents some of the health risks that accompany the eating disorder. Accessibility features: Caption	5-12	Video
Homo Sapiens Versus Neanderthals This video segment, adapted from NOVA, explores reasons why Homo sapiens had an advantage over Neanderthals in the pursuit of territory and natural resources. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Horned Lizard In this video from Outdoor Nevada, learn about the habitat, diet, and defense mechanisms of horned lizards. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
How the Body Responds to Exercise In this video segment adapted from NOVA, follow novice runners as they train for a marathon, and discover how quickly the body responds to regular aerobic exercise. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Hunters Navigate Warming Arctic In this video segment adapted from the National Film Board of Canada, learn how the Inuit people have used their traditional knowledge to understand and adapt to changes in their Arctic environment, particularly when hunting and navigating the landscape. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Idaho Fish This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K introduces Idaho's native fish species, and discusses why some populations are doing fine while others are struggling with declining numbers. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Inuit Observations of Climate Change In this video adapted from the International Institute for Sustainable Development, an Inuit community collaborates with Western scientists studying climate change. Inuit observations are recorded and included in the data collection process, expanding the scientists' understanding of changes in the area. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Is It Alive? What is it that distinguishes a living organism from a nonliving object? This video presents examples that aren't as clear-cut as one might think, enticing students to question what it means to be alive. Accessibility features: Caption	K-5	Video
Iñupiaq Whale Hunt This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, provides a portrait of Iñupiaq whaling as a community activity, as told through the story of one hunt. Accessibility features: Caption	6-9	Video
The Kemps Ridley Sea Turtle This video adapted from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department describes how humans are helping restore safe nesting grounds for the critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle to ensure its successful repopulation. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Living on the Coast This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, illuminates how living on the coast affects individuals and communities, particularly humans' interrelationships with natural resources. Accessibility features: Caption	6-9	Video
Maple Syrup This video from WPSU’s series Outside shows how to identify a sugar maple tree by its branches, twigs, buds, and bark, and explains how to produce maple syrup. Accessibility features: Caption	3-6	Video
Marathon Migrators This video segment from NOVA: "The Mystery of Animal Pathfinders" explores how the migratory patterns of shorebirds have evolved to coincide with the spawning of horseshoe crabs. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption	6-8	Video
Masters of Disguise In the face of danger, what's a spineless animal to do? This video segment introduces the concept of camouflage -- how animals achieve it and how this form of disguise benefits both predators and prey. Footage from NOVA: "Animal Impostors." Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption, Transcript	K-12	Video
Migration of the Monarch This video segment from NOVA: "The Mystery of Animal Pathfinders" explores the migratorial exploits of monarch butterflies. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	3-8	Video
Mirror Neurons This video segment, adapted from NOVA scienceNow, introduces the latest research on a system of neurons that plays a part in how people relate to each other. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Mountain Goat This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K introduces us to life of mountain goats on high rocky peaks. It describes the adaptations mountain goats have for living on rocks. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
A Night in the Coral Reef Coral reefs are often portrayed as brightly lit, bustling underwater marvels full of colorful creatures. This video segment, adapted from NOVA, paints a different picture as it explores the nocturnal behavior of organisms in the reef. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Night Lizards This video segment from Outdoor Nevada features the Western banded gecko and the desert night lizard, both members of the reptile family. Accessibility features: Caption	K-8	Video
Smart Sea Lions This video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW explores whether animals and humans are more similar than we think. Meet Rio, a sea lion who demonstrates to researchers reasoning skills once thought limited to humans. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Interfering with Fear Discover how cognitive psychologist Sian Beilock is working to overcome how we experience mental pressure and to maximize our brain’s performance, in this video adapted from NOVA scienceNOW. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Nutrition This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K defines the 6 nutrients, explains what each one does for our body and demonstrates the path food takes in our bodies Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Owls This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K discusses the physical adaptations of owls for hunting their prey. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Penguin Response to Climate Change Find out how climate change is affecting Antarctic Adélie penguins and their ecosystem in this video segment adapted from Lloyd Fales and Sweetspot Pictures, Inc. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
People of the Arctic This video segment adapted from the National Film Board of Canada explores how the Inuit people have adapted their traditions and ways of life to changing environmental realities. The video features archival footage and interviews in Native languages. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Phainopepla Bird In this video segment from Outdoor Nevada, learn about the eating and migration habits of the Phainopepla, an unusual bird associated with the mistletoe plant. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Prairie Dogs In this video adapted from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, learn about the prairie dog, the importance of its role in its ecosystem, and how it is affected by an ever-growing human population. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
Primitive Insects of the Congaree Swamp In this video segment from NatureScene, observe dragonflies and mayflies near Cedar Creek at Congaree Swamp National Park. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
Rattlesnakes This video segment from Wild Nevada answers questions about the rattlesnake, a reptile that is often misunderstood. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Redwoods at Redwood National Park This video segment from NatureScene describes the characteristics of redwood trees at Redwood National Park. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
The Reproductive Role of Flowers In this video segment adapted from NOVA, learn about the critical role of flowers in seed plant reproductive biology. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Reptiles of the Congaree Swamp In this video segment from NatureScene, discover some reptiles in the swamp forest ecosystem at Congaree Swamp National Park. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
The Role of Genetics in Obesity In this video segment from NOVA scienceNOW, meet researchers who are studying obesity and trying to understand the role that hormones and genetics can play in regulating appetite. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Root Systems of Trees at the Congaree Swamp Learn about root systems of trees in the Congaree Swamp National Park in this video segment from NatureScene. Accessibility features: Caption	3-8	Video
Scorpions This video segment from Outdoor Nevada takes a look at an ancient desert dweller, the scorpion. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Sense of Smell Leads Salmon Home This video segment adapted from Northwest Indian College reveals how Native American life and knowledge is connected to natural cycles. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Smell This short video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K explains how a scent particle moves from your nose to a nerve cell which sends a signal to your brain. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Snakes This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K describes the adaptations, anatomy, natural history and types of snakes. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
A Tail Like This We use our senses to communicate and explore the world around us. Animals use their senses to help them find food and tell them when danger is near. You may not be able to move your ears like a rabbit, but you both have ears. Learn about traits you share with other animals in this KET original video. Accessibility features: Caption	Pre-K-1	Video
Talking Bacteria In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, microbiologist Bonnie Bassler shares her discovery that bacteria coordinate group activity by communicating through chemical signals. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Taste This short video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K illustrates the anatomy of the tongue, showing how it works to help you taste sweet, sour, bitter, and salty food items. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Teeth This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K takes you to the dentist where you discover the different types of teeth animals have, how many teeth and the kinds humans have, the parts of a tooth and how to keep your teeth healthy. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Touch This short video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K shows a cross section of the body's largest organ, skin, and explains that it has at least 7 different kinds of sensors. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Turtle Defense In this video from WPSU’s series Outside, learn how turtles ward off danger in the wild with special characteristics that enable them to survive in their habitat. Accessibility features: Caption	3-6	Video
An Unpredictable Environment In this video segment adapted from the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Inuit observers describe how their traditional understanding of weather patterns is being challenged by unpredictable weather behaviors. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Venom: A Viper’s Deadly Weapon This video excerpt from NOVA: “Venom: Nature’s Killer” explains how venom enters a human body and causes it to shutdown. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	9-12	Video
Warmer Oceans Affect Food Web In this video adapted from KTOO, scientists discuss how ocean warming may be responsible for the decline in the seabird, seal, and sea lion populations of Prince William Sound, Alaska. Accessibility features: Caption	6-12	Video
Wild Animal Rehabilitation In this video adapted from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, see how volunteers care for sick or injured animals. Also learn why human interaction is not always the best solution. Accessibility features: Caption	3-12	Video
Wolf Research In this video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K you fly with a biologist as they track, trap and radio collar a pack of wolves. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Wolves This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K defines what it means to be a predator and prey. Explore the life history of the wolf and learn about its many adaptations that help it to catch its prey. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Zoology In this video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K the Zoo Boise Director, Steve Burns, takes us on a tour of Spider monkeys, cockroaches, Red Panda, tigers and Aldabra tortoises, explaining the role of zoos in conservation and breeding endangered species. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video