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Acid Mine Drainage and PrecipitatesIn 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. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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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
Accessibility features: Caption |
4-12 |
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Environmental Impact of Acid Mine DrainageThis 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. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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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.
Accessibility features: Caption |
4-12 |
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The Geology of CoalIn 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. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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High-Sulfur Coal and Acidic WaterIn 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. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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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.
Accessibility features: Caption |
4-12 |
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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.
Accessibility features: Caption |
4-12 |
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Restoring Lower Rock CreekThis 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. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Acid Mine Drainage RemediationIn 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. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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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.
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4-12 |
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Results of Acid Mine Drainage RemediationIn 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. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Stream RestorationThis 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. Accessibility features: Caption |
4-12 |
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Aquatic InsectsIn this brief video, a biologist talks about the macroinvertebrates (typically aquatic insects) that form the basis of food webs in healthy Kentucky streams. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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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
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4-12 |
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Adopting Sustainable Food PracticesHear about how respect for Earth can help us attain a more sustainable lifestyle in the face of climate change in this video segment adapted from United Tribes Technical College. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Agricultural Runoff and the Gulf of Mexico Dead ZoneThis video segment adapted from Big River: A King Corn Companion shows how agricultural chemicals from the Midwest that travel downstream in water runoff create a vast marine "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Alaska Native PilotsIn this video adapted from Storyknife Productions, Alaska Native pilots share how they use traditional knowledge to read the landscape and predict the weather. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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Alaska Native Teens Help ResearchersIn this video adapted from KUAC-TV and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska Native students contribute to research on how their environment is changing as a result of global warming. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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An Ancient Legend Teaches Climate Change AdaptationToday’s unsustainable use of natural resources is compared to the legend of the giant Uab, in this video adapted from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-8 |
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Antarctica's Dry Valleys In this video segment produced by ThinkTV with the Byrd Polar Research Center, a young scientist describes her journey to the remote Dry Valleys of Antarctica and her search for life under some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Antarctica: A Challenging Work DayWhat happens when the ground under your feet is ice and it's moving? This video segment adapted from NOVA features some of the dangers faced by scientists conducting research in Antarctica. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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Antarctica: Sea IceThis video segment adapted from NOVA uses microwave images to reveal how sea ice doubles the size of Antarctica each winter. Rare footage shows how sea ice crushed the famous ship Endurance in 1914. Accessibility features: Caption |
K-12 |
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Antarctic Ice: Sea Level ChangeWhat would happen if a portion of the Antarctic Ice Sheet were to melt? This video segment adapted from NOVA uses animations to show the effect of a 6-meter sea-level rise on coastal cities across the world. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Arctic Climate Perspectives This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, describes how global climate change is affecting Barrow, Alaska.
Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption |
6-9 |
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Atrazine Affects the Water SupplyIn this video segment featuring live-action animation, adapted from Big River: A King Corn Companion, see how the agricultural pesticide atrazine impacts both crops and human health. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Avalanche TownThe impact of natural disasters is made vivid in this video segment adapted from NOVA. A small town in Iceland, prepared for recurrent avalanches, is devastated when one takes a new and damaging path. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Capturing CarbonIn 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. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Carbon-Fiber Car of the FutureIn 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. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Changes in the Ozone LayerThis video segment produced by ThinkTV demonstrates how ozone is created in the upper atmosphere, explains its beneficial role, and explores the problem of ozone depletion. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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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.
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6-12 |
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Chasing TornadoesIn this video segment adapted from NOVA, scientists are on the hunt for tornadoes. Using Doppler radar, they gather data in the hopes of solving the mystery of how tornadoes form. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Chemist and Biologist Catherine DrennanIn this video produced for Teachers' Domain, learn about MIT professor Cathy Drennan's research into microorganisms that remove carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from the atmosphere. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Chicken Waste and Water PollutionIn this video segment adapted from FRONTLINE: “Poisoned Waters,” learn how unregulated waste from large-scale chicken farms contributes to water pollution. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Climate and Human EvolutionIn 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 |
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Climate Change Adaptation and MitigationLearn about climate change adaptation and mitigation in this animated video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Climate Change Affects Glacial Water SourceMountain glaciers are an important source of fresh water for the people of Peru. In this video segment produced by ThinkTV, learn how climate change is affecting the quantity and quality of available fresh water produced by glaciers in the Andes. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Climate Change Impacts Alaska GlaciersThis video adapted from KTOO takes a look at Earth's warming and cooling cycles and the current atypical trend of warming that is impacting the glaciers in Alaska's Inside Passage. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Climate Change Threatens Pacific ParadiseLearn how climate change has impacted food and freshwater resources on the Carteret Islands of Papua New Guinea, in these two videos adapted from UNU-IAS Traditional Knowledge Initiative and Pacific Black Box, Inc. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Climate ModelsIn this video by ThinkTV, explore the many uses of climate models and see a visualization of a global climate model. Models are tools scientists use to see patterns and trends. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Climate Wisconsin: BirkebeinerExperience the largest cross-country ski race in North America and learn how it is being impacted by climate change in this multimedia video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Climate Wisconsin: FarmingLearn how a family farm in Wisconsin functions and how it is impacted by climate change in this multimedia video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Climate Wisconsin: ForestryLearn how a family farm in Wisconsin functions and how it is impacted by climate change in this multimedia video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Climate Wisconsin: Ice FishingDiscover how climate change is impacting ice fishing in Wisconsin in this multimedia video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Climate Wisconsin: PhenologyExplore phenology and its relation to climate change research in this multimedia video resource produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Climate Wisconsin: Great Lakes ShippingLearn how shipping on the Great Lakes is being impacted by climate change in this multimedia video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Climate Wisconsin: SugaringIn this multimedia video produced by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board, learn how maple syrup is produced and how its production may be impacted by climate change. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Conserving a Unique Ecosystem in MicronesiaLearn 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. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Contaminating the RockiesLearn how abandoned mines have been contaminating water supplies in the Rocky Mountains for decades in this video segment adapted from NOVA: "Poison in the Rockies." Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Convective Cloud SystemsThis video segment adapted from the Atmospheric Radiation Program explains the differences in the formation of tropical convective cloud systems over islands and over the ocean. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-8 |
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