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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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An Alaska Native Community Helps SealsThis video from First Alaskans Institute spotlights the Alaska Native community of St. Paul and its hands-on commitment to care for the land and animals on which it depends. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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Backyard BirdfeedersThis 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 |
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Backyard TurtlesIn this video from the WPSU’s series Outside, learn about backyard turtle habitats, their favorite foods, and why they don’t make good pets.
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3-6 |
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Bighorn SheepThis video segment from Outdoor Nevada explores the adaptations that help desert bighorn sheep survive in their habitat.
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K-12 |
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Blood Vessels Help Tumors Grow
In this video segment, adapted from NOVA, Dr. Judah Folkman uses the scientific method to discover how cancer cells induce the formation of new blood vessels, which in turn nourish those cancer cells.
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6-12 |
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Booming Sands This video segment, adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, presents basic concepts of physics behind "booming" sand dunes. See how surface tension affects potential and kinetic energy and how it all works together to create sound.
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6-12 |
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ButterfliesThis video from Vegas PBS features colorful insects known as butterflies, and looks at the coloration, species, life cycle, and migration habits within their habitat. Accessibility features: Caption |
K-8 |
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Carnivorous Plants of Texas In this video adapted from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, learn about carnivorous plants that act as both producers and consumers in an ecosystem. See sundews and blatterworts capture and digest insects.
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K-12 |
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Carnivorous Plants of Cartwheel BayIn 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 |
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Changing Views of PlutoSee images from the Hubble Space Telescope that show evidence of seasons on Pluto, in this video adapted from NASA. Accessibility features: Caption |
5-12 |
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Characteristics of the SunThis video segment adapted from NASA describes the basic characteristics of our star, the Sun. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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Counting Neutrons on the MoonFind out how scientists are using a neutron detector onboard a satellite to try to find water on the Moon in this video adapted from NASA. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Desert Tortoise This video segment from Outdoor Nevada examines threats to the desert tortoise population. Accessibility features: Caption |
K-12 |
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Diversity of Hardwoods at Congaree SwampIn 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 |
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Drilling to Antarctica’s Rock Core In this video adapted from ANDRILL, find out how geoscientists get through more than a dozen football fields of ice and water in order to study the rock and sediment beneath Antarctica.
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3-8 |
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Earth as a SystemThis visualization adapted from NASA maps progressive global changes onto a rotating globe. Earth's atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, and biosphere are shown to be dynamic and interconnected. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Earth's Cryosphere: Antarctica Learn about the different features of snow and ice in Antarctica using satellite imagery in this video segment adapted from NASA.
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6-12 |
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Earth's Cryosphere: The Arctic In this video segment adapted from NASA, take a tour of the cryosphere in North America and the Arctic using satellite imagery.
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6-12 |
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Earth System: Drought and Air QualityThis video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center discusses how a drought can have negative effects locally, for example by increasing the number of forest fires, and also globally, for example by impacting air quality thousands of miles away. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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Earth System: El NiñoThis video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center describes El Niño, how it forms, and the chain reaction of consequences it triggers around the globe. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Earth System: El Niño's Influence on Hurricane FormationThis video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center explains how hurricanes develop and why there are fewer hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean in strong El Niño years. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Earth System: Ice and Global WarmingThis video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center explains ice's role in the Earth system, highlighting the delicate balance that could be upset with a continued rise in temperature due to climate change. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Earth System: SatellitesThis video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center shows how integral satellites are to everyday life and describes the different types, including orbital and geostationary. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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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.
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3-12 |
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Energy Transfer in a Trebuchet On NOVA, a team of carpenters, timber framers, engineers, and historians recreate a medieval throwing machine called a trebuchet. This adapted video segment explores how understanding energy transfer informs their design.
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6-12 |
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Engineering for the Red PlanetIn this video segment from NASA, robotics researcher Ayanna Howard uses engineering to improve the intelligence of robots in space exploration. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Europa Jupiter System MissionThis video from NASA introduces a proposed mission to study potential habitable worlds around gas giants such as Jupiter. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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The Evolution of the Kuiper BeltThis video from NASA explores how the structure of the Kuiper belt can provide insight into the formation of the solar system and indicate the presence of planets. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Evolution of the MoonThis video from NASA looks at how Earth's moon has changed since its formation about 4.5 billion years ago. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Expedition 8 Crew Talks to Students in JapanIn this video segment adapted from NASA, students in Matsuyama City, Japan, interview Expedition 8 Commander and NASA Science Officer Mike Foale and Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri about life and work aboard the International Space Station. Accessibility features: Caption |
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First Spacecraft at UranusLearn about some of the discoveries made by the Voyager 2 spacecraft during its 1986 trip to Uranus in this video from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Flood Plain and Higher Ground HabitatsThis 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 |
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Galileo on the MoonWatch Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott perform Galileo's falling objects experiment on the Moon in this video segment from NASA. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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Galileo on the MoonWatch Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott perform Galileo's falling objects experiment on the Moon in this video segment from NASA. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Geology of Death ValleyThis video segment from NatureScene examines the landforms of Death Valley and how they came to be. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-8 |
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Geology of North Dakota BadlandsSee how the geology of the North Dakota badlands has changed over time in this video segment from NatureScene, featuring the landscape at Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-8 |
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Geothermal PowerThis video segment from Vegas PBS shows the important role geothermal energy systems can play in making a more energy-efficient and greener building.
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3-12 |
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Gila MonsterThis video segment from Outdoor Nevada looks at the Gila monster's behavior, habitat, and unique adaptive characteristics. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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Global Warming: Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse EffectThis video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE demonstrates the physical property of carbon dioxide that causes the greenhouse effect. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Global Warming: Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse EffectThis video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE demonstrates the physical property of carbon dioxide that causes the greenhouse effect. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Helium Is Boring In this video adapted from the National Science Center, observe a demonstration to discover how helium gas is inert and hydrogen gas is reactive.
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3-8 |
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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.
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6-12 |
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Horned Lizard In this video from Outdoor Nevada, learn about the habitat, diet, and defense mechanisms of horned lizards. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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How Would You Turn a Bolt in Space?In this fast-paced NASA Brain Bites™ video, an astronaut demonstrates the impact of microgravity on the use of tools in space. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-8 |
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Hubble Telescope: Looking DeepThis video segment adapted from the Space Telescope Science Institute shows what
the Hubble telescope found when it stared at a single, nearly empty spot in the sky for 10
days in 1995. The unexpected result was a picture of a multitude of galaxies stretching into
the distance. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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HummingbirdsThis video segment from Outdoor Nevada explores the traits, behaviors, and habitat of four hummingbird species. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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The Index of Refraction and Snell’s LawLearn about the index of refraction and Snell's law in this video from the ICT Center. Accessibility features: Caption |
11-12 |
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Infrared: More Than Your Eyes Can SeeIn this video segment adapted from NASA, astronomer Michelle Thaller introduces the world of infrared light and demonstrates how infrared cameras allow us to see more than what the naked eye can perceive. Accessibility features: Caption |
3-12 |
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Interference and DiffractionLearn about interference and diffraction in this video from the ICT Center. Accessibility features: Caption |
11-12 |
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Jupiter: The Largest PlanetThis video from NASA explores our solar system's largest planet, Jupiter, including its role in the evolution of the solar system. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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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.
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LED and Transmitter CharacteristicsLearn about fiber optic transmitters in this video from the ICT Center. Accessibility features: Caption |
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LIDAR 3D MappingSee how researchers create 3-D maps of planets by using LIDAR (light detection and ranging) instruments in this video adapted from NASA. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Living from the Land and SeaIn this video segment adapted from the Alaska Native Heritage Center, discover the connections between Alaska Native subsistence culture and the natural cycle of the seasons. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Losing Permafrost in Alaska
In this video segment adapted from Spanner Films, learn how Alaska Native communities that rely on hunting and fishing are threatened by rising temperatures and melting permafrost.
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6-12 |
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Lunar Eclipse EssentialsIn this video from NASA, learn how the path of the Moon through Earth's shadow creates lunar eclipses. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Maple SyrupThis 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 |
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Mapping Magnetic FieldsThis video adapted from NASA explains how a magnetometer determines magnetic fields around planets. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Mars StreambedLearn why rounded pebbles discovered by Curiosity rover are evidence that streams once flowed on Mars in this video from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Mercury's MESSENGER Reveals MysteriesExplore what makes Mercury so mysterious and what scientists are learning from NASA’s first Mercury mission in 30 years in this video from NASA eClips. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Methane on MarsThis video from NASA looks at recent discoveries on Mars, such as water ice and methane plumes, that could indicate it is geologically or biologically active. Accessibility features: Caption |
6-12 |
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Mining Minerals and MetalsIn this video from the Science and Technology Chat series, take a tour of a re-created Nevada gold mine to learn about mining techniques. Accessibility features: Caption |
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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.
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Missions to Comets: Stardust and Deep ImpactThese videos from NASA take a look at two missions to study comets—Stardust and Deep Impact—which collected valuable data about the nature of comets. Accessibility features: Caption |
9-12 |
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Mitochondrial FlyoverThis video segment illustrates the three-dimensional structure of a mitochondrion, the organelle that powers nearly every cellular process in your body. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Mixing ColorsChildren learn the basics of mixing primary colors in this original animated video. Accessibility features: Caption |
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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.
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Night LizardsThis video segment from Outdoor Nevada features the Western banded gecko and the desert night lizard, both members of the reptile family. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Nisqually Glacier at Mount RainierObserve the Nisqually Glacier at Mount Rainier in this video segment from NatureScene. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Ocean Temperatures and Climate PatternsThis animation from The New Media Studio illustrates how the atmosphere and ocean together shape wind, current, and rainfall patterns in the tropical Pacific. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Ozone HoleThis video segment adapted from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center gives a detailed explanation of the catalytic chemical process that has led to the creation of the ozone hole. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Peregrine Falcon In this video from Outdoor Nevada, Brian Wignall speaks with an ornithologist about the peregrine falcon, a majestic and endangered species that is one of the fastest animals in the world. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Phainopepla BirdIn 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 |
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Photodetector and Receiver CharacteristicsLearn about fiber optic receivers in this video from the ICT Center. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Possible Ice Volcano on TitanIn this video from NASA, learn how features derived from Cassini radar data indicate a possible ice volcano on Saturn's moon Titan. Accessibility features: Caption |
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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.
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Primitive Insects of the Congaree SwampIn this video segment from NatureScene, observe dragonflies and mayflies near Cedar Creek at Congaree Swamp National Park. Accessibility features: Caption |
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RattlesnakesThis video segment from Wild Nevada answers questions about the rattlesnake, a reptile that is often misunderstood. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Reducing Household Chemical RisksThis series of public service videos from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences provides quick solutions and action steps to minimize exposure to pesticides, chemical contaminants, and secondhand smoke. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Redwoods at Redwood National ParkThis video segment from NatureScene describes the characteristics of redwood trees at Redwood National Park. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Reptiles of the Congaree SwampIn this video segment from NatureScene, discover some reptiles in the swamp forest ecosystem at Congaree Swamp National Park. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Root Systems of Trees at the Congaree SwampLearn about root systems of trees in the Congaree Swamp National Park in this video segment from NatureScene. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Sandhill CranesThis video segment from Wild Nevada examines one of Nevada's oldest living creatures, the sandhill crane. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Satellites Orbiting EarthThis animation adapted from NASA shows the orbital paths of spacecraft in NASA's Earth Observing Fleet that are a source of wide-scale, primary research about Earth. Accessibility features: Caption |
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Saturn’s Stunning Double ShowThis video from NASA looks at the northern and southern aurorae of Saturn and explains how they are produced. Accessibility features: Caption |
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