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10ths and Decimals In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad replaces a piece of track to get the Madre Bonita Express to the Mother's Day harvest. Accessibility features: Transcript	3-6	Video
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
70% Female This Wide Angle video features the women of Rwanda who have emerged as outspoken leaders and the great strides they have made toward rights and equality. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Firefighter Training In this video segment from Cyberchase, Harry decides to train as a firefighter and uses line graphs to chart his physical fitness progress. Accessibility features: Transcript	4-8	Video
Ken This video segment from Wide Angle features Ken, a third grade student in Japan. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
Affirmative Action and the USA In this video from Wide Angle, two American NAACP lawyers arrive to advise Brazilian civil rights organizations, leading to a discussion of differences between race relations in the U.S. and Brazil. Accessibility features: 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
Aiming For the Basketball Hall of Fame In this video segment from TV 411, two Atlanta Hawks players plan a driving route to reach the Basketball Hall of Fame. They use map scales to estimate their travel distances. Accessibility features: Transcript	5-8	Video
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. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	K-8	Video
All-Female Enterprise This Wide Angle video looks at the advantages and disadvantages of running a small-scale, female-only business. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
All for One In this video from Wide Angle, learn about the influence of the communist values of organization, discipline and collectivism on North Korean society. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
All in the Family This video from the series Faces of America details the process of documenting family history and tracing lineage back through maternal and paternal lines. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Amazon Rainforest This video segment from the Race to Save the Planet teaching module "Saving the Diversity of Life" describes the ecological value of tropical rainforests and explores some of the causes of their destruction. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	K-5	Video
American Buddhism In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about two different groups of Buddhist practitioners in the West. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Amphibian Research This short video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K explains how frogs help biologists study problems in the environment. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
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
Ancestors Talk Through Drums In this segment from EGG:the arts show, meet Camilo Gaetan who is becoming a master drummer. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
Animal Shelter Photographer In this WILD TV segment, a photographer helps find homes for animals up for adoption. Accessibility features: Transcript	3-8	Video
Animals Making a Living For most animals, finding food is a full-time job. This video segment explores the food-finding strategies of a variety of creatures, illustrating the idea that different animals have very different ways of getting enough to eat. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	K-5	Video
Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Botswanans express some of their attitudes toward the influx of Zimbabwean migrants in this Wide Angle video segment. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Archaeology This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K looks at some of the objects found in King Tutankhamun's tomb. An Egyptologist discusses the significance of the objects and why the tombs exist. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Arctic Summer See the many birds that spend their summer in the Arctic in this video segment from Nature. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
Arctic Tundra This video segment from Wild Europe: "Wild Arctic" explores the struggle for survival in one of Earth's most extreme environments. Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption, Transcript	3-12	Video
Arduous March In this video from Wide Angle, learn about the Arduous March, a dark period of hardship and famine in recent North Korean history. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Are Computers Intelligent? This video excerpt from NOVA: “Smartest Machine on Earth” explains why computers can be so good at chess. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Arrangement 1 The CyberSquad tries to figure out a table arrangement for 20 workers in this video from Cyberchase. Accessibility features: Transcript	4-8	Video
Arrangement 2 In this video segment from Cyberchase, Matt tries for a second time to arrange tables and chairs to accomodate 20 workers. Accessibility features: Transcript	4-8	Video
Arrangement 3 Matt’s third table arrangement helps fit all 20 workers at five tables in this video segment from Cyberchase. Accessibility features: Transcript	4-8	Video
As the Crow Flies In this video from Nature researchers from the University of Washington conduct a long-term experiment to see if crows can pass information down from one generation to the next. Accessibility features: Transcript	8-12	Video
Astronauts Speak: Gene Cernan In this audio resource from NOVA, astronaut Gene Cernan recounts his harrowing experience during America's first attempt to do work in outer space. Accessibility features: Transcript	3-12	Audio
Ataturk This Wide Angle video segment illustrates Islamic and secular elements of life in Turkey, and introduces Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the first president of Turkey, and his reforms. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
The Atlanta Riot Learn about the events leading up to the Atlanta Riot of 1906 in this segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Atomic Structure of an Alloy Learn about the atomic structure of bronze, a copper alloy, in this video excerpt from NOVA: "Hunting the Elements." Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Attention to Scaling In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad adds a scale to their bar graph to give a more accurate picture of the bug infestation at the Cybrary. Accessibility features: Transcript	3-6	Video
At the University of Brasilia Consider the opposing views on the policy implemented at the University of Brasilia in this Wide Angle video. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Audrey Hendricks In this oral history from the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Audrey Hendricks recalls her arrest and jailing at the age of nine for participation in the Children's Crusade of 1963. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	3-12	Video
Average Practice Time In this video segment from TV411, figure skaters compute their average daily practice time. Accessibility features: Transcript	4-8	Video
Backyard Bugs This video segment from Wild TV takes a closer look at backyard bugs, their habitat and characteristics. Accessibility features: Transcript	1-5	Video
Baha'i In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about the Baha'i faith and its mission to promote peace and equality around the world. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Balancing Equations with Multiple Terms In this video segment from Cyberchase, Digit and Inez must balance two number sentences to save the bunnies of Cyberspace. Accessibility features: Transcript	3-6	Video
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. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	K-8	Video
Bamboo Mountain In this video segment from Nature, researchers study pandas in an effort to halt their decline in population. Accessibility features: Transcript	5-12	Video
Baptism In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, explore the rite of baptism and the diversity of practices among different Christian denominations. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Barbara Johns of Farmville, Virginia In this video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, learn about 16-year old Barbara Johns, a high school student who, in 1951, organized a student walk-out to protest inferior educational conditions at Moton High School in Farmville, Virginia. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Barshefsky Interview In this video from Wide Angle, Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, former U.S. Trade Representative in the Clinton Administration, discusses her views on economic change in China. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Bear Necessities This Nature video segment focuses on the four foods most important to the grizzly bears' survival, and it describes the threats to the supply of each of them. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
Bear Research In this video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K tag along with two biological researchers as they conduct their research project about bear movements. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Bears This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K shows bears' adaptations for eating. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Bears' Lunch Counter This Nature video segment explores how the relationship between humans and grizzly bears has changed over the course of American History, and it describes the closing of the Yellowstone National Park garbage dumps in the 1970s. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
Bears Don't Recognize Boundaries In this video segment from Nature, learn about the problems bears are creating on ranch land surrounding Yellowstone National Park. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
Bears in the Schoolyard Learn about the precautions humans must take in the face of a growing grizzly bear population in this video from Nature. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	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
Becoming a Fossil This video segment describes how the Australopithecus afarensis skeleton known as Lucy could have been fossilized. Footage courtesy of NOVA: "In Search of Human Origins." Accessibility features: Audio Description, Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Bee-ing in a Swarm Learn about bees, their habitat and how to interact with a swarm in this Wild TV video segment. Accessibility features: Transcript	2-8	Video
Bees In this video segment from WILD TV, learn about bees and the different techniques for handling them. Accessibility features: Transcript	3-8	Video
The Beginning of the Cold War American Experience: This Cold War video examines the steps that Harry Truman took to provide American support for governments threatened by the spread of Communism, a policy that came to be known as the Truman Doctrine. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	9-12	Video
Beijing Riviera This video from Wide Angle takes viewers to the Beijing Riviera, an exclusive gated community for elites who have access to luxury goods and services on an unprecedented scale. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Ben Hall of Sapelo Island In this video segment from EGG: the arts show, Sapelo Island resident Ben Hall guides viewers through an introduction to Sapelo Island which is inhabited by the descendants of African slaves. Accessibility features: Transcript	3-12	Video
Beyond Einstein NASA scientists describe some of the ways current science is addressing several of Einstein's fundamental questions and theories in this video adapted from NASA. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Beyond the Present This video from The Human Spark provides a look at humans' unique ability to reflect upon events that have happened in the past and think about things that could possibly happen in the future. Accessibility features: Transcript	5-12	Video
Bianca Gets a Present In this video segment from Cyberchase, Bianca is babysitting two young girls on Halloween. When their mother is late, she has to take them trick-or-treating even though it is her birthday. To thank her, the girls combine their Halloween candy and then share it equally amongst themselves and Bianca. Accessibility features: Transcript	3-6	Video
Bianca Gets in Gear Bianca visits a bike shop and learns how bicycle gears work in this Cyberchase video segment. Accessibility features: Transcript	5-8	Video
Bianca Goes to the Movie This Cyberchase video segment features Bianca, who must figure out the fastest route to a movie premiere. Accessibility features: Transcript	4-8	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
Bianca the Spy This video segment from Cyberchase introduces the idea of inverse operations as Bianca imagines herself as a spy. Accessibility features: Transcript	4-8	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 Kundha Kulam In this Nature video, learn about the extraordinary impact that birds have on the agriculture of a small Indian community. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	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 Birth of a Nation This video from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow highlights the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation, directed by D. W. Griffith, which presents a distorted image of African Americans in the South and created a heightened atmosphere of violence upon its release. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	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
Body Matches In this video from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad searches for a kidnapper using their only clues: a footprint and a handprint. Accessibility features: Transcript	3-5	Video
Body Waste This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K takes a look at the reasons why body waste keep you healthy and the parts of the body form the waste products, urine, pus, carbon dioxide, gas and feces. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
Body Waste that Protects You This video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K covers the body wastes that protect you: earwax, mucus, tears, sweat and vomit. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	4-6	Video
The Book In this video segment from Jakers! Abuelita describes her life as a migrant worker. Accessibility features: Transcript	1-4	Video
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois: The Conflict This video segment from The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow highlights W.E.B. Du Bois’ criticism of Booker T. Washington for focusing on the economic advancement of blacks and accepting the injustices of Jim Crow. Accessibility features: Transcript	7-12	Video
Botanicas: Markets of the Divine In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about botanicas, shops in Latino communities that cater to all kinds of physical, spiritual and religious needs. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Botswana Today Learn about the achievements and national problems of the African nation of Botswana in this video segment from Wide Angle. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	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
The Brain in Action This video segment from The Human Spark observes the brains responses to a series of cognitive tests. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Breaking New Ground This video from Wide Angle provides a look at some of the women who are leading Rwanda in government, business and promoting peace. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
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. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Buddhist Ash Interment In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about the beliefs and practices surrounding Buddhist ash interment. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
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. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Building a Fence In this Cyberchase video segment, Harry must build a rectangular fence in his grandmother's backyard using fencing of various sizes. Accessibility features: Transcript	3-6	Video
Bush on Lincoln In this video from the PBS series Looking for Lincoln, Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. interviews former president George W. Bush about Abraham Lincoln and the controversial choices they both faced as wartime leaders. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
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. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
A Cage to Save a Whale In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad must estimate the measurements of Spout the Whale in order to find a cage that will fit him. Accessibility features: Transcript	3-6	Video
Calculating Clones In this video segment from Cyberchase, Inez and Lucky figure out how to keep track of the number of clones as they continue to multiply. Accessibility features: Transcript	3-6	Video
Calculating Rectangular Area In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad measures Judge Trudy's land claim by using tarps, fence posts and a grid made with rope. Accessibility features: Transcript	3-6	Video
Calculating Speed In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad calculates the speed of each broom. Accessibility features: Transcript	4-8	Video
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. Accessibility features: Caption, Transcript	6-12	Video
Cancer - A New Treatment In this segment from Curious, Mark Davis is motivated to develop a new, less debilitating treatment for his wife's cancer. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video
Carl Sandburg: Chicago This video from American Masters: The Day Carl Sandburg Died features the poem Chicago written by Carl Sandburg, why he wrote it, the poem’s impact, and how it has influenced American Poetry. Accessibility features: Transcript	7-12	Video
Carl Sandburg: Poet of the People This video from American Masters: The Day Carl Sandburg Died describes Carl Sandburg’s early years and how he came to be known as the “poet of the people.” Accessibility features: Transcript	7-12	Video
Catching the Kidnapper In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad and Digit construct a physical profile of the person who kidnapped Choocroca, a giant cybercrocodile. Accessibility features: Transcript	3-5	Video
Cats In this video segment from Nature, learn about cats and consider the possibility that the cat may become the number one choice of pet owners. Accessibility features: Transcript	3-12	Video
Cats - Yesterday and Today In this video segment from Nature, discover the various roles the cat has played in our history. Accessibility features: Transcript	3-12	Video
Cauca's Most Valuable Resources This video segment from Women, War & Peace introduces Cauca, a resource-rich region in Colombia whose residents are threatened with internal displacement due to the interests of potential investors. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Censorship In this Wide Angle video, the people behind Kalam Nawaem, or “Sweet Talk,” a popular Arab television, discuss how they must carefully choose their topics and tone to not only increase audience interest, but to keep their program on the air. Accessibility features: Transcript	9-12	Video
Chalk Sculpture In this video segment from Art in the 21st Century: Paradox, two artists create a public art piece using giant pieces of chalk. Accessibility features: Transcript	6-12	Video